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Sam Moyo (1954–2015) was a Zimbabwean scholar and land reform activist, the co-founder and executive director of the African Institute for Agrarian Studies (AIAS) [1] (renamed the Sam Moyo African Institute for Agrarian Studies following his death in 2015 [2]), and President of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESIRA). [3]
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a research and learning organisation affiliated with the University of Sussex in Brighton, England, and based on its campus in Falmer, East Sussex. It delivers research and teaching in the area of development studies. IDS was founded in 1966 by economist Dudley Seers who was director from 1967 until ...
IDS Bulletin is a bi-annual peer-reviewed academic journal published by Institute of Development Studies (IDS). It was previously co-published with Wiley-Blackwell between 2009 and 2015. The journal was established in 1968 as the Institute of Development Studies Bulletin , which was changed to The IDS Bulletin in 1976 and obtained its current ...
CAMPFIRE was initiated in 1989 by the Zimbabwean government as a program to support community-led development and sustainable use of natural resources. [2] The 1975 Parks and Wildlife Act set the legal basis for CAMPFIRE by allowing communities and private landowners to use wildlife on their land, marking a substantial shift from colonial policy that made it illegal for local populations to ...
Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) is an open distance education university in Zimbabwe. Established in 1999, [ 2 ] ZOU is the only distance education university in the country that offers a unique opportunity for students to earn as they learn.
The titular head of the university is the Chancellor, who is the President of Zimbabwe. The university is governed by a University Council, comprising the university's chief officers, representatives of the Senate, staff and students, nominees of the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education and representatives form various sectors of commerce and civil society.
John Gaventa OBE (born 1949) is currently the director of research at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, where he has been a Fellow since 1996. From 2011 to 2014, he served as the director of the Coady International Institute and vice-president of International Development at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) is a research centre based at the Institute of Development Studies.The ICTD is focused on improving tax policy and administration in lower-income countries through collaborative research and engagement.