Population and its implications for resource development in the Lake Victoria Basin

The Lake Victoria Basin population cluster is the most distinctive and largest population region in the Kenya, smaller concentrations being found in central and coastal parts of the country. It is generally a densely settled area where rapid population growth and its inherent features pose considerable challenge to the relatively undeveloped resource base in the region. Despite its potentialities the lake basin has remained an economic back-water, thereby engendering out-migration to other more developed parts of the country. With the recent proclamation of the Lake Victoria Basin Development Authority (L.V.B.D.A.) the importance of "water resource" has been underscored, and it is everybody's expectation that a workable framework will be instituted to foster carefully planned development in the "catchment area" of the lake basin. This paper examines the population factor in developing this and other closely related resources. First and foremost, the paper portrays the demographic background, placing special emphasis on population distribution and density; its structure in demographic and socio-economic terms; population movements and its determinants; and the urban hierarchy on which spatial physical planning has been modelled with little success in the region. In the second part of the paper, this demographic background is focussed on the L.V.B.D.A. in order to explore possibilities of regulating demographic trends and characteristics to suit planning and development within the framework of the L.V.B.D.A. In the final analysis, the paper contends that the population factor is most crucial, and that drastic changes are inevitable if the L.V.B.D.A. is or be seen, to effect development in the region. But micro-differences in the lake basin districts will necessitate their classification in an attempt to design their development against demographic - ecological realities

Migration in the Service of African Development : Essays in honour of Professor Aderanti Adepoju

Fifteen chapters are included here in this compendium in honour of the Nigerian migration scholar Professor Aderanti Adepoju. Though the authors come from diverse disciplinary backgrounds: geography, demography, sociology and law they all work within the fields of internal and international migration in Africa. Chapters on Uganda, Kenya, Botswana, Nigeria and Mali are devoted to aspects of internal migration, while those on African emigration to Mexico and migration between Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire address various aspects of international migration. Migration issues in relation to women, students and climate change are also discussed

International migration: Trends and institutional frameworks from the African perspective

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Migration and Regional Development in Kenya

John O. Oucho presents the interrelated patterns of development and internal migration patterns and trends, hypothesizing their relationship in Kenya. Much of human activity is limited to the wetter, densely settled parts, the drier parts occupied by forests and national parks or game reserves. In the past four decades, three provinces have been net in-migration regions, the remaining five, net out-migration areas, consistently influencing and being influenced by regional development status. Development (2007) 50, 88–93. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100425

Do education and urbanism really contribute to reduce xenophobia in African societies? evidence from Botswana

This paper examines the relationship between xenophobia and several social-economic factors, focusing on education, in Botswana. Education has moderating influence on discriminatory attitudes and behavior. The academia is vulnerable to discriminatory influences where existing ideas may be deemed threatened by some people. Education should improve the intellectual, social and economic wellbeing of individuals. The results of our study indicate that it has not been quite the case in Botswana. This study is based on primary data from Southern African Migration Project (SAMP), a nationally representative random sample survey of three urban areas (Gaborone, Francistown and Kanye) in June and July 2001. Our results support the theory that education moderates xenophobia. Adjusted odds ratios indicate that people with primary and secondary education were four and two times, respectively, as likely to be xenophobic than those with tertiary education [OR & 95% CI: 4.68(2.60, 8.43); 2.08(1.31, 3.32)]. There was no significant difference between the levels of xenophobia of city and rural dwellers. Policies to roll back xenophobia should include introduction of courses that focus on multicultural liberal democracy

A New Perspective on Human Mobility in the South

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Africa Insight

Africa Insight is published quarterly by the Africa Institute of South Africa, an independent think-tank focusing on African affairs.This journal focuses on contemporary issues of Afric

Africa Insight

Africa Insight is published quarterly by the Africa Institute of South Africa, an independent think-tank focusing on African affairs.This journal focuses on contemporary issues of Afric