Publications

Rural household travel patterns have been largely ignored in African transport studies. Over the past ten years, however, village-level surveys have been undertaken which reveal the preeminence of female porterage in rural transport activities. Donor agencies are now...

This paper examines the interface between work conditions of rural women in Africa and Western perceptions and interventions to address them. From a schematic review of Western attitudes towards African rural women's work, the paper moves on to consider donor...

This bibliography concerns the existing scientific literature on different aspects of rural employment. It contains 301 references, listed in alphabetical order by author. The references are either of a general nature or concern the situation in the countries of sub-Saharan...

Sub-Saharan Africa is steadily becoming less rural in character. For decades development thinking has prescribed industrialization as the virtuous path leading away from economic dependence on agriculture. The present paper rejects the view that rural or even national...

Afrika staat zeer centraal in de Nederlandse ontwikkelingsinspanning waaronder de samenwerking met Afrikaanse instellingen en collega's ten aanzien van onderzoek en onderwijs. In dit kader is een duidelijke en aktieve rol weggelegd voor de Nederlandse Afrikanistiek. Maar...