| The Library, Documentation and Information Department of the African Studies
Centre has compiled this web dossier on development issues in Kenya,
Tanzania and Uganda to coincide with the first
East Africa Day. The
conference, that was held in Leiden on 22 June 2005, was organized by the
African Studies Centre (ASC) in Leiden in cooperation with the Development
Policy Review Network (DPRN). The dossier begins with background information about the East Africa Day and
then provides a list of titles on two specific themes: (1) policies for
rural poverty reduction in East Africa, and (2) land issues in East Africa.
The title section is based on the ASC library's collection and contains
titles of books and articles published in the last ten years. Each title
links directly to the corresponding record in the
online catalogue that
provides details about the title as well as abstracts of articles and edited
works. The dossier concludes with a number of web resources.
1. Background
2. Policies for rural poverty reduction in East Africa
3. Land issues in East Africa
4. Selected Web Resources
For further information, please email us at asclibrary@ascleiden.nl or phone
+31 (0)71 527 3354.
The Development Policy Review Network (DPRN) is a
CERES-facilitated network
of scholars, policy makers and practitioners from development-oriented
institutions and organizations in the Netherlands and the Dutch-speaking
areas of Belgium. With financial support from the Netherlands Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, DPRN has planned 13 regional meetings in the period
2005-2007 with the aim of stimulating contacts between and creating networks
of development-oriented scholars, policy makers and practitioners active in
the same geographical regions. The African Studies Centre, being a member of
DPRN, has agreed to organize three regional meetings: on East Africa (Kenya,
Tanzania and Uganda), West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape
Verde, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia,
Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo), and the
Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Sudan).
In line with DPRN’s objectives, the aims of the East Africa Day 2005 are
fourfold:
- to facilitate and stimulate an exchange of information and experiences
among a wide variety of experts on the East Africa region including
researchers, policy makers and practitioners from academic institutions,
ministries, co-financing agencies, embassies (East African embassies in the
Netherlands and vice versa, thematic co-financing agencies, consultants and
representatives from diasporas in the Netherlands;
- to present an overview of ‘who is who’ and ‘who does what’ in the region;
- to present an overview of current relevant political, economic, social and
cultural issues and developments in the region; and
- to stimulate discussion on and provide insight into the challenges
development policies and practice offer, in particular the relevance of the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), for the research agenda in the region
and the extent to which this matches with the agenda, expectations and
plans of researchers.
At the East Africa Day 2005 two themes were discussed in more detail
regarding the above-mentioned objectives: (1) policies for rural poverty
reduction in East Africa, and (2) land issues in East Africa.
Two recent evaluation reports by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
form the basis for the session on ‘Donor Policies and Rural Poverty
Reduction’. One of these reports deals with Dutch support for local
governance in Uganda (2003) and the other with Dutch aid to two (former)
District Development Programmes in Tanzania (2004). Although written from
different perspectives, both studies evaluate programmes supported by the
Netherlands that were aimed at rural poverty reduction.
The conclusions of both reports raise interesting questions for further
discussion between policy makers, development practitioners and researchers.
- How can poverty analysis and monitoring become an integral part of policy
and programme formulation and implementation, and what role can (local)
universities and researchers play in this respect?
- To what extent do sector-wide approaches (SWAPs) aimed at rural poverty
reduction create better opportunities for integrating micro, meso and macro
linkages in, for instance, local governance and agriculture, and how can
(academic) research contribute insights in this field?
- How do the roles of the state and the private sector relate to each other
in rural development programmes? Should the economic dimension of rural
development be made more explicit in policies and programmes, and how can
this be done? What role can research play in clarifying these issues?
Based on evidence from Kenya, several aspects of the land question (land
conflicts, land policies, land conservation, etc.), their relationships with
rural development efforts, and their implications for donor policies in the
area of rural development were considered during the session on ‘Land
policies and rural development programmes’. The following two questions were
the main issues under discussion:
- To what extent are land policies taken into account in the formulation of
donor policies and in the implementation of rural development programmes?
What constraints do donors face in this respect?
- How and to what extent can land issues become part of policy and programme formulation and implementation, and what role can (local)
universities and researchers play in this respect?
Policies for rural poverty reduction in East Africa
PRSPs in Africa : parliaments and economic policy performance = Les DSRPs en
Afrique : parlements et résultats des politiques économiques/ Steven Langdon
& Rasheed Draman . - Eschborn : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische
Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), 2005.
Poverty, policies and perceptions in Tanzania : an evaluation of Dutch aid
to two district rural development programmes [The Hague : Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Policy and Operations Evaluation Department], 2004. - (IOB-evaluaties,
ISSN 1566-7391 ; nr. 296).
Full text available online
Co-ordination and sector support : an evaluation of the Netherlands’ support
to local governance in Uganda, 1991 – 2001. [The Hague : Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Policy and Operations Evaluation Department], 2003. - (IOB-evaluaties,
ISSN 1566-7391 ; nr. 294).
Full text available online.
Fighting poverty in Africa : are PRSPs making a difference?/ David Booth . -
London : Overseas Development Institute, 2003.
Growth and poverty reduction in Uganda, 1999-2000: panel data evidence /
Klaus Deininger & John Okidi.
In: Development Policy Review : (2003), vol. 21, no. 4, p. 481-509 : graf.,
tab.
USAID's approach to poverty reduction : the case of Uganda/ Joseph Lieberson
. - Arlington, VA : USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse, 2003. -
(Evaluation brief ; no. 8).
Predicting household poverty: a methodological note with a Kenyan example / Germano Mwabu.
In: African development review : a journal of the African Development Bank
for the study and analysis of development issues in Africa : (2003), vol.
15, no. 1, p. 77-85 : tab.
Is there a place for virtual poverty funds in pro-poor public spending
reform? : lessons from Uganda's PAF/ Tim Williamson & Sudharshan Canagarajah.
In: Development Policy Review : (2003), vol. 21, no. 4, p. 449-480 : fig., graf., tab.
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Africa South of the Sahara, Countries and Regions: East Africa, Kenya,
Tanzania, Uganda.
Guide to Internet resources on African countries and regions, prepared by
Karen Fung (Stanford University) for the Information and Communication
Technology Group (ICTG), African Studies Association, USA.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide3.html
Oxfam: Land Rights in Africa
Information about several aspects of the land question (land conflicts, land
policies, land rights, etc.). Includes reports, papers and journal articles
and a collection of interesting web links.
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/livelihoods/landrights/index.htm
PovertyNet: Guide to Poverty Alleviation Organizations and Resources Across
the Web.
Information about poverty, its assessment, its impact, and initiatives to
reduce poverty internationally. Includes a special collection of poverty
alleviation reports and papers, and a web guide.
www.worldbank.org/poverty/
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