The neoliberal turn in the SADC: Regional integration and disintegration

Livestock policy and trade issues in SADC.

As from 2001, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has embarked on a course to deepen regional integration through restructuring. Under the new structure SADC has centralised the coordination of its activities to the Secretariat in Gaborone. The former Sector Coordinating Units have been merged into four directorates, one of which is the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FAN...

SADC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POVERTY & DEVELOPMENT “Regional Economic Integration: A Strategy for Poverty Eradication

City-Region as the Extension of Urban Fabric

Introduction City-region qua a system of concepts has a theoretical, empirical and epistemological significance. On the strength of such a capacity, this system is applied to better understand the structures of production of space in different scales (global, international, national, regional and urban). Materials and Methods Using Henri Lefebvre’s conception of Urban Fabric, this paper tr...

The Clothing and Textile Industry: A Key Sector in the SADC Region

The aim of the unit's work is the achievement of more effective public policy for industrial development in South and Southern Africa. The DPRU's mission is to undertake internationally recognised policy research that contributes to the quality and effectiveness of such policy. The unit is involved in research activities in the following areas: • labour markets and poverty • regulatory reform •...

Integration assessment of Protected Rangeland habitats using landscape ecological approach

The management of areas with landscape ecological approach helps us to have more integrated of considering completely management and also keep the area’s values. Lar National Park and Varjin Protected Area are the most important areas of their biodiversity and wildlife habitats. The aim of this study was quantification of fragmentation in Lar National Park and Varjin Protected Area and to compa...