Proceedings and Monographs

152 Kiros, F. G. [Fassil G. Kiros](ed.).

The development problems and prospects of semi-arid areas in eastern Africa. Proceedings of workshop.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1980. x + 371p.

Eastern African Social Science Consultative Group Workshop on the Problems and Prospects of Semi-Arid Areas, Nazareth (Ethiopia), 9-13 April 1980.

Compilation of papers presented to, including the discussion that followed thereupon, the Eastern African Social Science Consultative Group workshop that was held under the theme of problems of and prospects for development in arid and semi-arid areas in East Africa. The workshop was organized in seven different sessions. The papers are titled: "Desertification in Africa: A result of reduced resilience of arid ecosystems", "Ecological problems and prospects of semi-arid areas in Ethiopia", "Climatic characteristics and life patterns in semi-arid areas of Ethiopia", "Problems and prospects of arid and semi-arid environments in Kenya", "The development of Kenya's arid and semi-arid areas: Problems and prospects", "The management of environmental degradation in semi-arid Botswana", "Prospects of irrigated agriculture in semi-arid areas of Tanzania", "The role of sorghum in alleviating the food production problems in semi-arid areas of Ethiopia", "Problems of political and administrative participation in a semi-arid area of Uganda", "Transportation as a development constraint in agricultural production: A theoretical expose and application in the semi-arid areas of Tanzania", "Focus on development prospects in agricultural transportation in semi-arid areas", "The challenge of tree development in the arid and semi-arid areas of East Africa with emphasis on appropriate methodology", "Institutional changes and environmental impacts in semi-arid regions: The case of Botswana", "The state, and traditional responses to drought among the Tswana", "The socio-political impact of semi-arid ecology: The case of the Horn of Africa", "Production strategies under semi-arid conditions: The case of Ngabu farmers in the Lower Shire valley, Malawi", and "The impact of limiting fuel wood utilization rates and deforestation in a semi-arid environment: Kenya".

153 Katorobo, James (ed.)

The social sciences in Eastern Africa: An agenda for research.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1985. 180p.

Workshop on Research Priorities in the Social Sciences in Eastern Africa, Arusha (Tanzania), 1983.

Compilation of papers selected from those presented at an OSSREA workshop devoted to research priorities in the social sciences in eastern Africa and which address such issues as the status of the existing social sciences knowledge in the region; the adequacy of the conceptual and analytic tools to understand social, political, economic and cultural conditions in the region; gaps in the fields of politics, management, national economies, rural development, resources management and women studies that need to be urgently filled by fresh research; and problems of conducting social science research. The papers that follow the introductory chapter are titled: "Research priorities on elections in Africa", "Research priorities on politics in eastern Africa", "Research priorities on public management in Ethiopia", "Research priorities on public administration in Tanzania", "Research priorities in the management of the Tanzanian economy", "Research priorities in the management of the Ugandan economy", "Research priorities on rural development in Uganda", "Research priorities on rural development in Tanzania", "Research priorities on human and physical resources in Tanzania", "Research priorities on women's studies in eastern Africa", "Research priorities on social sciences in Uganda", and "Conclusions on research priorities in eastern Africa".

154 Kiros, F. G. [Fassil G. Kiros] (ed.).

Challenging rural poverty. Experiences in institution-building and popular participation for rural development in eastern Africa.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1985. vi + 234p. Trenton, N. J. (USA): Africa World Press.

1. OSSREA Congress, Alemaya (Ethiopia), June 1983.

Compilation of papers presented at the first OSSREA congress which dealt with the problems of rural development in general and on aspects of institution-building and popular participation in particular in eastern African. After an introductory chapter that summarizes each subsequent paper, the volume is organized into two main parts. The first part consists of papers that review the nature and causes of rural poverty in Africa and the worsening conditions of the rural poor in the region despite more than two decades of development efforts and also assess the outcomes of several rural development experiences. The second part includes selections that address themselves to the question of institution-building, especially centre-locality relations, the development of appropriate forms of rural development institutions, and grass-roots participation in the context of rural development. The papers are titled: "The socioeconomic consequences of famine", "Approaches to the problem of rural poverty in Africa", "Women commodity producers and proletariats: The case of African women", "Pitfalls in rural development: The case in Tanzania", "The impact of population growth on food production in Tanzania: Problems and prospects", "The pathology of institution building - the Tanzanian case", "Organization for development: Tanzania's search for appropriate local level organizational forms", "Centre-periphery linkages in the development process: An assessment of the Kenyan experience", "Administration of cooperatives for rural development in Kenya", "The integrated development approach within the context of decentralization in Zambia", and "The Ethiopian experience in agrarian reform".

155 Fadlalla, Bashir Omer Mohamed; Kiros, F. G. [Fassil G. Kiros] (eds.)

Research methods in the social sciences: A quest for relevant approaches for Africa.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1986. iv + 230p. Khartoum (Sudan): Khartoum University Press.

Research Methods in the Social Sciences, Khartoum (Sudan), 1-3 Oct 1984.

Compilation of papers that were presented at an OSSREA workshop on research methods in the social sciences and that address various aspects of the relevance of the different methodologies used for research on African societies while examining how these could be improved upon. The first group of papers deals with issues pertaining to fieldwork techniques, collection of ethnographic data for rural development purposes, and the relevance of the present techniques, which are largely borrowed from non-African contexts, to the African realm. A common feature of the contributions to this section is the authors' critique of the prevailing methodologies and their plea for their reconsideration. The second section consists of four papers that deal with mathematical techniques in data analysis in the social sciences. The final section comprises three articles dealing with problems and methods in documentary research. The papers are titled: "Introduction: Research methods in the social sciences, an overview", "Social science research in Africa: A review of methods and ethics", "The recency and immediacy of political science: Some implications for research", "The African household in socio-economic change: A conceptual problem in research", "Research methodology and the competence of social scientists in depicting reality: Some odd facts from rural Sudan", "Sampling errors from socio-economic baseline survey in an Ethiopian rural setting", "Village surveys as a primary source of data for testing hypotheses in rural/rural migration in Sudan", "An approach to the use of scaling in sensitivity analysis", "The problems of social science research in developing societies, with examples from a survey of Zairean refugees in Tanzania", "Methodological issues in research on public administration in Uganda: Problems and prospects of documentation", "Methodological issues in administrative research in Africa", and "Researching on the history of labour".

156 OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

The teaching and research of economics in the East African universities: Selected articles.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1986. 117p.

Workshop on the Teaching and Research of Economics in Eastern Africa Universities, Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), 11-15 Jan 1984.

Compilation of papers selected from those presented at an OSSREA workshop organized under the theme "The teaching and research of economics in the eastern African universities" whose objectives were to evaluate the role of the economics discipline; discuss the structure, concepts and application of courses and curricula in relation to the teaching of and research in economics; evaluate contributions of economic research; consider the current status and future prospects of the economics discipline; and discuss immediate and long-term areas of cooperation among the departments of economics in the region. The papers are titled: "Application of logical positivism in conventional economic analysis", "Methodological issues in economic theorizing and research: Some reflections", "An overview of the extent to which the economics discipline has influenced economic development in East Africa", "Economic research in eastern Africa: Data availability problems and processing", "The political economy approach to the teaching of introductory economics", "Problems of stabilization and economic research in Africa", "Africa and the international economic crisis: The role of university lecture room economics", "Teaching the History of Economics Thought in developing countries: Some reflections", "Justification for the teaching of agricultural economics within departments of economics in eastern Africa", and "Teaching of economics: An overview on what orientation it should take".

157 El-Bakri, Zeinab; Besha, Roth M. (eds.)

Women and development in eastern Africa: An agenda for research. Proceedings of the workshop on women and development in eastern Africa.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1989. viii + 119p.

Workshop on Research Methods, Problems, Priorities and Support Needs on Women and Development in the Eastern African Region, Nazareth (Ethiopia), 27-30 Oct 1986.

Compilation of papers presented at a workshop on the state of research on women and development in the East African region which investigated and analyzed problems faced by women in undertaking research in Africa, and particularly in East Africa, and identified gender related research areas to be addressed in the future. The papers are titled: "Research priorities on women, planning and management in eastern Africa", "Research priorities and support needs on women and development in Kenya", "Critical notes on women studies and research in Sudan", "Research priorities and support for women in pre- and post-independent Namibia", "The state of research on women in Tanzania", "Research priorities and support needs on women and development in Malawi", "Research priorities on women and development in Uganda", "Research methods, priorities and support needs on women and development in Uganda", "Research priorities and support needs of women in agriculture in the Sudan", "Priority areas of research on women and development in agriculture in Tanzania", "Research priorities on women education and employment in Ethiopia", "Women and communication in Tanzania", "Academic performance of female students in institutes of higher education, the case of Addis Ababa University - a summary", "Women and education in Tanzania - a summary", and "Research priorities and support needs in population and women in development in eastern Africa, with particular focus on Kenya".

158 OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Abstracts of social science theses and dissertations submitted to eastern African universities, 1986-87. Vol. 1 - 1989.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1989. 78p.

Compilation of the abstracts from the Masters and Doctoral theses and dissertations in the social sciences submitted to the universities of Addis Ababa, Dar-es-Salaam, Kenyatta, Makerere, Nairobi, and Zambia from 1985 to 1987. The list is in alphabetical order by country and then by author.

159 OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Abstracts of social science theses and dissertations submitted to eastern African universities. Vol. 2 - 1990.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1989. 78p.

Compilation of the abstracts from the Masters and Doctoral theses and dissertations in the social sciences submitted to universities in Ethiopia, Uganda and Zambia. The list is in alphabetical order by country and then by author.

160 Oyugi, Walter Ouma (ed.)

The teaching and research of political science in eastern Africa.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1989. vii + 266p.

Workshop on the Teaching and Research of Political Science in Eastern Africa, Nairobi (Kenya), 15-18 April 1985.

Compilation of papers, presented at an OSSREA workshop on the teaching of and research in political science in East Africa universities, that examine the state of the art in teaching and research in various sub-disciplines of political science at higher institutions of learning and present the experiences of scholars engaged in the practice. The papers are titled: "Political science in post-independence Africa", "Political science as a social science in eastern African universities", "On research and teaching of political theory in East Africa", "Research and teaching of comparative politics in the eastern African region", "Research on and teaching of international relations in eastern African", "The teaching and research of political economy in Africa with specific reference to East Africa", "Trends in research and teaching of public administration in eastern Africa since independence", "Teaching and study of public administration: The experience at Addis Ababa University", "Teaching and research in political science and public administration: The experience of the University of Dar-es-Salaam", "Teaching and research of political science and public administration: The Makerere experience", "Study of political science at the University of Nairobi", and "Political science at the University of Swaziland: Organizational problems relating to teaching and research".

161 Selassie, S. G. [Seyoum G. Selassie]; Kameir, El-W. (eds.).

Teaching and research in anthropology and sociology in eastern African universities.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1989. 141p.

Workshop on the Teaching and Research of Sociology and Anthropology in East African Universities, Nazareth (Ethiopia), 21-25 April 1986.

Compilation of papers, selected from those presented at an OSSREA workshop whose objective was to facilitate the exchange of experiences among scholars regarding the status of teaching and research in sociology and anthropology in East African universities, which highlight the major determinants of the nature, scope and prospects of teaching and research in the two disciplines in the region, viz., the colonial heritage (except for Ethiopia); prevailing political perceptions regarding the nation-building requirements of countries in the region; inadequacies of funds and other logistical constraints; and problems related to the quality of students entering the departments of sociology and anthropology. After an introductory chapter that summarizes subsequent ones, the first four chapters deal with issues and problems of teaching in Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda while the remaining four discuss experiences concerning problems of and opportunities for conducting research in Africa as a whole as well as in Kenya and Sudan. The papers are titled- "Teaching of social sciences at the University of Dar-es-Salaam: The case for sociology", "The teaching of anthropology and sociology in the Sudan: From functionalism to the era of interdisciplinary outlook", "The teaching of anthropology and sociology in Ethiopia", "The teaching of and research in industrial sociology in Makerere University: Problems and prospects", "Anthropological and sociological research on development and social change in the Sudan", "The perceived role of anthropological research and teaching in social change in Kenya", "Problems of research in Africa with special reference to sociology", and "A review of selected research undertaken as part of the teaching programme of the Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi".

162 Chole, E. [Eshetu Chole]; Mlay, W.; Oyugi, W. (eds.)

The crisis of development strategies in eastern Africa.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1990. 285p.

2. OSSREA Congress. Critical Analysis of Development Policies in Eastern Africa, Eldoret (Kenya), 28-31 Jul 1986.

Compilation of papers selected from those presented at OSSREA's second triennial congress, which was held under the theme of a critical analysis of development policies in eastern Africa, the work highlights the range and magnitude of development problems in the region and proposes possible solutions. After an introductory chapter which summarizes subsequent ones, the papers deal with three main issues, viz., impact of exogenous factors such as world politics and participation in the world economy, structural adjustment programmes mandated by the IMF, food aid, foreign aid, and foreign policy on the process of development in the region; institutional problems of development such as politics, public sector philosophy, privatization and management of public enterprises; and policies pertaining to the provision of housing, industrial development and educational development. The papers are titled: "The external environment of development in East Africa: An overview", "The IMF debate and the politics of demobilization in Tanzania", "Food aid and food dependency in Ethiopia", "Foreign assistance and local capacity building in Tanzania", "Aid, dependency and civil war in the Southern Sudan", "The effect of foreign policy on national development: The experience of Kenya", "The pathology of institution building: The Uganda case", "A public sector without a public philosophy: The case of Uganda", "Privatization in Africa: Premises and prospects", "Management of public enterprises: Some aspects of training and development of public enterprise personnel in Botswana", "Lessons for Kenya from Indonesian housing policies", "Constraints to industrial development in Ethiopia", and "Some aspects of educational development in Kenya since independence: An appraisal".

163 Darkoh, Michael Bwesi K. (ed.)

African river basins and dryland crises.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Uppsala Univ. (Sweden). Department of Human and Physical Geography. Research Programme on Environment and International Security. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1992. v + 168p.

Compilation of papers presented at a joint workshop that addressed the crisis currently affecting river basins and arid and semi-arid areas in Africa and investigated development possibilities and constraints in the two zones under the broad themes of dam and canal construction, irrigation schemes, and resettlement. The papers are titled: "African dryland crisis and the river basins: An overview", "The damming of the river Atbara and its downstream impact", "The Jonglei Canal Scheme as a socio-economic factor in the civil war in the Sudan", "Non-implemented plans as a barrier to development: The case of the Jonglei Project in southern Sudan", "Irrigation and development in Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL)", "Irrigation and development in the Tana river basin", "Agricultural development issues in the northern region of the Sudan: Co-operatives and private smallholders", "The impact of drought on Lake Chad and its influence upon the South Chad Irrigation Project, Nigeria", "The Gerado river basin: An example of small river management possibilities in Ethiopia", and "The health impact of the 1984/85 Ethiopian resettlement programme: Three case studies".

164 Kiros, F. G. [Fassil G. Kiros].

The subsistence crisis in Africa: The case of Ethiopia.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1993. xiii + 224p. Nairobi (Kenya): ICIPE Science Press.

Describes and analyses the historical processes; nature of national policies that have been adopted; the underlying economic, social and political processes that have been at work and that have led to the adoption of these policies, as well as the effects of these policies and processes on the rural society as causes of the subsistence crisis in Ethiopia whereby an increasing number of rural producers have found it more and more difficult to meet their minimum subsistence requirements. These are the food shortage, health hazard and other facets of rural poverty in the country; physical and biotic constraints, subsistence survival strategy, burden of tributes and taxation, and military campaigns in the scramble for state power that have caused the erosion of rural production systems and continue to do so; the increased dependence on the external economy, the deepening exploitation of rural producers and the negative consequences of urbanization which resulted from the initial modernization efforts; the Chilalo and other agricultural development projects and the national scheme of agricultural modernization adopted from 1967 to 1975; the land reform proclamation, creation of rural mass organizations, establishment of state farms and the agricultural production strategy that was operational in the period of revolutionary transformation after 1975 along with consequences of this agrarian policy with regard to peasant life, state farms, agricultural marketing corporations, taxation and other levies, population resettlement and villagisation; and demographic and ecological undercurrents such as population pressure, land degradation, and recurrent drought and famine. Concludes by highlighting several challenges that need to be addressed urgently, viz., resolution of the dilemma of poverty amidst potential plenty, scope of and leading issues of rural development such as food supply and empowerment of the rural people, devising strategies appropriate for the diverse production systems found in different agro-economic zones, efficient utilization of human and physical resources, and research and development of appropriate technologies.

165 OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Winners of the research competitions, 1989-1992. Abstracts of study reports.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1993. 66p.

Compilation of the abstracts from the final reports of winners in the research grant competitions managed by OSSREA in each of the two categories of research competitions the Institution runs, viz., general social sciences themes and gender issues research, for the period 1989 through 1992.

166 Chiwawa, Henry

National workshop on indigenisation of the Zimbabwe economy: Problems and prospects. Rapporteur's report.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Zimbabwe Univ., Harare, Institute of Development Studies. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1994. 25p.

National Workshop on Indigenisation of the Zimbabwe Economy: Problems and Prospects, Harare (Zimbabwe), 18-19 Aug 1994.

Report summarizing the proceedings, including the 9 presented papers and the discussions that followed each presentation, of a two-day national workshop whose objective was to initiate a critical examination of issues pertaining to the process of indigenisation of the economy in Zimbabwe after independence, where economic control and wealth has been concentrated in a small section of the society and in multinational corporations, and to try to find ways and means of realizing the indigenisation programme in the country. The papers are titled: "Democratising the indigenisation discourse", "Indigenisation of the Zimbabwean economy: Problems and prospects - an agricultural perspective", "The possible role of technology in indigenisation: Some theoretical and policy issues", "The legislature and the indigenisation of the Zimbabwean economy: Problems and prospects - experience of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Indigenisation of the National Economy", "Macro-economic changes: Exploring constraints and opening for economic indigenisation", "The 'A to Z' requirements to facilitate the entry of Black entrepreneurs into the national economy", "The politics of indigenisation in Zimbabwe", "The problem of succession in indigenous businesses: Some implications for the future of indigenisation", and "Policy on the indigenisation of the Zimbabwean economy: Preliminary assessment of the expected economic, spatial and social impacts".

167 Eltayeb, Mohamed El-Tayeb Abdalla.

National workshop on small-scale enterprises in Sudan: Management and socio-economic aspects. Rapporteur's report.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); National Centre for Research, Khartoum (Sudan); Economic and Social Research Institute. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1994. 19p.

National Workshop on Small-Scale Enterprises in Sudan: Management and Socio-Economic Aspects, Khartoum (Sudan), 5-6 Nov 1994.

Report summarizing the proceedings, including the 8 presented papers and the discussions that followed each, presentation, of a two-day national workshop whose objective was to discuss all socio-economic aspects of small-scale enterprises in the Sudan. The papers are titled: "Sudanese crafts: An overview", "Economic policy and the small-scale processing enterprises in Sudan: The case of bakeries", "A branch study to investigate the potential contribution of small-scale enterprises to structural adjustment in Darfur", "The financial dilemma of the female entrepreneurs", "The role of small small-scale industries in regional development: A theoretical perspective", "The small business financing gap in the Sudan: An empirical examination", "Need for innovative approaches to financing of small enterprises", and "Small-scale industries in Northern Darfur State - management issues and policy implications".

168 OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

A register of social scientists in eastern and Southern Africa.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1994. 194p. Nairobi (Kenya): ICIPE Science Press.

Register presenting information on personal data as well as present appointment, areas of interest, topic of current research and major publications of social scientists in East and Southern Africa. The list is in alphabetical order, arranged by country and then by name.

169 Ahmed, Abdel Ghaffar M. (ed.); Abdel-Ati, Hassan A. (ed.)

Managing scarcity: Human adaptation in East African drylands. Proceedings of a regional workshop.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1996. v + 322p.

Regional Workshop on Managing Scarcity: Human Adaptation in East African Drylands, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 24-26 August 1995.

Compilation of papers presented at a regional workshop on adaptive strategies, coping mechanisms and survival strategies of pastoralists and agro-pastoralists who inhabit the drylands of East Africa to the harsh environment as well as internal disturbances and external pressures that they face. These papers address issues such as whether the common characteristics and trends seen among these pastoralists warrant common approaches and methods of research to allow a comparative view and, consequently, generalization about the whole region; conditions influencing the process of change in pastoralism and factors behind it; internal dynamics of the reproduction of the pastoral society and its property; complementarity of pastoralism and agriculture; and access to political power by pastoralists and its beneficial effects. The major conclusions of the deliberations are: drought is a recurrent reality to which pastoralists have developed various forms and means of adaptation; indigenous techniques and coping mechanisms have been developed in the process of adaptation and there is a need to reconsider the value of, and possibly develop techniques based on these indigenous knowledge; the process of change among pastoralists is not only a function of local physical conditions (e.g., range status, quality of animals, drought, etc.) but also a result of their interaction with and/or encroachment by external systems; and there are common trends of change in pastoral communities whose main features include the shift from large to small stock, change from nomadic migration to transhumance mobility, and engagement in other activities as secondary income sources, as short term survival strategies or as means of temporary adaptation while combining pastoralism with sedentary agriculture or total departure from pastoralism by means of education or joining the urban labour market are adopted as long mechanisms of adaptation. The papers are titled: "Human adaptation in East African drylands: The dilemma of concepts and approaches", "From adaptation to marginalization: The political ecology of subsistence crisis among the Hadendawa pastoralists of eastern Sudan", "External pressures on indigenous resource management systems: a case from the Red Sea area, eastern Sudan", "Agriculture and pastoralism in Karamoja: Competing or complementary forms of resource use", "Management of aridity: Water conservation and procurement in Dar Hamar, western Sudan", "Subsistence economy, environmental awareness and resource management in Um Kaddad province, Northern Darfur state", "Economic strategies of diversification among the sedentary Afar of Wahdes, north eastern Ethiopia", "Management of scarce resources: Dryland pastoralism among the Zaghwa of Chad and the crisis of the Eighties", "Resource management in the Eritrean drylands: Case studies from the central highlands and eastern lowlands", "Survival strategies in the Ethiopian drylands: The case of the Afar pastoralists of the Awash valley", "State policy and pastoral production systems: The integrated land use plan of Rawashda Forest, eastern Sudan", "The importance of forest resources management in eastern Sudan: The case of El Rawashda and Wad Kabo forest reserves", "Land tenure and pastoral planning in the Red Sea Hills", "Range management in the Sudan: An overview of the role of the State", "What if the pastoralists chose not to be pastoralists? The pursuit of education and settled life by the Hadendawa of the Red Sea Hills, Sudan", "Property and social relations in Turkana", and "`Do give us children': The problem of fertility among the pastoral Barbayiig of Tanzania".

170 Muhwezi-Banyweine; Matete, N.

National workshop on natural resources and development in Uganda. Rapporteur's report.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Makerere Univ., Kampala (Uganda). Faculty of Arts. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1996. 21p.

National Workshop on Natural Resources and Development in Uganda, Kampala (Uganda), 6-7 June 1995.

Report summarizing the proceedings, including the 8 presented papers and the discussions that followed each presentation, of a two-day national workshop whose objective was the relationship between natural resources management and economic development in Uganda. The papers are titled: "Urbanization, urban poverty and urban governance", "Natural resources depletion: Causes and implications for health in Uganda", "Time: A critical but most abused environmental resource in Uganda", "Factors influencing natural resources degradation in Uganda", "Social, economic and political factors in environmental and resources management", "Population growth: Its role in land use conflicts in Uganda", "Reflections on development in fisheries sub-sector of Ugandan economy with particular reference to fish consumption", and "Conservation, human rights and democracy in Uganda: Some reflections".

171 OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Winners of the research competitions, 1993-1995. Abstracts of study reports.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1996. 64p.

Compilation of the abstracts from the final reports of the winners in the research grant competitions managed by OSSREA in each of the two types of research competitions the Institute runs, viz., general social sciences themes and gender issues research, for the period 1993 through 1995.

172 Shiundu, J. O. (ed.); Orodho, J. A. (ed.)

National workshop on social science research for environmental improvement in Kenya.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Kenyatta Univ., Nairobi (Kenya). Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1996. 61p.

National Workshop on Social Science Research for Environmental Improvement in Kenya, Nairobi (Kenya), 7-8 August 1995.

Report summarizing the proceedings, including the 10 presented papers and the discussions that followed each presentation, of a two-day national workshop whose objective was to discuss the current state of knowledge on environmental issues in Kenya. The papers are titled: "Government policy, environmental management and social sciences research in Kenya: New paradigm" "The role of social science research in environmental management in Kenya", "Economic growth and its effects on the environment: The Kenyan experience", "The nexus between science, technology and education in promoting bio-diversity: Some Kenyan examples", "'Turning goods into garbage: Environmental issues as a problem of definition", "Environmental improvement and communication problems in Kenya", "Methodological issues in social science environmental research: Some Kenyan example", "The impact of environmental education on rural women's agricultural activities in Kenya", "Social science research findings on environmental issues in Kenya: The state of the art", and "Strategies for environmental enhancement management and sustainability in Kenya". Includes results of an evaluation of the conference by participants.

173 Kajoba, Gear M.

National workshop on Zambia's development concerns beyond 1996. Rapporteur's report.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Zambia Univ., Lusaka. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1997. 38p.

National Workshop on Zambia's Development Concerns beyond 1996, Lusaka (Zambia), 5 July 1996.

Report summarizing the proceedings, including the 7 presented papers, of a one-day national workshop whose objective was to review current political, economic and social problems in Zambia; assess its developmental requirements; and examine future developmental options. The papers are titled: "Political parties, the party system and the crisis of liberal democracy in Zambia: Implications for 1996 Elections and beyond", "The Zambian Civil Service reform facing an uncertain future", "Implications of economic liberalization for government and industry", "Structural adjustment and poverty alleviation in Zambia", "The development of an integrated approach to educational provision in Zambia", "Special needs education in Zambia: Conceptual framework, planning and policy", and "An assessment of gender and poverty issues in Zambia's development".

174 Kapunda, Stephen M.

Poverty alleviation in Tanzania. 10th anniversary national workshop (1986-1996). Rapporteur's report.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Dar- es-Salaam Univ. (Tanzania). Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1997. 25p.

National Workshop on Poverty Alleviation in Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), 17 April 1997.

Report summarizing the proceedings, including the 5 presented papers and the comments that followed each presentation, of a one-day national workshop on policies and strategies to alleviate poverty in Tanzania. The papers are titled: "Development strategies and poverty reduction initiatives: Analytical discussion with applications to Tanzania", "Measuring the degree of poverty alleviation in Tanzania", "Gender differences in school performance: Evidence from the National Form IV Examination results. Implications on poverty alleviation", "The potential of informal sector in poverty alleviation through employment and income generation in Tanzania", and "Implications of water and sanitation to poverty alleviation".

175 Teka, T. [Tegegne Teka].

Dryland Husbandry Project (DHP). Third regional workshop report.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1997. 69p.

Third Dryland Husbandry Project Regional Workshop, Mbarara (Uganda), 8-10 Dec 1996.

Report of the proceedings of the third regional Dryland Husbandry Project workshop where each country programme in Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Eritrea and Ethiopia presented a progress report of its research, training and development achievements since the second DHP workshop, outlined its research and development plans for the future, and presented the methodological approaches currently in use or to be adopted in future work. These completed, on-going or planned activities are:- a baseline survey of Kano County and prioritization of pastoral problems, formation of pastoral committees and plans for research on local knowledge and institutional sustainability, provision of training for various groups of stakeholders, and research on gender issues by DHP-Uganda; organization of a training course for paravets and studies into ethnoveterinary practices of camel pastoralists in Butana, research on range improvement and management through involvement of pastoralists, and water harvesting to improve range utilization by DHP-Sudan; identification of indigenous multipurpose tree species and uses, pastoral development through training of veterinary scouts/animal health workers, collaborative efforts in animal health improvement and disease control, support of livestock husbandry, research on ethnoveterinary knowledge, water harvesting, and range rehabilitation by DHP-Kenya; baseline survey of Sheeb-Gedged Zone, diagnostic survey of farming systems, training of agropastoralists, water management, and forage and pasture development by DHP-Eritrea; and inventory of plant species and assessment of range condition, current and/or potential uses of range plants, and effect of range improvement on rangeland productivity by DHP-Ethiopia.

176 Ahmed, Abdel Ghaffar M.; Mlay, Wilfred (eds.)

Environment and sustainable development in Eastern and Southern Africa: Some critical issues.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1998. x + 233p. Basingstoke (UK): Macmillan Press Ltd.

Compilation of papers selected from those presented at OSSREA's fourth triennial congress, held under the theme of the linkages between development and environmental sustainability. After an introductory chapter that highlights general issues related to the link between the environment and development in Africa, the first three chapters address environment-development interrelationships at a macro level, notably major socio-economic trends seen in Africa during the 1970's and 1980's and their negative environmental impact, extent to which population dynamics are responsible for environmental degradation, and impact of Structural Adjustment Policies on environmental degradation. Subsequent chapters present specific and local studies on response of non-governmental organizations to the ecological crisis, food security and environmental degradation, contribution of socio-cultural factors to famine and drought, human and physical factors that accelerate soil erosion, farm size-land productivity issues in agricultural development, technology transfer and environmental conservation, sustainability of forest resources, agricultural extension, impacts of drought, and consequences of apartheid land policies on rural underdevelopment and environmental degradation. The papers are titled: "Sustainable development in Africa in the 1990s and beyond: Meeting the challenge", "Population dynamics and the environment", "Adjustment programmes and the environment in sub-Saharan Africa: Some exploratory results", "The response of non-governmental organizations to the ecological crisis in the South with special reference to East Africa", "Poverty alleviation and food security in Tanzania: An environmental perspective", "Drought and famine in eastern Sudan: The socio-cultural dimension", "Soil erosion and conservation techniques for sustainable crop production in Zimbabwe", "The promotion of small farms in Swaziland: A sound agrarian policy, friendly to the environment", "The impact of agricultural technology on sustainable land resource utilization in Africa: The case of semi-arid Tanzania", "Sustainability of forests in Kenya: Emerging issues", "Agricultural extension policy in Malawi: Past experience and future directions", "The impact of the 1991/92 drought in Zambia", and "Restoring the land: Environment and change in a non-racial, democratic South Africa".

177 Chimanikire, Donald P.

Popular participation in development: OSSREA Day seminar. Report.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Zimbabwe Univ., Harare, Institute of Development Studies. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1999. 33p.

National Workshop on Popular Participation in Development, Harare (Zimbabwe), 15 Sep 1998.

Report summarizing the proceedings, including the 5 presented papers and the discussions that followed each presentation, of a one-day national workshop on popular participation in development which addressed several fundamental and controversial issues related to the role and importance of democratic participation and good governance in the national development process and covered such topics as inequality, poverty, indigenisation, affirmative action, empowerment, social justice and equity. The papers are titled: "Development perspectives in Zimbabwe - the informal sector as a potential reservoir in the national transformation process", "Some unanswered questions on popular participation and development", "Vocationalisation of school curricula and the world of work: A study of Zimbabwe and selected sub-Saharan African countries", "Rural district council capacity revisited", and "Gender and the poverty dimension".

178 Kajoba, Gear M.

Environmental, social and economic development issues in Zambia's Third Republic. National workshop. Report.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Zambia Univ., Lusaka. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1999. 64p.

National Workshop on Environmental, Social and Economic Development Issues in Zambia's Third Republic, Lusaka (Zambia), 26 April 1998.

Report summarizing the proceedings, including the 5 presented papers, of a one-day national workshop whose objective was to assess the economic and social development that had taken place in Zambia since the coming to power of the MMD Government in 1991. The papers are titled: "The conceptual framework for poverty analysis and reduction in Zambia", "Prediction of agricultural production using census data", "The privatisation of the mines in Zambia", "A comparative evaluation of the application of economic instruments for sustainable natural resources management between the Second and Third Republics in Zambia", "Gendering environment policy in Zambia", "Perception of disability in Zambia: Implications for educational policies and other service delivery", "University experience as a change agent in improving managerial capacity in Zambia's education system", "Formal schooling as an effective means of promoting democracy in Zambia", and "Gender relations and HIV/AIDS in Kapulaga, Mongu: Some social policy implications".

179 Mohamed-Salih, M. A.; Tedla, S. [Shibru Tedla] (eds.)

Environmental planning, policies and politics in Eastern and Southern Africa.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1999. xii + 201p. Basingstoke (UK): Macmillan Press Ltd.

Assesses the scope and performance of politics, policies and planning in environmental and natural resources management in Eastern and Southern Africa, with chapters that analyze the experiences in nine countries in the region and that highlight a lack of policies, a lack of resources to effectively implement policies, fragmented polices or agencies' mandates, incoherent overall approaches, a lack of participation in policy formulation and subsequent ownership of policies, and other constraints that have plagued development efforts; the belief that understanding the impediments to formulating and implementing adequate policies will help in tearing down these barriers; and the importance of developing, polishing, adapting and implementing policies and instruments in a way that does justice to the specifics of the contexts in which they are to be applied. The chapters are titled: "Environmental planning, policies and politics in Eastern and Southern Africa", "National environmental management in Ethiopia: In search of people's space", "National resource management policies in Kenya: The politics within", "Environmental management in Malawi: Lessons from failure", "Environmental management in Lesotho: The limitations of legal instruments", "Effectiveness of environmental planning in Sudan", "National environmental policies in Tanzania: Processes and politics", "Environmental management in Uganda: A critique", "Environmental conservation planning in Zambia", and "Desertification and environmental management in Botswana".

180 Were, John

Workshop on poverty and environment in Uganda. Report.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Makerere Univ., Kampala (Uganda). Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). 1999. 23p.

National Workshop on Poverty and Environment in Uganda, Kampala (Uganda), 27 January 1999.

Report summarizing the proceedings, including the 7 presented papers and the discussions that followed each presentation, of a one-day national workshop whose objective was the relationship between poverty and the environment in Uganda, especially the extent to which poverty is a cause and a consequence of environmental degradation as well as the implications of poverty in environmental management. The papers are titled: "Women holistic poverty eradication in Uganda through liberation", "Environmental crisis in poor communities of urban Kampala: Survival under stress", "Poverty and environmental policy in an international context: Lessons for Uganda", "Rural poverty in Budongo sub-county, Masindi District, Uganda: Causes and possible remedies", "Urban poverty, environmental sanitation and morbidity: The case of Kampala City, Uganda", "The nature and impact of gender on natural resource management with particular reference to agro-forestry: A case study of Mbale District", and "Poverty and the environment in Uganda: The challenges of using incentives to protect fragile lands and resources".

182 OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Linkoping Univ. (Sweden). Research Programme on Environmental Policy and Society

Dryland Husbandry project.

OSSREA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) [no date]. 12p.

Report introducing the Dryland Husbandry Project (DHP) which brings together a variety of stakeholders in pastoral development in order to identify and develop strategies for addressing the crisis of African drylands. Outlines the problem that confront pastoral communities in African drylands; justification of the Project; long-term and immediate objectives; Project activities involving participatory research trials, action research on local knowledge and institutional sustainability, gender issues, and training and manpower development; as well as the institutional framework within which the Project will operate.