The SARChI produces ongoing working papers, journal articles and book chapters related to the topic of Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment. Moreover, the SARChI team is represented at various local, national and international workshops and conferences through their ongoing research work. The work below has been supported through the DST/NRF SARChI grant.
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Bracking, S. (2016). The Financialisation of Power: How Financiers Rule Africa. Routledge, UK.
Sharife, K., & Bracking, S. (2016). Diamond pricing and valuation in South Africa’s extractive political economy. Review of African Political Economy, 1-20.
Bracking, S. (2015). Performativity in the Green Economy: how far does climate finance create a fictive economy? Third World Quarterly, 36(12), 2337-2357.
Bracking, S. (2015). The anti-politics of the Green Climate Fund: what is left to negotiate? in Temper L., and Gilbertson T., (eds). Refocusing resistance to climate justice: COPing in, COPing out and beyond Paris, EJOLT report no. 23, 2015, pages 34-41.
Bracking, S. (2014). The Anti-politics of Climate Finance: The Creation and Performativity of the Green Climate Fund, Antipode, 47, pages 36–302, doi: 10.1111/anti.12123
PUBLICATIONS
Philanthropy and Development in Southern Africa (2015) ~ Executive Summary by Sarah Bracking
Paper One ~ Philanthropy and Resource Governance by Shauna Mottiar
Paper Two ~ Tax (In)Justice and Philanthropy by Khadija Sharife
Paper Three ~ Illicit Financial Flows by Sarah Bracking
SARChI TECHNICAL PAPERS
- Technical paper No 1 * Clairwood Survey: Community views of the value of Clairwood in the context of current development plans for Durban Port Expansion. Authors ~ Sarah Bracking and Kathleen Diga
- Technical paper No 2 * The developmental value of the Durban port expansion project * Research Report No 2. Authors ~ Kathleen Diga and Sarah Bracking
- Technical Paper No. 3 * An analysis of approved Clean Development Mechanism ( CDM ) projects in South Africa. Author ~ Justin G Bradfield
- Technical paper No. 4 * Poverty reduction co-benefits through indigenous knowledge in Climate Change adaptation. A study with eThekwini Municipality. Authors: Kathleen Diga, Mandy Lombo, Siyabonga Ntombela, Mvuselelo Ngcoya and Sarah Bracking
- Technical paper No. 5 * A review of contested perspectives on climate change finance. Authors: Mandy Lombo, Siyabonga Ntombela, Okem Andrew Emmanuel and Sarah Bracking. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/13337
- Technical paper No. 6 * Early Childhood Development and South Africa: A literature review. Authors: Mbali Mthembu, Nduta Mbarathi, and Kathleen Diga. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/13338
- Technical paper No. 7 * Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in eThekwini: a literature review. Author: Precious Shezi and Mvuselelo Ngcoya. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/13346
- Technical paper No. 8 * A Conceptual Analysis of the Impact of infrastructure Development on Poverty Reduction: Lelethu, Keke and Okem, Andrew Emmanuel
- Technical paper No. 9 * Conceptualising Climate change Mitigation and Adaptation: A Review of Conceptual Challenges and the Prospects of a New Understanding. Author: Andrew Emmanuel Okem
- Technical paper No. 10 * A review of poverty reduction within local climate change initiatives: a case of eThekwini Municipality. Author: Kathleen Diga
- Technical paper No. 11 * An Investigation into the Poverty Reduction Co-Benefits of Climate Change-Related Projects in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa. Author: Andrew Emmanuel Okem
- Technical paper No. 12 * Qualitative research ECD Centres in Amaoti. Authors: Sarah Bracking, Sindisiwe Chauke, Kathleen Diga, Nduta Mbarathi, Mbali Mthembu, Nhlanhla Nkwanyana
- Technical Paper No. 13. * The Lived Experience of Climate Change Small-Scale Farmers, Vulnerability and Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in eThekwini. Author: Mvuselelo Ngcoya
- Technical Paper No. 14. * Exploring the informal business sector in Clairwood, Durban, South Africa. Authors: Ayanda Tshabalala, Kathleen Diga and Sarah Bracking
- Technical Paper No. 15. * Economic empowerment in firms: Evidence from the eThekwini Medium & Large Firm Survey. Authors: Stephen Olivier and Sarah Bracking
FELLOWSHIPS
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