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Political Ecology and Differential Vulnerabilities to Droughts among Livestock Farmers in South Africa: A Case Study of Mpakeni Community
(ESRC STEPS Centre, 2020-01-10)Most of South Africa’s black rural population reside in the former homelands or Bantustans, commonly referred to as communal areas by the post-apartheid government (Clark and Luwaya 2017). Amongst a variety of livelihood ... -
Small Business Owners and Corporate Tax Responsibility in Nigeria: An Exploratory Study
(IDS, 2020-01-13)This study explores how small business owners talk about their tax responsibility, especially in non-enabling institutional contexts. It identifies two main types of tax responsibility discourses amongst these business ... -
Developing Disability-Inclusive Higher Education Systems
(DUZ Academic Publishers, 2020-01-01)It has been 25 years since the first issue of International Higher Education was published. By coincidence, it is also 25 years since the Salamanca Statement called on the international community to endorse the approach ... -
A New Policy Narrative for Pastoralism? Pastoralists as Reliability Professionals and Pastoralist Systems as Infrastructure
(ESRC STEPS Centre, 2020-01-01)This paper proposes that pastoralist systems are better treated, in aggregate, as a global critical infrastructure. The policy and management implications that follow are significant and differ importantly from current ... -
Skills Topic Guide: Health and Education Advice and Resource Team (HEART)
(Health & Education Advice & Resource Team (HEART), 2016)This topic guide is focused on skills immediately necessary for employment and increased productivity. It focuses on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) skills, which are concerned with the acquisition ...
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