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What I Tell My Students (About Peace Corps), William G. Moseley
What I Tell My Students (About Peace Corps), William G. Moseley
William G Moseley
Advice given to students regarding Peace Corps as well as relfections on my own tenure as a volunteer.
Stop The Blanket Militarization Of Humanitarian Aid, William G. Moseley
Stop The Blanket Militarization Of Humanitarian Aid, William G. Moseley
William G Moseley
Op-ed problematizing the involvement of the US military in foreign assistance programs in West Africa.
Moseley, W.G. "Environmental Degradation And ‘Poor’ Smallholders In The West African Sudano-Sahel: Global Discourses And Local Realities, William G. Moseley
Moseley, W.G. "Environmental Degradation And ‘Poor’ Smallholders In The West African Sudano-Sahel: Global Discourses And Local Realities, William G. Moseley
William G Moseley
This chapter explores the 'poverty-induced environmental degradation' thesis in the West African Sudano-Sahel and the extent to which it may be considered an environmental development narrative. It examines: (1) the key elements of this discourse; (2) the degree by which this thesis has been internalized by policy makers in Mali; (3) whether there is empirical evidence to support the notion of poverty-induced environmental degradation in Mali's smallholder cotton zone; and (4) the alternative explanations for environmental degradation in southern Mali (e.g., unsustainable cotton production) and the reasons why these causal factors have been less prominent in environment-development discourse.
La Decentralization Et Les Conflits Entre Agriculteurs Et Éleveurs Dans Le Delta Intérieur Du Niger [Decentralization And Farmer-Herder Conflicts In The Inner Niger Delta], William G. Moseley, Julia Earl, Lassine Diarra
La Decentralization Et Les Conflits Entre Agriculteurs Et Éleveurs Dans Le Delta Intérieur Du Niger [Decentralization And Farmer-Herder Conflicts In The Inner Niger Delta], William G. Moseley, Julia Earl, Lassine Diarra
William G Moseley
No abstract provided.
Peripheral Vision: Globalization, Sustainable Development, And The Political Ecology Of Cotton Production In Mali, William G. Moseley
Peripheral Vision: Globalization, Sustainable Development, And The Political Ecology Of Cotton Production In Mali, William G. Moseley
William G Moseley
This chapter examines the evolving dynamic among cotton production for the world market, environmental degradation, and global development paradigms in Mali. It examines how cotton production policy in Mali has changed over time and how this evolution implicate globalization discourse. It also examines the environmental impacts of cotton production, how this is problematized, and how solutions are evoked within globalization discourse. A major sub-text of this analysis is that the economy-environment nexus in Mali is the result of intersecting processes operating at different spatial scales: the global cotton market, national level policy, and local production decisions; all underlain by environmental …
Credit, Market Women And Food Security In Mali, William G. Moseley
Credit, Market Women And Food Security In Mali, William G. Moseley
William G Moseley
Report on an NGO-supported micro-credit project for women in Mali.
Securing Livelihoods In Marginal Environments: Can Ngos Make A Long Term Difference?.., William G. Moseley
Securing Livelihoods In Marginal Environments: Can Ngos Make A Long Term Difference?.., William G. Moseley
William G Moseley
No abstract provided.