Logan Cochrane

Sustainable Qatar

New OPEN ACCESS book Sustainable Qatar: Social, Political and Environmental Perspectives Available here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-7398-7   Abstract: This open access book provides a topical overview of the key sustainability issues in Qatar, focusing on environmental sustainability from a socio-political perspective. The transition to a sustainable Qatar requires engagement with diverse areas of social-political, human, and environmental development. On the […]

Tags: #Middle East #Qatar #Sustainability #Sustainable Qatar #Transition

Whose Voice Matters in IPE?

New open access publication: Whose voice matters in the teaching and learning of IPE? Implications for policy and policy making Abstract: Critical decolonial assessments of International Political Economy (IPE) curricula have found a continued dominance of Euro-Western perspectives. However, these critical assessments have often been of specific programs or courses. In this article, we open the canvas wider […]

Tags: #decolonization #decolonize #Education #GPE #IPE

Ethiopia & Food Security

QUOTES: “As every farmer will emphasize, there is no average household, average yield, average rainfall or average food security situation. Averages are imposed; they provide illumination but are not lived realities. Instead of focusing on averages, greater attention should be placed on the diversity of ways in which households encounter food insecurity” (p. 25-26) “One […]

Tags: #Ethiopia #Ethiopians #Famine #Food Security #Logan Cochrane

Forests to the Foreigners: Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Gabon

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/4/420 Abstract: For the past decade, the land rush discourse has analyzed foreign investment in land and agriculture around the world, with Africa being a continent of particular focus due to the scale of acquisitions that have taken place. Gabon, a largely forested state in Central Africa, has been neglected in the land rush conversations, […]

Tags: #Africa #Gabon #Land Grab #Land grabbing #Large-scale land acquisitions

The Transnational Land Rush in Africa

The Transnational Land Rush in Africa: A Decade After the Spike Abstract: This volume provides up-to-date information on what has happened in the African ‘land rush’, providing national case studies for countries that were heavily impacted. The research will be a critical resource for students, researchers, advocates and policy makers as it provides detailed, long-term assessments […]

The UAE as a Global Donor

The United Arab Emirates as a global donor: what a decade of foreign aid data transparency reveals Open Access article: https://doi.org/10.1080/21665095.2021.1883453 or here https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21665095.2021.1883453 Abstract: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become a leading contributor of foreign aid, in terms of percentage of gross national income as well as in total amount. Historically, Emirati aid was opaque, and little […]

Tags: #Aid #Emirates #ODA #Official Development Assistance #UAE

Call for Submissions: Chapters in “Ethiopia: Social, Economic and Political Issues”

Call for Submissions: Book Chapters in “Ethiopia: Social, Economic and Political Issues” There have been significant social, economic and political changes in in Ethiopia in recent decades. Healthcare coverage has rapidly expanded but much progress is still needed; access to education has improved but there are questions of quality and employment; macro-economic growth has been […]

Tags: #Call for chapters #Call for papers #Call for submissions #Edited book #Ethiopia

New Publication: Enabling Collaborative Synthesis in Multi-Partner Programmes

Cochrane, L. and Cundill, G. (2018) Enabling Collaborative Synthesis in Multi-Partner Programmes. Development in Practice. DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2018.1480706 Abstract: Multi-partner consortia have emerged as an important modality for knowledge generation to address complex sustainability challenges. Establishing effective multi-partner consortia involves significant investment. This article shares lessons from the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), […]

Tags: #Collaboration #Development in Practice #Multi-partner #Multi-stakeholder #Synthesis

New Publications (2018, Jan-Mar)

New publications from 2018: Cochrane, L, Boulanger, R. F., Sheikheldin, G. H. and Song, G. (2018) The Case for Local Ethics Oversight in International Development Research. Canadian Journal of Bioethics 1: 8-16. [from journal here] Cochrane, L. and Cafer, A. (2018) Does Diversification Enhance Community Resilience? A Critical Perspective. Resilience. [from journal here] Cochrane, L. and Rao, […]

Tags: #Ethics #Ethiopia #Gender #Research for Development #Resilience

New Publication: Average Crop Yield (2001–2017) in Ethiopia

Cochrane, L. and Yeshtila W. B. (2018) Average Crop Yield (2002-2017) in Ethiopia: Trends at National, Regional and Zonal Levels. Data in Brief. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2017.12.039 Abstract: This article presents average agricultural yield data per hectare for key cereal, legume and root crops from 2001 until 2017. Data was obtained from the annual Agricultural Sample Surveys of the […]

Tags: #Average crop yield #Crops #CSA #Ethiopia #Yield