Environmental security research in Southern Africa is a young and eclectic academic endeavour, quite rare in university curricular. This book represents a methodological framework for policy research on environmental security in the SADC region. The framework attempts to develop analytical approaches which can capture inter-state environmental problems, conflicts and competition which have been recently growing in the region, and identify ways in which inter-state collaboration can promote mutually beneficial enviromental policy development. Amongst the major issues addressed is the vexed...

Migrant remittances are now recognised as an important source of global development finance and there is increasing evidence that international remittances have considerable developmental impacts. The contribution of remittances to GDP in many developing countries is significant and has shown a steady increase over the past decade. However, while there is a consensus that remittance flows to Africa are increasing, little attention has been paid to the impact of these transfers on poverty alleviation, primarily because of data deficiencies at the household level. Despite their obvious...

The ongoing crisis in Zimbabwe has led to an unprecedented exodus of over a million desperate people from all strata of Zimbabwean society. The Zimbabwean diaspora is now truly global in extent. Yet rather than turning their backs on Zimbabwe, most maintain very close links with the country, returning often and remitting billions of dollars each year. Zimbabwe's Exodus. Crisis, Migration, Survival is written by leading migration scholars many from the Zimbabwean diaspora. The book explores the relationship between Zimbabwe's economic and political crisis and migration as a survival strategy....