news from the Nordic Africa Institute from the Nordic Africa Institute numBer 3 novemBer 2007 from the contents china and Africa Fantu Cheru theme: AfricAn Agriculture Agriculture and the World Bank Atakilte Beyene Property rights Kjell Havnevik Tor A. Benjaminsen & Espen Sjaastad inequality and climate change contents to our reAders AfricAn Agriculture 1 3 november 2007 Carin Norberg African agriculture and the World Bank: development or impoverishment? Atakilte
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briefly discuss the key features of the apartheid system‚ the main reasons that led to the collapse of the Apartheid era and the prevailing legacy in political circumstances. These issues will be unpacked through firstly identifying and explaining the key features of the apartheid system‚ briefly highlighting and explaining the factors that contributed to the collapse of the Apartheid era and lastly by looking at the ways in which the past is still shaping South Africa’s present political circumstances
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causes this entrenched poverty‚ on a continent rich with natural resources? Unfortunately‚ poverty in Africa doesn ’t result from just one or two causes. There are a number of different factors at work‚ all interacting with one another‚ and making the problem of entrenched poverty extremely difficult to solve. Some of the major causes of poverty include: war and armed conflict‚ poor farm policy‚ lack of access to credit‚ rampant unemployment‚ lack of access to education‚ and disease. One-fifth of
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Discuss the themes and authorial intent of Larry Watson in writing Montana 1948 In the novel‚ Montana 1948‚ written by Larry Watson‚ a story of a young boy named David and the events of a cataclysmic summer holidays are recounted. Set in the heart of North America in the 19th century‚ when Native Americans were considered B class citizens and persecution was inevitable ever since the Europeans first arrived on the continent. David matures in a short span throughout the text from naivety to maturity
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Globalization Is there a price for life? If so what is it? The issue here concerns South Africa ’s growing HIV/AIDS patients. The world non-the-less isn ’t doing much about the situation that only seems to be getting worse. South Africa already has the highest growing HIV/AIDS rate in the world. The pharmaceutical companies offered very little medical donations or help; they ended up doing quite the opposite. When South Africa attempted to import generic versions of the needed HIV/AIDS drugs because of
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South Africa Mobile Service Market – Market Overview South Africa telecom sector boasts the continent’s most advanced networks in terms of technology deployed and services provided. In a virtually saturated voice market‚ three mobile networks – Vodacom‚ MTN and Cell C- are competing for market share in the mobile service market. 3G/HSPA mobile broadband services now rival available DSL fixed-line offerings in terms of both speed and price‚ and have consequently taken the upper hand in terms of
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Trace the history of imperialism in Africa Before 1869‚ Britain only controlled a small amount of land in Africa. The British concentrated on imperialism in other‚ more profitable places around the world; places that would give them more markets for trade and more opportunity to increase their economy. Suddenly‚ the British were annexing land in places like Egypt and South Africa; in 1869 these were places that did not have monetary value. Before the 1870’s‚ thanks to the influence of Livingstone
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Apartheid Museum The apartheid museum is often seen as a place remembering the atrocities of the past and commemorating the struggle of the black people. The emphasis on black is no coincidence‚ there is very little here that shows the struggle of others‚ or even shows the ruling ANC as anything besides the victim. In fact the creation of the museum was in response to a requirement by the then ‘new’ ANC government‚ which required casinos to provide a way to attract tourists‚ before the government
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How is the increasing rate of unemployment affecting the youth of South Africa? 1. Introduction A major problem in South Africa is the large number of young persons who are unemployed. In South Africa 50% of the South Africans who don’t have jobs‚ are youngsters. Today‚ a matriculation qualification is not enough to get a job in this country‚ even having a degree does not necessarily guarantee employment. South Africa has an acute problem of youth unemployment that requires a multi-pronged
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were the major historical factors explaining ‘the scramble for Africa’? In order to approach this essay question‚ my analysis will be divided into two parts. The first section will define what the scramble for Africa means. In the subsequent sections‚ I will refer to the case history of colonization of Africa by some European countries‚ the motives behind their actions and its consequences on Africa particularly. The scramble for Africa was described as the golden period of European expansionism in
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