A women’s fund in Mali
Nov 21, 2011 | Kaidia Samaké
An association of housewives from Gwelekoro all pay a small amount each week. The money can be given as small loans for women in Mali, where it can be difficult for women to get loans or funding.
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Blockade sends food prices soaring
Oct 24, 2011 | Takhelchangbam Ambravati
Food prices in Manipur have more than doubled as groups have blocked the highways, preventing deliveries of essential commodities and medicines.
Food price hikes lead to more hunger in cities
Oct 12, 2011 | Panos London
In response to recent reports on food security and concerns about famine, Panos London today launched a new case study series, Hungry in the City, which investigates the effects of food price hikes and rising inflation on people’s ability to find food for themselves and their families.
Wind powers Kenya’s growth
Sep 29, 2011 | Evelyn Kahungu
Salima village lies onthe main route to Loiyangalani, allowing women and children to beg for food and water from passing traffic. There is very little in this remote, arid area of Kenya. Yet there is one thing in abundance in this desolate spot: wind.
Relay workshops update
Sep 12, 2011 | Tania Ghosh
Workshops held by Relay help improve reporting on research. This blog looks at two workshops held in August in East Africa.
Cheating agents cut out of cotton deals
Sep 7, 2011 | Orton Kiishweko
Being cheated by agents – middlemen who buy farmers’ cotton and sell it on to ginneries, where cotton is processed into lint for export – is one of the many hardships of being a cotton farmer in Tanzania.
Dams and development
Mar 30, 2011 | Panos London
The topic guide considers areas of potential conflict between countries, concerns over policy guidelines regarding dam building and the socio-economic impact of displacement.
Protestors, power and mega-dams
Mar 25, 2011 | Tania Ghosh
Mega-dams have caused controversy around the world. The Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric project, being constructed in Arunachal Pradesh, North-east India is no exception.
Uganda’s elections: a game of football?
Feb 18, 2011 | Richard Kavuma
Richard M Kavuma offers a compelling insight into the Ugandan election campaign of February 2011, which Yoweri Museveni won by 68% of the vote, asking whether the best team is going to win, or whether it’s simply a case of the match being rigged.
Reporting tax research in Kenya
Jan 20, 2011 | Panos London
Panos London and Panos Eastern Africa worked with two main partners to convene a workshop for researchers, CSOs and Kenyan media representatives at Lake Naivasha in Kenya on 15–17 November 2009. The first of these partners was CommGAP, a global programme at the World Bank which promotes the use of communication in governance reform programmes….
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