Information on "Traditional Society"
January 2013
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Jan 2013
Worlds Apart? Health-Seeking Behavior and Strategic Healthcare Planning in Sierra Leone
Author: Thea Tomison
Publisher: LSE Department of International Development (ID)
This dissertation investigates health-seeking behavior in Sierra Leone since it introduced free health care for pregnant women and children under-five. More on «Worlds Apart? Health-Seeking Behavior and Strategic Healthcare Planning in Sierra Leone» -
Jan 2013
Beyond 'Fear of Death': Strategies of Coping with Violence and Insecurity
Author: Angela Jorns
Publisher: LSE Department of International Development (ID)
This paper takes a bottom-up perspective to examine how ordinary people achieve security and explores their strategies of coping with violence and insecurity. More on «Beyond 'Fear of Death': Strategies of Coping with Violence and Insecurity»
September 2012
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Sep 2012
Danish Demining Group Community Safety Program: Uganda
Publisher: Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
This case study examines the rationale, approach and lessons learned from DDG's (Danish Demining Group) Community Safety Programme in Uganda. More on «Danish Demining Group Community Safety Program: Uganda»
January 2012
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2012
Integrating Traditional and Modern Conflict Resolution
Author: Martha Mutisi, Ashad Sentongo, Andrea Bartoli, Kwesi Sansculotte-Greenidge, Demessie Fantaye, Abdullahi Osman El-Tom, Salomé Bronkhorst
Publisher: African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
This issue highlights the role of traditional institutions in conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction in Africa. More on «Integrating Traditional and Modern Conflict Resolution» -
2012
Somalia Roadmap to Peace
Author: Mona Ali
Publisher: SAGE International
With the Somali government troops backed by African Union troops making progress in fighting the Al-Shabab militia, there is a good opportunity to pursue the United Nations ‘Roadmap’ to end the transitional Federal Government of Somalia and to adopt ... More on «Somalia Roadmap to Peace»
December 2011
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Dec 2011
Perceptions of (Micro)Insurance in Southern Ghana
Author: Lena Giesbert, Susan Steiner
Publisher: German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
This article investigates how low income people in southern Ghana understand and perceive (micro)insurance. More on «Perceptions of (Micro)Insurance in Southern Ghana»
January 2011
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6 Jan 2011
What Happened to the Smiling Face of Indonesian Islam?
Author: Martin Van Bruinessen
Publisher: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
The transition form authoritarian to democratic rule in Indonesia has been accompanied by the apparent decline of the liberal Muslim discourse that was dominant during the 1970s and 1980s and the increasing prominence of Islamist and fundamentalist i... More on «What Happened to the Smiling Face of Indonesian Islam?» -
2011
The Role of Regulation, Tradition and Gender in Doing Business
Author: Aimée Hampel-Milagrosa
Publisher: German Development Institute
This paper assesses the relevance of the World Bank’s 'Doing Business'-style reforms aimed at improving women’s economic participation and productivity in Ghana. More on «The Role of Regulation, Tradition and Gender in Doing Business» -
2011
Zangbeto: Navigating Between the Spaces of Oral Art, Communal Security and Conflict Mediation in Badagry, Nigeria
Author: Folashade Hunsu
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute (NAI)
This Discussion Paper explores Zangbeto, a traditional society among the Egun people in the town of Badagry in southwest Nigeria, near Lagos. More on «Zangbeto: Navigating Between the Spaces of Oral Art, Communal Security and Conflict Mediation in Badagry, Nigeria» -
2011
No Easy Way Out
Author: Markus Virgil Hoehne
Publisher: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
This paper addresses the role of traditional authorities as important non-state actors in contemporary northern Somalia, including in the conflict between Puntland and Somaliland. More on «No Easy Way Out»
