Concessao e Regularizaca de Terras em areas Peri-Urbanas
Publication Date: August 1, 2007
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Strenghtening Land Tenure and Property Rights in Angola: Benchmarking Survey for Pilot Sites
Publication Date: August 1, 2007
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This survey was carried out by Development Workshop for the USAID Angola’s Land Tenure Strengthening Project which is managed by ARD with implementation assistance from its partners, Development Workshop (DW) and the Rural Development Institute (RDI). The project continues USAID-Angola’s support to land reform and land rights strengthening begun in 2004 as part of its assistance to the Government of Angola.
Livelihoods and the Informal Economy in Post-War Angola
Publication Date: November 1, 2003
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Published in the Institute for Security Studies. Ex-combatants left their areas of origin on average 14 years before the ceasefire, and generally began to return in the 18 months following its signature. Development Workshop has tracked the process of reintegration of ex-combatants into rural Huambo and followed their problems of access to land. These studies aim to evalu- ate the actual needs and potential problems that ex-combatants encounter.
Basic Service Provision for the Urban Poor – The Experience of DW in Angola
Publication Date: January 1, 2002
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This is one ten case studies that were part of an International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) research programm on “Urban Poverty Reduction Programmes: Lessons of Experience”. This paper describes the water and sanitation programmes that the NGO Development Workshop has developed in Luanda over the last 15 years, working with community organizations, local government and the official water and sanitation agencies.
Humanitarian & Development Actors in Angola as Peacebuilders?
Publication Date: December 1, 2001
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Published in the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE), Number 90, Volume 28. The article argues that despite ample justification for donor fatigue, the international community has, in fact, stayed engaged in Angola during the last decade. Investment in humanitarian and development/rehabilitation programming can be understood as a donor strategy for influencing regional stability and building peace. The war raises risks for the major powers who have progressively increased their stake in the lucrative Angolan petroleum economy.
Chokwe Traditional Architecture in Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: January 15, 1998
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The Chokwe (or the Quiocos), one of Angola’s most developed cultures in pre-colonial times, are best known for their sculpture and plastic arts tradition. This tradition is also reflected in their vernacular architecture and architectural decoration. The largest structures built by the Chokwe are the village centre meeting places, reception halls, or jango. In some regions of the northeast only chiefs use a round house. Most of the Chokwe have broken with the traditional river economy and have adopted the standard rectangular shelter form of two or more divisions. Adobe and clay-mud wall rendering are well-known materials today for the Chokwe, despite the old Lunda-Chokwe’s superstition that ‘man only after death should be found between the earth’.