by Katharine Vincent | Apr 7, 2011 | Publications
Katharine Vincent and Tracy Cull wrote a review of the book “Portfolios of the Poor: How the world’s poor live on $2 a day”, which has been published in the latest issue of the journal Progress in Development Studies (volume 11, number 2, April...
by Katharine Vincent | Mar 31, 2011 | Publications, Short-term assignments
The Institute for Environmental Security and The Centre, Brussels, will host a presentation of the recent publication “Climate Change and Security in Africa: Vulnerability Report” on 8th April in Brussels. The document contains the results of research...
by Katharine Vincent | Feb 24, 2011 | Publications
Dr Alec Joubert has recently been cited in an article in South Africa’s Financial Mail. In “The Heat is On”, by Stafford Thomas, Alec talks of the projected nature of climate change in South Africa. Climate change is an inconvenient truth, as former US vice-president...
by Katharine Vincent | Jan 11, 2011 | Publications
The paper “Cell phones, electronic delivery systems and social cash transfers: Recent evidence and experiences from Africa” by Dr Katharine Vincent and Ms Tracy Cull has just been published in the journal International Social Security Review. The paper is based on...
by Katharine Vincent | Nov 30, 2010 | Projects, Publications
South Africa’s Department for Environmental Affairs has released the draft Second National Communication for comment. The document, which reports on the current status of projected climate change in South Africa, together with a status update on mitigation and...