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SUMMARY:Alternatives to Incarceration in Latin America and the Caribbean
DESCRIPTION:Drug laws and the region’s untenable prison crisis are at the center of the drug policy debate in Latin America and the Caribbean. The incarceration of low-level drug offenders for exceptionally long sentences has left the region’s prisons bursting at the seams; the impact is not only felt by those incarcerated\, but also by their families and communities. Cutting edge research by the Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho (Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law\, CEDD) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) sheds new light on the problem and efforts to address it through alternatives to incarceration. \nThe latest investigation carried out by CEDD\, which brings together researchers from 9 Latin American countries\, shows that despite the lively debate taking place across the region\, the number of people incarcerated for drug offenses continues to grow. The SSRC’s Drugs\, Security and Democracy (DSD) Program is carrying out an investigation on drug courts in Latin America and the Caribbean. The research to date offers an analysis and critique of drug courts as a public policy option that is increasingly under consideration by Latin American and Caribbean countries\, and the lessons to be learned from the U.S. experience. The session will conclude with a discussion of other alternatives to incarceration\, including measures taken prior to the initiation of a criminal proceeding.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/alternatives-to-incarceration-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-2/
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SUMMARY:Africa-Asia 'A New Axis of Knowledge' Second Edition
DESCRIPTION:The Africa-Asia conference titled ‘Africa-Asia ‘A New Axis of Knowledge’ took place at the University of Dar es Salaam from 20th to 22nd September 2018. The Next Generation program of the Social Sciences Research Council of New York sponsored a panel of five budding scholars from Eastern Africa. The title of the panel was: Native Land Rights\, Peasant Livelihoods and Global Capitalist Expansion in Africa. The conveners\, who also doubled as chairs of the panel were Yusuf Serunkuma and Eria Serwajja\, both from Makerere University\, Uganda. Presented below is a complete list of panelists and the titles of the papers presented. Unfortunately\, Richard Mbunda was unable to participate in the conference. \n\nYusuf Serunkuma\, Makerere University\, Uganda\n\nOur Neighbours Have Chased Us from Our Houses; We Are Not Tilling the Land Anymore: Making the Case for Development-Induced Damages to Neighbouring Settlements in the Development Discourse \n\nEria Serwajja\, Makerere University\, Uganda\n\nChinese Investment in Uganda: Adverse Incorporation of Local Communities by Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group Limited \n\nEmily Comfort Maractho\, Makerere University\, Uganda\n\n In the Name of Investment: Asian Traders in Small and Medium Enterprises in Uganda \n\nJoyce Omwoha\, Technical University of Kenya\, Kenya\n\nThe Mining Resource Curse: An Interrogation into the Adverse Impacts of Foreign Investors in Oil-Deficient Kenya \n\nRichard Mbunda\, University of Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania\n\n Implications of the Fifth Phase Administration’s Mini-Land Reform to the Peasantry \nThe presentations revealed the nuanced ways in which countries on the continent of Asia\, particularly China and India\, are making inroads into Africa. The general consensus among the panelists was that the relations between Africa and Asian countries\, especially China\, has had some positive\, largely infrastructural impacts on the recipient countries. \nHowever\, the case studies from Uganda and Kenya also showed that the investments are having negative impacts and heavy costs on the political economies of the local communities where the investments are often located. For instance\, Dr. Maractho showed how Chinese businesses are outcompeting and edging out local entrepreneurs and traders through the flooding of the Ugandan market with inexpensive and low quality products from China. Even the few investors who have set-up industries have often done so at the cost of the environment. \nChinese investors have also deprived the local people of their rights to land and related property. In many communities as indicated in the presentations by Yusuf\, Eria\, and Joyce\, the livelihood and survival of the locals have often been compromised because of land grabbing\, unfair compensation and development induced evictions. \nThe panelists send their sincere thanks to the Social Science Research Council\, particularly the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program. By funding this panel\, you indeed made our participation in the conference worthwhile and experience during the conference unforgettable. We immensely benefited from the conference more so the feedback on the papers and informal discussions during and after the sessions. \nBy: Eria Serwajja\, Yusuf Serunkuma\, Emily Comfort Maractho\, and Joyce Omwoha
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/africa-asia-a-new-axis-of-knowledge-second-edition/
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