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Livelihood asset accumulation by young people in post-land reform Zimbabwe

Ian Scoones
Our studies of young people across our A1 land reform sites in Zimbabwe show the real challenges that young people face in getting established as independent...
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24.3.2025 19:54

Is going to school still worth it? Dilemmas for young people in post-land reform Zimbabwe

There is a large literature on the economic returns to education around the world. Most of...
10.3.2025 18:39

The next generation is redefining what is meant by a ‘farm’ and ‘home’ in Zimbabwe’s land reform areas

As the next generation seeks out land-based livelihoods in the land reform areas and beyond, many...
16.12.2024 17:54

Zimbabweland’s festive top 20 for 2024

As has become the tradition at this time of year, this week I am sharing a...
28.10.2024 21:26

Navigating uncertainty: a blog compilation

Over the last 8 weeks I have provided a summary of each of the chapters of...
15.10.2024 4:52

Adapting to climate change: co-constructing solutions on the ground

Climate change is perhaps the most challenging source of uncertainty faced by humanity today...
7.10.2024 20:51

Taking uncertainty seriously in disaster preparedness and response

The news is full of disasters: droughts, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, chemical spills and more. They...
24.9.2024 2:51

Real-time reliability: managing uncertainties in critical infrastructures

‘Critical infrastructures’ are those that deliver important goods and services to society in the face of...
16.9.2024 20:59

What is safe for whom? Negotiating new technologies under conditions of uncertainty

In the regulation of new technologies, the questions of what is safe for whom are always...
17.6.2024 21:59

Long live land reform! Reflections on Michael Lipton’s classic book

Zimbabwe is implementing reforms in a bid to drag itself out of a debt crisis that...
3.6.2024 18:53

The World Bank and land: some questions

The World Bank’s land conference returned this year in May after a gap since 2019. It is the...
20.5.2024 18:29

Learning lessons on land grabbing and agrarian reform in Colombia

But against all odds, and frequently faced with great danger, social movements are winning struggles for...
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The politics of Zimbabwe’s land reform: winners and losers

The political debates about the rights and wrongs of Zimbabwe’s land reform continue to occupy many....
11.3.2024 18:56

Commercialising agriculture in Zimbabwe: new research on the political economy of agricultural development

This is the fourth blog in a series summarising new research on Zimbabwe’s land reform. In...

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