A study was carried out in Niamey (capital city of Niger) to explore the market gardening periurban system. This activity is an option to minimize the risk of urban food insecurity in the  Republic  of  Niger.  In  Niamey,  you  have  two  tradition... Read More

Feeding  Kinshasa?  How  to  ensure  food  security  for  millions  of  inhabitants  who  have  to survive on low wages  well below the poverty line? This is the daily challenge for a multitude of poor people in Kinshasa!&nb... Read More

The need to accommodate the populace creates competition for space; the outcome of this competition has produced differently zoned areas such as residential areas, shopping centres, parks and office towers. Bulawayo’s residential areas are dominated by one-household units or detached one... Read More

Fifty  years  ago,  less  than  20  per  cent  of  the  people  in  Africa  lived  in  urban  areas. Now, 40 per cent of them do so. Africa now has megacities (cities inhabited by more than  10  million&n... Read More

This  paper  analyses  the  extent  to  which  international  regimes  on  production  and  trade  in apparel offer labour upgrading opportunities in Kenya under the regime on labour. Focussing on the African Growth and Opportuni... Read More

This paper analyses the livelihood strategies of residents in the city of Bamenda, Cameroon. It argues that the informal economy is not the preserve of the  poor. Middle income households also play a crucial role. Informal economic activities permit the middle class to diversify their sou... Read More