Related Publications: West Africa

This study explores the impact of changes in land tenure institutions on women's land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management in Western Ghana.

This guide outlines operational methodologies that will improve the targeting of rural development projects. It begins by considering the principles underlying targeting and then considers the practice of targeting.

Although most developing country cities are characterized by pockets of substandard housing and inadequate service provision, it is not known to what degree low incomes and malnutrition are confined to specific neighborhoods.

This study uses data from a representative survey of households with preschoolers in Accra, Ghana to (1) examine the importance of care practices for children’s height-for-age z-scores (HAZ); and (2) identify subgroups of children for whom good ma

Undernutrition of children 0-60 months old in Mozambique is much higher in rural than in urban areas. Food security is about the same, although substantial regional differences exist.

Data collected from a 1997 household survey carried out in Accra, Ghana, are used to look at the crucial role that women play as income earners and in securing access to food in urban areas.

Mycotoxins come under regulatory limits in foods and feeds because they are carcinogens. Nevertheless, in addition to tumorigenic properties, many mycotoxins are anti-nutritional factors causing unthrifty growth and development of young animals.

Two increasingly shared perspectives within the international development community are that (a) geography matters, and (b) many government interventions would be more successful if they were better targeted.

"This book touches only briefly on the actual research process. Instead, it concentrates on describing some of the countless research breakthroughs that are helping farmers in Africa get more out of their land. ...