The literature on land reform in Zimbabwe has blind spots in relation to how the peasant
majorities continue to loss land and natural resources to monopoly finance capital. Despite …

The title of this article draws on a Yorùbá aphorism that roughly translates into 'don't sell me
a dummy'. The dark side of social policy, the theme of this Debate, has a distinct character in …

Abstract This article reviews Bretton Woods Institutions' approach to public services,
including during the recent COVID-19 crisis. Drawing on the specific case of IMF and World …

The paper revisits the discourse on development in Africa, following in the footsteps of
leading development thinkers and focusing on social policy. Some of the thinkers and …

The socio-economic characterisation of resettled small-holder farmers under the Fast Track
Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) in Zimbabwe has blind spots in relation to the emergent …

Focusing on the youth, this paper explores the social policy dimensions of Zimbabwe's fast-
track land reform programme (FTLRP) using the transformative social policy (TSP) …

The crises faced by welfare states have now endured for significantly longer than the
counter‐period of stability, calm and cooperation between the 1940s and 1970s. Systemic …

Social policy, development and democracy in Africa are dominated by externally engineered
and controlled philosophies. This has resulted in policy regimes and architecture that fail to …

This article examines the socio-cultural dynamics of redistributive land reform on the 'new
generation'after Zimbabwe's fast track land reform programme (FTLRP). Firstly, using the …

This article explores the ideologies, interests, and institutions affecting health policymaking
in Nigeria, and the role of the private sector therein. It covers the period from the late-1950s …