CASAS’ members publications
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Rural women and coping with extreme heat in South Western Zimbabwe: livelihoods, water and energy
Patience Chadambuka (CASAS’ member) has published this article with colleagues Talent Moyo & Sandra Bhatasara in Cogent Social Sciences. Abstract: This article focuses on rural women’s agency and innovation in the context of the global acceleration of climate change-induced extreme heat. Specifically, it considers the intersecting challenges encountered in relation to livelihoods, water, and energy,…
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Financing critical-mineral infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa: Developmental de-risking or green financial extractivism in the DRC and Zimbabwe?
Kennedy Manduna (CASAS’ member) and Paul Mukoki have published this paper in Resources Policy. Abstract: The global shift towards low-carbon energy systems has heightened demand for copper, cobalt, and lithium, driving investment in African mineral projects. However, developmental outcomes are shaped not only by extraction and processing but also by the financial structures underpinning these…
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Contract farming and social movements
Gaurav Bansal (CASAS’ member) and Mark Vicol have published a chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Contract Farming and Development. Abstract: This chapter examines how rural-agrarian social movements in the Global South have responded to the growing prevalence of contract farming (CF) arrangements. While the dominant understanding is that social movements tend to see CF…
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The Political Economy of Land Grabbing and Deforestation in Times of Peace and War: Lessons from the Colombian Amazon (2016–2024)
CASAS’ member Sammy Sánchez Garavito has published this article in Spanish with Sebastián Gómez Zúñiga, Daniela Mosquera-Camacho & Daniel Ortiz Gallego in the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Abstract: This article analyzes land grabbing and deforestation in the Colombian Amazon from a political economy perspective, focusing on the changes that occurred after…