Editorial      

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Articles

Changing land tenure regimes in a matrilineal village of South Eastern Tanzania     

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Stephane Dondeyne, Els Vanthournout, John A.R. Wembah-Rashid and Jozef A. Deckers

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Social exclusion and social security: the case of Zimbabwe   

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Edwin Kaseke

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Agricultural extension in Ethiopia: the case of participatory demonstration and training extension system       

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Kassa Belay

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Redefining kin and family social relations: burial and emergency relief in Botswana   

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Barbara Ntombi Ngwenya

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Assessing the reliability of the 1986 and 1996 Lesotho census data      

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Chuks J. Mba

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The participatory development approach under a microscope: the case

of the poverty alleviation programme in Malawi      

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Blessings Chinsinga

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Vulnerability across a life course: an empirical study: women and criminality in Botswana prisons     

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Tirelo Modie-Moroka

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