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…
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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….
“You cannot rely on bank loans to expand your business”: aversion to formal credit among female micro-entrepreneurs in Ghana
New publication alert! Dzifa Torvikey and Fuastina Obeng (CASAS members) and colleagues have recently published an article in the International Journal of Social Economics. Abstract: The marginalisation of female entrepreneurs in accessing credit is well documented. Yet, how female entrepreneurs navigate through the marginalisation to gain funding is under-explored. The authors address this gap using…
The agrarian transition in the Mekong Region: pathways towards sustainable land systems
New publication alert! Check out this just-published article by Von Nanhthavong and colleagues in the Journal of Land Use Science. In the article they examine how land investments have transformed the Mekong Region, focusing on the public and private actions and how they address poverty alleviation, gender equality, and forest conservation. Their analysis shows that…
Peasant Seed Sovereignty and Climate Justice in a Biotechnological World
Check out this just-published book chapter by Carol Hérnandez, CASAS member: Abstract: Peasant agriculture and its agrobiodiversity systems are at a juncture in which two global processesimpose significant challenges for their sustainability: climate change and the expansion of agriculturalbiotechnology supported by a regimen of intellectual property rights over plant genetic resources. Inthis article, I explore…