Youth transport, mobility and security in sub-Saharan Africa: the gendered journey to school
(2010)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Abane, A., Munthali, A., Robson, E., Mashiri, M., & Tanle, A. (2010). Youth transport, mobility and security in sub-Saharan Africa: the gendered journey to school. World transport policy & practice, 16(1), 51-71
All Outputs (12)
Filling the family's transport gap in sub-Saharan Africa: young people and load carrying in Ghana (2010)
Book Chapter
Porter, G., Blaufuss, K., & Owusu Acheampong, F. (2010). Filling the family's transport gap in sub-Saharan Africa: young people and load carrying in Ghana. In L. Holt (Ed.), Geographies of children, youth and families : an international perspective (189-202). RoutledgeThis chapter considers the implications of sub-Saharan Africa’s transport gap for young people. In urban and rural areas, wherever transport services are deficient, or households lack the economic purchasing power to acquire transport equipment or pa... Read More about Filling the family's transport gap in sub-Saharan Africa: young people and load carrying in Ghana.
‘Youthscapes’ and escapes in rural Africa: education, mobility and livelihood trajectories for young people in Eastern Cape, South Africa (2010)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Mashiri, M., Dube, S., & Maponya, G. (2010). ‘Youthscapes’ and escapes in rural Africa: education, mobility and livelihood trajectories for young people in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Journal of International Development, 22(8), 1090-1101. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1748This paper draws attention to the significance of mobility in shaping the educational and livelihood trajectories of rural young people in sub-Saharan Africa, with particular reference to a case study in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Young rural people... Read More about ‘Youthscapes’ and escapes in rural Africa: education, mobility and livelihood trajectories for young people in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Proposing love on the way to school: daily mobility, sexuality and youth transitions in South Africa. (2010)
Journal Article
Hampshire, K., Porter, G., Mashiri, M., Dube, S., & Maponya, G. (2011). Proposing love on the way to school: daily mobility, sexuality and youth transitions in South Africa. Applied financial economics, 13(2), 217-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2010.522255Young people's daily mobility in sub-Saharan Africa remains largely invisible and under-researched. Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data from the Child Mobility Project in South Africa, we show how young people's daily journeys (to school and... Read More about Proposing love on the way to school: daily mobility, sexuality and youth transitions in South Africa..
Children as Research Collaborators: Issues and Reflections from a Mobility Study in Sub-Saharan Africa (2010)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Bourdillon, M., Robson, E., Munthali, A., Abane, A., & Mashiri, M. (2010). Children as Research Collaborators: Issues and Reflections from a Mobility Study in Sub-Saharan Africa. American Journal of Community Psychology, 46(1-2), 215-227. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-010-9317-xThis paper reflects on issues raised by work with children in an ongoing child mobility study in three sub-Saharan African countries: Ghana, Malawi and South Africa. There are now 70 school pupils of varying ages involved in the project, but the pape... Read More about Children as Research Collaborators: Issues and Reflections from a Mobility Study in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Moving young lives: Mobility, immobility and inter-generational tensions in urban Africa (2010)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Abane, A., Robson, E., Munthali, A., Mashiri, M., & Tanle, A. (2010). Moving young lives: Mobility, immobility and inter-generational tensions in urban Africa. Geoforum, 41(5), 796-804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.05.001This paper explores young people’s experiences and perceptions of mobility and mobility constraints in poorer urban areas of Ghana, Malawi and South Africa within the specific context of inter-generational relations. Drawing principally on qualitativ... Read More about Moving young lives: Mobility, immobility and inter-generational tensions in urban Africa.
Evolving institutions of trust: personalized and institutional bases of trust in Nigerian and Ghanaian food trading (2010)
Book Chapter
Lyon, F., & Porter, G. (2010). Evolving institutions of trust: personalized and institutional bases of trust in Nigerian and Ghanaian food trading. In M. Saunders, D. Skinner, G. Dietz, N. Gillespie, & R. Lewicki (Eds.), Organizational trust : a cultural perspective (255-278). Cambridge University PressThis paper examines the processes of building cooperation in a context of sparse public-sector regulation. The Nigerian and Ghanaian food sectors are characterized by a highly dispersed and fragmented system of micro-entrepreneurs from diverse ethnic... Read More about Evolving institutions of trust: personalized and institutional bases of trust in Nigerian and Ghanaian food trading.
Transport planning in sub-Saharan Africa III: The challenges of meeting children and young people’s mobility and transport needs. Progress report 3 (2010)
Journal Article
Porter, G. (2010). Transport planning in sub-Saharan Africa III: The challenges of meeting children and young people’s mobility and transport needs. Progress report 3. Progress in Development Studies, 10(2), 169-180. https://doi.org/10.1177/146499340901000206
Conflict and cooperation in market spaces: learning from the operation of local networks of civic engagement in African market trade (2010)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Lyon, F., Adamu, F., & Obafemi, L. (2010). Conflict and cooperation in market spaces: learning from the operation of local networks of civic engagement in African market trade. Human organization, 69(1), 31-42This paper is concerned with conflict and the operation of local networks of civic engagement in the Nigerian market place. African markets are commonly significant meeting points—associational sites - for diverse ethnic and social groups: the econom... Read More about Conflict and cooperation in market spaces: learning from the operation of local networks of civic engagement in African market trade.
Where dogs, ghosts and lions roam: learning from mobile ethnographies on the journey to school (2010)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Abane, A., Munthali, A., Robson, E., Mashiri, M., & Maponya, G. (2010). Where dogs, ghosts and lions roam: learning from mobile ethnographies on the journey to school. Children's Geographies, 8(2), 91-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733281003691343This paper draws on mobility research conducted with children in three countries: Ghana, Malawi and South Africa. It has two interlinked aims: to highlight the potential that mobile interviews can offer in research with young people, especially in re... Read More about Where dogs, ghosts and lions roam: learning from mobile ethnographies on the journey to school.
A moving issue: children and young people's transport and mobility constraints in Africa (2010)
Journal Article
Porter, G. (2010). A moving issue: children and young people's transport and mobility constraints in Africa
Older women and transport issues in sub-Saharan Africa (2010)
Journal Article
Porter, G. (2010). Older women and transport issues in sub-Saharan AfricaKnowledge of the links between transport, mobility and poor people’s livelihoods and wellbeing in Africa is remarkably sparse. Yet older people form a substantial and key component of African populations, not least in the era of HIV/AIDS. In many cou... Read More about Older women and transport issues in sub-Saharan Africa.