All Outputs (175)

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 Press

This 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

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/10.1080/14733281003691343

This 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.

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), 31-42

This 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.

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 Africa

Knowledge 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.

Africa, transport and the Millennium Development Goals: achieving an internationally set agenda. (2009)
Book
Grieco, M., Ndulo, M., Bryceson, D., Porter, G., & McCray, T. (Eds.). (2009). Africa, transport and the Millennium Development Goals: achieving an internationally set agenda. Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Urban food supply in sub-Saharan Africa in the twenty-first century: the role of trading and market institutions (2009)
Book Chapter
Porter, G., Lyon, F., & Potts, D. (2009). Urban food supply in sub-Saharan Africa in the twenty-first century: the role of trading and market institutions. In S. Shapiro, M. Tadajewski, & C. Schultz (Eds.), Macromarketing – a global focus: Marketing systems, societal development, equity & poverty (220-243). SAGE Publications

‘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..

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.

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.

Development hegemonies and local outcomes: Women and NGOs in low income countries. (2008)
Book Chapter
Townsend, J., Mawdsley, E., & Porter, G. (2008). Development hegemonies and local outcomes: Women and NGOs in low income countries. In E. Kofman, & G. Youngs (Eds.), Globalization: Theory and Practice (87-97). (3rd ed.). Continuum

Mobility and development. (2008)
Other
Porter, G., & Mawdsley, E. (2008). Mobility and development

Liminal spaces: changing inter-generational relations among long-term Liberian refugees in Ghana (2008)
Journal Article
Hampshire, K., Porter, G., Kilpatrick, K., Kyei, P., Adjaloo, M., & Oppong, G. (2008). Liminal spaces: changing inter-generational relations among long-term Liberian refugees in Ghana. Human organization, 67(1), 25-36

This paper reports on changing inter-generational relations among long-term Liberian refugees in the Buduburam settlement camp in Ghana. Four months of fieldwork were conducted in the settlement, using a range of qualitative methods to elicit emic un... Read More about Liminal spaces: changing inter-generational relations among long-term Liberian refugees in Ghana.

Linkages between livelihood opportunities and refugee-host relations: learning from the experiences of Liberian camp-based refugees in Ghana (2008)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Kyei, P., Adjaloo, M., Rapoo, G., & Kilpatrick, K. (2008). Linkages between livelihood opportunities and refugee-host relations: learning from the experiences of Liberian camp-based refugees in Ghana. Journal of Refugee Studies, 21(2), 230-252. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fen015

This paper combines recent livelihoods approaches to refugee studies with a social resilience framework to explore the interlinkages between refugee-host relations and refugee coping strategies in the Buduburam camp in Ghana. The reported experiences... Read More about Linkages between livelihood opportunities and refugee-host relations: learning from the experiences of Liberian camp-based refugees in Ghana.

Increasing children’s participation in African transport planning: reflections on methodological issues in a child-centred research project (2008)
Journal Article
Porter, G., & Abane, A. (2008). Increasing children’s participation in African transport planning: reflections on methodological issues in a child-centred research project. Children's Geographies, 6(2), 151-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733280801963086

This paper examines the potential for applying child-centred research methodologies which involve children doing their own research (with adult facilitators) within a transport and mobility context in West Africa. Relatively little attention has been... Read More about Increasing children’s participation in African transport planning: reflections on methodological issues in a child-centred research project.

Transport planning in sub-Saharan Africa II: putting gender into mobility and transport planning in Africa (2008)
Journal Article
Porter, G. (2008). Transport planning in sub-Saharan Africa II: putting gender into mobility and transport planning in Africa. Progress in Development Studies, 8(3), 281-289. https://doi.org/10.1177/146499340800800306

The first progress report in this transport series presented an overview of major current transport research themes and gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa from a social science perspective. This second report is specifically concerned with gender and, in par... Read More about Transport planning in sub-Saharan Africa II: putting gender into mobility and transport planning in Africa.

NGOs and the State in the Twenty-First Century: Ghana and India. (2007)
Book
Alikhan, F., Kyei, P., Mawdsley, E., Porter, G., Saraswati Raju, S., Townsend, J., & Varma, R. (2007). NGOs and the State in the Twenty-First Century: Ghana and India. INTRAC

The architecture of aid has changed. More aid from rich countries is being directed to southern governments. As a result, some southern NGOs have become worryingly dependent on contracts with their governments to continue their work. Interviews with... Read More about NGOs and the State in the Twenty-First Century: Ghana and India..

Transport planning in sub-Saharan Africa (2007)
Journal Article
Porter, G. (2007). Transport planning in sub-Saharan Africa. Progress in Development Studies, 7(3), 251-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/146499340700700305

Market institutions and urban food supply in West and Southern Africa: a review (2007)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Lyon, F., & Potts, D. (2007). Market institutions and urban food supply in West and Southern Africa: a review. Progress in Development Studies, 7(2), 115-134. https://doi.org/10.1177/146499340600700203

As the urban share of Africa's population increases, the importance of understanding how food supply is shaped by market institutions has grown. However, this topic has received little attention from policy makers and researchers despite the implicat... Read More about Market institutions and urban food supply in West and Southern Africa: a review.