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‘Doing it right?’: working with young researchers in Malawi to investigate children, transport and mobility. (2009)
Journal Article
Robson, E., Porter, G., Hampshire, K., & Bourdillon, M. (2009). ‘Doing it right?’: working with young researchers in Malawi to investigate children, transport and mobility. Children's Geographies, 7(4), 467-480. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733280903234535

This paper explores involving children in Malawi in research about young people, mobility and transport, respecting their rights of participation, education, and protection from exploitation. The Malawi study forms one component of a research project... Read More about ‘Doing it right?’: working with young researchers in Malawi to investigate children, transport and mobility..

Market institutions, trust and norms: exploring moral economies in Nigerian food systems (2009)
Journal Article
Lyon, F., & Porter, G. (2009). Market institutions, trust and norms: exploring moral economies in Nigerian food systems. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 33(5), 903-920. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bem008

Informal market institutions and small-scale traders are responsible for feeding Nigerian cities. This study analyses a range of economic relationships and institutions that have evolved in the context of inadequate formal institutions such as banks... Read More about Market institutions, trust and norms: exploring moral economies in Nigerian food systems.

Children, (im)mobility and transport in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for meeting the MDGs (2009)
Book Chapter
Porter, G. (2009). Children, (im)mobility and transport in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for meeting the MDGs. In M. Grieco, M. Ndulo, D. Bryceson, G. Porter, & T. McCray (Eds.), Africa, transport and the millennium development goals : achieving an internationally set agenda (177-195). Cambridge Scholars

Improving mobility and access to health and education facilities for both girl and boy children is crucial to many of the Millennium Goals, notably achieving universal primary education (MDG 2), promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment throu... Read More about Children, (im)mobility and transport in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for meeting the MDGs.