Feb 28, 2020 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, News, Politics and governance
By Barnaby Dye What factors drive countries’ economic development? Is it still possible for Africa to follow the trajectory of the Asian states that saw rapid industrialisation in the latter half of the 20th century? A new working paper by Benjamin Chemouni and...
Feb 26, 2020 | Agriculture and livelihoods, East Africa and Eastern Nile, News
In December 2019, FututreDAMS welcomed Dr Jenny Hodbod to present ‘Impacts of the Gibe III, Ethiopia: A social-ecological systems approach’. Jenny Hodbod is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University,...
Feb 25, 2020 | Community-based water governance, News, Research, The Volta river basin and Ghana
Water has many uses in society, such as agriculture, livestock rearing, drinking, sanitation, navigation, tourism and recreation. Water is also used to generate energy. The multifaceted and critical role of water in society creates tensions about who gets the water,...
Feb 14, 2020 | Agriculture and livelihoods, East Africa and Eastern Nile, News
Tom Higginbottom presents ‘have irrigation developments in Africa delivered the benefits they promised?’. Tom is a Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester. His research uses...