This book looks at how the benefits of economic development in the Great Lakes Region of Africa are not being equally distributed. It studies the impact of the

Sustaining and strengthening local livelihoods is one of the most fundamental challenges faced by post-conflict countries. By degrading the natural resources th

Examines a fresh aspect of one of the highest profile issues facing Africa today - land grabbing - and shows just how widespread the impact of small-scale dispo

This book brings together geological, biological, radical economic, technological, historical and social perspectives on peak oil and other scarce resources. Th

Since the turn of the century, low-income African countries have undergone a process of mining industrialization led by transnational corporations. The process