Research Agenda by Country
The three countries sampled to conduct the case studies are Morocco, Sudan, and Tunisia.
North Kordofan, Sudan - Source: Aziz Merzouk
Morocco
- Geographic focus: High plateaux of the eastern region
- Development of a capability index at household and community level
- Capability surveys of a range of local actors including households, communities, tribal groups and local government
- Study of emerging local leaderships and their role in empowerment
- Analysis of the role of laws and the way they are applied on empowerment and disempowerment processes
Sudan
- Geographic focus: The states of North and South Kordofan
- Development of a community capability index for self-governance of natural resources
- Community capability survey
- Patterns of conflict formation and conflict resolution about natural resource use
- Nature of policy volatility and its linkage to empowerment issues
Tunisia
- Geographic focus: Southern region (Tatatouine and Kebili Governorates)
- Development of a capability index at household and community level
- Capability surveys for natural resource management of the “Groupements de développement agricoles”
- Elaboration of three participatory local development programs
- Analysis of power struggles between stakeholders in the PRODESUD project
- Analysis of the role of laws and the way they are applied on empowerment and disempowerment processes