Johannes Bhanye, a member of CASAS have recently published his latest article in The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food! Abstract: This paper examines the impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic and related bans on associational life had on the food security of migrants residing in informal settlements. Through ethnographic fieldwork at Lydiate informal…
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Managing public urban lands for sustainable urban development in Bujumbura, Burundi: The role of land administration system
New publication alert! Prosper Turimubumwe, a CASAS member, and colleagues have just published an article in GeoJournal. Abstract: Public Urban Lands (PULs) are among the pieces of land that will contribute to achieving sustainable urban development. There is a need to have an effective Land Administration System (LAS) to manage PULs. This paper aims to…
Transactional and Supplementary Strategies for Accessing Land Among Migrants on the Margins: An Ethnographic Study Among Malawian Migrants at Lydiate Informal Settlement, Zimbabwe
New publication alert! Discover the book chapter by CASAS member Johannes Bhanye and colleagues. Abstract: This chapter examines the various transactional and supplementary strategies adopted by migrants on the margins to access much-coveted land. Situated in transnational theory, the study is based on ethnographic fieldwork in Lydiate, a peri-urban informal settlement of Norton town, a…
The Age of Communitarian Enterprises: Rural Women in Kais Saied’s Vision for Alternative Development
New publication alert! Dhouha Djerbi, CASAS member has just published an article in Noria Research about the Tunisian politics on food supply. Communitarian Enterprises (CEs), referred to as Sharikat Ahlia in Arabic, have emerged as a focal point of attention in Tunisia, representing the promise of a new developmental model in a nation grappling with…
Accounting for Class and Feminist Political Economy: Questions Emanating from Ghana’s Market PPPs
A recent article by Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey (CASAS member) and Sylvia Ohene Marfo has just been published at Feminist Africa. Abstract: Capital, through neoliberal development, is finding spaces in the informal economy, which was traditionally unattractive for capital investment. Recently, Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Ghana have surged given the increasing sovereign debt and economic crisis….