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Journal articles on the topic "Literature|African literature"

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Paasche, Karin Ilona. "The Linguistics of Literature in Education: African Literature in African Universities." New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 2, no. 9 (2017): 65–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/gjhss.v2i9.1086.

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MBURE, SAM. "African Children’s Literature or Literature for African Children?" Matatu 17-18, no. 1 (1997): 3–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18757421-90000211.

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GéRARD, Albert S., and W. Hanekom. "COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND AFRICAN LITERATURES." South African Journal of African Languages 5, sup1 (1985): 150–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02572117.1985.10586639.

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Smith,, Robert P., Albert S. Gérard, and C. F. Swanepoel. "Comparative Literature and African Literatures." World Literature Today 69, no. 2 (1995): 415. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40151320.

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Njoku, Basil. "Reviewing African Literature." World Literature Today 78, no. 2 (2004): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40158419.

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Chimombo, Steve. "Learning African literature." Wasafiri 3, no. 6-7 (1987): 7–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02690058708574143.

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Boluwaduro, Eniola. "Remapping African Literature." Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies 6, no. 2 (2020): 151–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23277408.2020.1719008.

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Fleming, Robert E., R. Baxter Miller, and Henry Louis Gates. "African and African American Literature." PMLA 105, no. 5 (1990): 1123. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/462739.

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Chapman, Michael. "African Literature, African Literatures: Cultural Practice or Art Practice?" Research in African Literatures 34, no. 1 (2003): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/ral.2003.34.1.1.

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Chapman, Michael. "African Literature, African Literatures: Cultural Practice or Art Practice?" Research in African Literatures 34, no. 1 (2003): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ral.2003.0004.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Literature|African literature"

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Foukara, Abderrahim. "Alienation in South African literature." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.287285.

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Hinton-Johnson, KaaVonia Mechelle. "Expanding the power of literature African American literary theory & young adult literature /." Columbus, OH : Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1054833658.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003.
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Pearse, Adetokunbo. "Aspects of madness in contemporary African literature." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250284.

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Bennett, Jessica. "National Identity in South African Children's Literature." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3584.

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National identity is an important characteristic of a country and helps to create a sense of national unity between its citizens. Identity is a learned concept that develops at a young age from children's surroundings and interactions. According to Martyn Barrett, this sense of National identity is present as early as the age of 5, with children gaining greater understanding of the significance of national identity to the age of 11. During this time period, picture books play a major role in childhood development. Using picture books to help create a positive, unified sense of national identity and multicultural understanding can help a nation to create a socially stable environment that influences political and economic development. In the case of South Africa, national identity has shifted since the end of the apartheid era, but how it is reflected within children's picture books? This mini-dissertation examines six different children's picture books to ascertain whether or not elements of national identity are included and if these elements are able to create a positive shift in national identity within South African society. The elements of national identity to be examined include, but are not limited to, South African plants and animals that are native/ unique to South Africa, important South African figures, shared history, multiculturalism, and also hope for the future. By examining these elements and other external influences, an image of South African national identity as represented in children's picture books is explored. This leads to an understanding of the role that children's picture books can play in the South African education system and child development.
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Gibson, Ebony Z. "Art for whose Sake?: Defining African American Literature." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/aas_theses/17.

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This exploratory qualitative study describes the criteria that African American Literature professors use in defining what is African American Literature. Maulana Karenga’s black arts framework shaped the debates in the literature review and the interview protocol; furthermore, the presence or absence of the framework’s characteristics were discussed in the data analysis. The population sampled was African American Literature professors in the United States who have no less than five years experience. The primary source of data collection was in-depth interviewing. Data analysis involved open coding and axial coding. General conclusions include: (1) The core of the African American Literature definition is the black writer representing the black experience but the canon is expanding and becoming more inclusive. (2) While African American Literature is often a tool for empowerment, a wide scope is used in defining methods of empowerment. (3) Black writers should balance aesthetic and political concerns in a text.
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Halil, Karen. "Conjuring power in Caribbean and African-American literature." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0001/NQ39535.pdf.

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Cousins, Helen Rachel. "Conjugal wrongs : gender violence in African women's literature." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2001. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6934/.

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This thesis considers ways in which African women writers are exploring the subject of violence against women. Any attempt to apply feminist criticism to novels by African women must be rooted in a satisfactorily African feminism. Therefore, the history of black feminist thought is outlined showing how African feminisms have been articulated in dialogue with western feminists, black feminisms (developed by women in the African-American diaspora), and through recognition of indigenous ideologies which allowed African women to protest against oppression. Links will be established between the texts, despite their differences, which suggest that, collectively, these novels support the notion that gender violence affects the lives of a majority of African women (from all backgrounds) to a greater or lesser extent. This is because it is supported by the social structures developed and sustained in cultures underpinned by patriarchal ideologies. A range of strategies for managing violence arise from a cross-textual reading of the novels. These will be analysed in terms of their efficacy and rootedness in African feminisms’ principles. The more effective strategies being adopted are found in works by Ama Ata Aidoo and Lindsey Collen and these focus particularly on changing the meanings of motherhood and marriage.
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Himmelman, Natasha. "Madness in African literature : ambivalence, fluidity, and play." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3582.

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Madness in African Literature: Ambivalence, Fluidity, and Play examines how representations of madness in six literary pieces are used to reflect upon discourse.
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Ewing, Maureen Colleen. "South African women's literature and the ecofeminist perspective." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007808.

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A social-constructionist ecofeminist perspective argues that patriarchal society separates the human (or culture) from nature, which causes a false assumption that humanity possesses the right, as a superior species, to dominate nature. This perspective integrates the domination of nature with social conflicts, including but not limited to racial discrimination, gender oppression, and class hierarchies. Understanding how these various forms of oppression interrelate forms the main goal of an ecofeminist perspective. Since the nature-culture, female-male, and whitenonwhite conflicts resonate and interlock throughout South Africa's history, socialconstructionist ecofeminism is an indispensable perspective for analysing South African literature. This thesis takes a social-constructionist ecofeminist approach and applies it to four women authors that write about South African society between the years 1860-1900. This thesis includes the following authors and their works: Olive Schreiner (1855-1920) and two of her novels, The Story of an African Farm (1883) and From Man to Man (published posthumously in 1927); Pauline Smith (1882-1959) and her novel The Beadle (1926); Dalene Matthee (1938- ) and three of her novels, Circles in a Forest (1984), Fiela's Child (1986), and The Mulberry Forest (1987); and Marguerite Poland (1950- ) and one of her novels, Shades (1993). This thesis investigates two women from the time period (Schreiner and Smith) and two women from a late twentieth century perspective (Matthee and Poland) and compares how they depict the natural environment, how they construct gender, and how they interpret class and race power struggles. This thesis concludes that the social-constructionist perspective offers unique insights into these four authors. Schreiner's novels reveal her concerns about gender and racial conflicts in South Africa and her understanding of the nature-culture dichotomy as sustained by Social Darwinism. Smith offers insights into the complex power structures in a rural Afrikaans society that keep women and nonwhite races silent. Matthee writes nature as an active participant in her novels; the social and ecological conflicts emphasise the transformation of the Knysna area. Poland explores the racial tensions, gender conflicts, and environmental concerns that preceded the South African War. Schreiner, Smith, Matthee, and Poland make up a small cross-section of South African literature, but they provide a basis for further discussing the ecofeminist perspective within a South African context.
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van, Heerden Imke. "The vulnerable body in contemporary South African literature." Thesis, University of York, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10686/.

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This thesis examines a selection of South African literary texts written in English and published after 2000, arguing that these works of literature illustrate the ways in which the exigencies of the vulnerable body – brutal violence, HIV/AIDS, and social inequality – complicate attempts to transcend discrimination in contemporary South Africa. Consequently, the study concentrates on representations of the vulnerable body that specifically destabilise fixed categories of identity, thus instantiating the literary ethics of interconnection that comprises its main focus. Each of the five chapters, “Sex”, “Skin”, “Blood”, “Taste”, and “Tongue”, considers a primary text by one South African author, foregrounding a particular body part that plays an important role in the work’s exploration of vulnerability. The thesis engages with different genres, which range from narrative non-fiction to cyberpunk, in addition to diverse and controversial subject positions such as “victim”, “coloured”, “HIV-positive”, “cool”, and “Afrikaner”. The selected texts develop new modes of understanding the body’s vulnerability in order to unsettle the binary oppositions that continue to shape post-apartheid society. Discursive strategies by which this is achieved include Margie Orford’s “counter-derivatisation” in Like Clockwork, Zoë Wicomb’s tact in Playing in the Light, Jonny Steinberg’s clash of epistemologies in Three Letter Plague, Lauren Beukes’s aesthetics of cool in Moxyland, and Antjie Krog’s vocabulary of grace in A Change of Tongue. Following Fanon’s plea, “O my body, always make me a man who questions!”, the ideal post-apartheid author would be one who draws on the body’s potential for self-definition, ambiguity, and change in spite of decades of deep-seated discrimination. The thesis ultimately concludes that sustained critical engagement with representations of the vulnerable body is vital to the project of national reconciliation.
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Books on the topic "Literature|African literature"

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Jones, Eldred Durosimi. African literature today. J. Currey, 1988.

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Eustace, Palmer, ed. African literature today. J. Currey, 1988.

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African American literature. Lucent Books, 2011.

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Jones, Eldred Durosimi. African literature today. J. Currey, 1988.

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Jones, Eldred Durosimi. African literature today. James Currey, 1988.

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Ibironke, Olabode. Remapping African Literature. Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69296-8.

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Mowah, Frank Uche. Psychology and African literature. Stirling-Horden Publishers, 1996.

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Eko, Ebele. Masterpieces in African literature. Mace Books/Sunbird Africa Media Limited Production, 2014.

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Gérard, Albert S. Contexts of African literature. Rodopi, 1990.

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Map of African literature. s.n.], 2005.

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Book chapters on the topic "Literature|African literature"

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Palmer, Eustace. "African literature." In Africa. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003111733-14.

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Davis, Caroline. "Judging African Literature." In Creating Postcolonial Literature. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137328380_8.

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Seymour-Smith, Martin. "South African Literature." In Guide to Modern World Literature. Macmillan Education UK, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06418-2_29.

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Ojaide, Tanure. "Theorizing African literature." In Literature and Culture in Global Africa. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315177700-11.

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Ng’ang’a, Abraham Waigi. "African theology and African literature." In Religion and Social Reconstruction in Africa. Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351167406-21.

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Seymour-Smith, Martin. "African and Caribbean Literature." In Guide to Modern World Literature. Macmillan Education UK, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06418-2_1.

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Ojaide, Tanure. "Environmentalism in African literature." In Literature and Culture in Global Africa. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315177700-5.

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Ojaide, Tanure. "African literature of advocacy." In Literature and Culture in Global Africa. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315177700-7.

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Ibironke, Olabode. "Introduction." In Remapping African Literature. Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69296-8_1.

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Ibironke, Olabode. "The Commonwealth Impresario." In Remapping African Literature. Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69296-8_2.

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Conference papers on the topic "Literature|African literature"

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Ikome, John M., and Grace M. Kanakana. "A Literature Review of South African Automotive Industry Global Competitiveness." In 2018 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.23919/picmet.2018.8481934.

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Yousif Ahmed, Safa, and Hossana Twinomurinzi. "Exploring Semantic Interoperability in e-Government Interoperability Frameworks for intra-African collaboration: A Systematic Literature Review." In Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.24251/hicss.2019.384.

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Mohlamean, Mpho, and Nkqubela Ruxwana. "The Impact of Existing South African Policies and Regulatory Laws on Cloud Computing : A Literature Review Networks." In Fifth International Conference on Advanced Information Technologies and Applications. Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5121/csit.2016.61302.

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Moyo, Moses, and Marianne Loock. "South African small and medium-sized enterprises' reluctance to adopt and use cloud-based business intelligence systems: A literature review." In 2016 11th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icitst.2016.7856706.

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Nichols, Henry James. "South African School Youth in Favour of the Teaching and Learning of “Queerness” and about the "Other"–A Contrast to Current literature." In International Conference on Gender and Sexuality. The International Institue of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.17501/26028611.2020.2103.

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Murashko, V. V., and D. A. Krivenko. "Range reconstruction of the genus Cicer L. (Leguminosae)." In Problems of studying the vegetation cover of Siberia. TSU Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.17223/978-5-94621-927-3-2020-26.

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Based on herbarium and literature data, chorological maps were produced for 47 species of the genus Cicer, this made it possible to clarify the natural boundaries of the species and genus ranges. The species richness map was produced using the method of grid mapping. It identified five geographically isolated areas of modern species diversity: North African, Anatolian-Mediterranean, East African, East of West Asian, Central Asian. Phytogeographic measures are given for each cluster, such as area occupied, total number of species and number of endemics. It was established that the hotspot of modern species diversity of genus Cicer is the mountains of Central Asia, and the maximum concentration area of species is the Pamir-Alai mountain system.
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Ragin, Camille Ragin, Gieira Jones, Olubunmi Shoyele, et al. "Abstract C92: Systematic review of the literature confirms disparities in the prevalence of HPV-positive oropharynx cancer between African Americans and U.S. whites." In Abstracts: Sixth AACR Conference: The Science of Cancer Health Disparities; December 6–9, 2013; Atlanta, GA. American Association for Cancer Research, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1538-7755.disp13-c92.

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Deliwe, Ayanda Pamella. "Factors essential for successful and sustainable e-learning." In Seventh International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head21.2021.12893.

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E-Learning has been viewed as a positive initiative in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), as it is said to improve opportunities for critical thinking, develops better problem solving abilities and assists in improvement of productivity and efficiency of employees. For HEIs to benefit from the advantages of e-learning there needs to be continuous research done on how best can HEIs ensure that there is successful and sustainable e-learning. Secondary data literature was reviewed and in collecting primary data six participants from one of the South African HEIs (UKZN) were interviewed. Information gathered through primary data collection was in line with the information obtained from literature. The difference was when the primary data revealed additional factors which are essential for successful and sustainable e-learning. These includes the importance of finances and regular discussions and engagements with champions/experts and research in the field of e-learning. Most of the literature highlights the importance of engagements with students, faculty and academic staff and not much emphases is placed on engagement with all stakeholders. This paper concluded by providing recommendations which needs to been considered by HEIs on how best they can achieve successful and sustainable e-learning.
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Jewels, Tony, and Nina Evans. "Ethical IT Behaviour as a Function of Environment." In InSITE 2005: Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/2881.

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Research is currently being undertaken to compare attitudes and behaviour towards ethics in information technology between students at an Australian and a South African university. This work provides a background to ethics from the literature from which a behavioural model for micro-level ethical standards is proposed. Using a theoretical underpinning of Fishbein & Azjen’s Theory of Reasoned Action, a survey document has been developed to identify and compare what constructs most affect an individual’s intention to behave in situations requiring ethical considerations.
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Olaleye, A., and F. Adeleke. "DETERMINANTS OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY: A LITERATURE REVIEW." In 16th African Real Estate Society Conference. African Real Estate Society, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.15396/afres2016_103.

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Reports on the topic "Literature|African literature"

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Magee, Caroline E. The Characterization of the African-American Male in Literature by African-American Women. Defense Technical Information Center, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada299399.

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Cantens, Thomas, and Gaël Raballand. Taxation and Customs Reforms in Fragile States: Between Bargaining and Enforcement. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2021.009.

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In the last decade, African authorities and the international community have called for support to increase taxation capacity in order to reduce reliance on aid flows. This commitment to support tax administrations was reflected in the 2015 Addis Tax Initiative (ATI), which advocated ‘to double assistance to developing countries in order to strengthen their tax systems and administrations’ by the year 2020 (IMF 2017: 6). Increasing domestic resource mobilisation is even more salient for state-building in fragile states, in terms of providing costly services to citizens, including security, across national territory. There is a rich literature (Acemoglu and Robinson 2012; Besley and Persson 2009) arguing that robust and inclusive fiscal institutions are essential for state-building and economic growth. This is not the situation in fragile states.
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Quak, Evert-jan. The Link Between Demography and Labour Markets in sub-Saharan Africa. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.011.

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This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic, policy, and knowledge institution sources on how demography affects labour markets (e.g. entrants, including youth and women) and labour market outcomes (e.g. capital-per-worker, life-cycle labour supply, human capital investments) in the context of sub-Saharan Africa. One of the key findings is that the fast-growing population in sub-Saharan Africa is likely to affect the ability to get productive jobs and in turn economic growth. This normally happens when workers move from traditional (low productivity agriculture and household businesses) sectors into higher productivity sectors in manufacturing and services. In theory the literature shows that lower dependency ratios (share of the non-working age population) should increase output per capita if labour force participation rates among the working age population remain unchanged. If output per worker stays constant, then a decline in dependency ratio would lead to a rise in income per capita. Macro simulation models for sub-Saharan Africa estimate that capital per worker will remain low due to consistently low savings for at least the next decades, even in the low fertility scenario. Sub-Saharan African countries seem too poor for a quick rise in savings. As such, it is unlikely that a lower dependency ratio will initiate a dramatic increase in labour productivity. The literature notes the gender implications on labour markets. Most women combine unpaid care for children with informal and low productive work in agriculture or family enterprises. Large family sizes reduce their productive labour years significantly, estimated at a reduction of 1.9 years of productive participation per woman for each child, that complicates their move into more productive work (if available). If the transition from high fertility to low fertility is permanent and can be established in a relatively short-term period, there are long-run effects on female labour participation, and the gains in income per capita will be permanent. As such from the literature it is clear that the effect of higher female wages on female labour participation works to a large extent through reductions in fertility.
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Price, Roz. Overview of Political Economy Analysis Frameworks in the Area of Climate Governance and Key Issues to Consider. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.088.

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Despite global recognition of the urgency of climate action and the need to transition to a low-carbon economy, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, and adaptation needs remain urgent. For a number of years, there have been calls for greater attention to political economy in tackling climate change and development outcomes. The political economy analysis is important as it can be used to assess the factors that may enable or constrain the implementation of climate change policies and actions and sustain political commitment. A framework can guide the process of political economy analysis, identifying relevant stakeholders, their incentives and motives, and other structural factors. This rapid review summarises several such frameworks specifically aimed at climate governance issues developed in recent years, some of these also include useful guidance and steps on the implementation of the framework. The review focuses strictly on the literature around political economy analyses in relation to climate change. It does not explore the history of and rationale for political economy analysis in development in general, nor the accompanying frameworks or operational How-To guides. Another K4D helpdesk by Lucas (2019) looking at what factors affect the political will of African governments to address climate change highlights a number of political economy frameworks that may also be useful to draw on.
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Advancing girls' education in light of COVID-19 in East Africa: A synthesis report. Population Council, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/sbsr2021.1014.

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More than a billion students around the world have been affected by school closures in the past year and a half (March 2020 to August 2021) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The persistence of the pandemic and the severity of the risks posed by the disruption of education necessitate a strong understanding of the present state of girls’ education in East Africa. This study aimed to understand the current problems posed by COVID-19 for girls’ education in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; identify the gaps in understanding with regard to these problems; and illuminate solutions. The study is based on a rapid desk review of peer-reviewed and grey literature, coupled with nearly 30 key informant interviews with a range of East African organizations working on education and/or gender issues. These methods were complemented by an interactive, participatory workshop in which interviewees and other education stakeholders validated and supplemented the initial study results. Key findings from the study are summarized in this report.
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