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Natural resources and local livelihoods in the great lakes region of Africa : a political economy perspective /

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Corporate Author: Palgrave (Firm)
Other Authors: Ansoms, An, Marysse, S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Income distribution > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Rural development > Africa.
Land tenure > Africa.
Mineral industries > Africa.
Natural resources > Africa > Management.
Income distribution > Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Mines and mineral resources > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Mines and mineral resources > Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Mineral industries > Environmental aspects > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Mineral industries > Environmental aspects > Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Congo (Democratic Republic) > Economic conditions.
Great Lakes Region (Africa) > Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION : SETTING THE STAGE : THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION
  • S. Marysse & A.Ansoms PART I: MINERAL RESOURCES AND LIVELIHOODS OF SMALL-SCALE ACTORS Local actors versus global interests? Dynamics, trends and scales in the Congolese mining sector
  • S.Geenen 'If you control the railway , you command the wealth of a country': Chinese involvement in DRCongo
  • S.Marysse & S.Geenen Constraints, opportunities and hope: which future for gold miners and traders in Kamituga, South-Kivu?
  • S.Geenen Money and masculinity among artisanal miners in Katanga
  • J.Cuvelier The river of gold: The production and trade of gold from Mongbwalu, DRC
  • D.Fahey PART II: LAND (SCARCITY) AND LIVELIHOODS OF SMALL-SCALE PEASANTS A 'Green Revolution' for rural Rwanda: Is there a future for small-scale farming and pro-poor rural growth?
  • A.Ansoms Restricted access to land and its socio-economic consequences in rural southeastern Rwanda
  • M.Leegwater A land reform in Burundi Discussions in the capital, resignation in the countryside: Burundi's long-lasting debate for a land code reform
  • D.Kohlhagen Decentralised land management in South-Kivu, DRCongo: Reconciling custom, state and local livelihoods
  • I.Utshudi & A.Ansoms Land conflicts in ituri: a mortgage from the past hindering the future
  • J.Van Puijenbroek Struggle for land in Kinshasa (DRC): Governance of urban agricultural space
  • I.Wagemakers & O.M.Diki CONCLUSION: RECONCILING GLOBALIZATION WITH SMALL-SCALERS' LIVELIHOODS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION
  • A.Ansoms & S.Marysse.