10 – Minskad ojämlikhet

  • Migrants in the Pandemic and the Challenge for Local Government

    This policy brief addresses a challenge for local government that has emerged with COVID-19,particularly in rural areas of developing countries. As the urban informal economy in India collapsed due to the pandemic, large numbers of people have been returning to their villages of origin in rural areas. However, some of their skills are not relevant…

  • Mainstreaming Migrant Rights for Gender Equality: Lessons from Lisbon and Barcelona

    Mainstreaming Migrant Rights for Gender Equality: Lessons from Lisbon and Barcelona

    Mainstreaming, a governance strategy based on coordination between government levels and the involvement of various policy sectors and actors (including institutional, private and civil society), is often adopted by local governments in different policy realms, including in managing migration and integration at the local level. Overall, mainstreaming migrant integration has the potential to enhance migrants´…

  • Lund and Francistown, Botswana

    Lund and Francistown, Botswana

    The local government office has the assignment to investigate possibilities to start a municipal partnership to promote local democracy and international co-operation with focus on the Agenda 2030. During the time of finding a municipal partner, ICLD returned with an inquiry regarding Lund´s interest in participating in a new concept, a platform containing extended support…

  • Kungsör and Rufunsa, Zambia

    Kungsör and Rufunsa, Zambia

    Tillsammans med Rufunsa District i Zambia kommer Kungsör att utforma ett projekt som ska utveckla nya sätt att delaktiggöra barn och unga i kommunens verksamheter och stärka jämställdheten. Samarbetet sker i ett nätverk där åtta svenska kommuner arbetar parallellt med varsin partnerkommun från Södra Afrika på ett tema relaterat till mänskliga rättigheter, så som tillgänglighet,…

  • Climate change is not the cause, migration is not the problem: Local representation and precarious young farmers leaving Senegal

    This project examines the role of local governments  in generating or reducing the current trend in which vulnerable people are migrating out of areas where climate variability is viewed as a driver of outmigration. The project seeks to identify means to make policy and practical responses to climate change supportive of local democracy – to…

  • Engagement of people with functional variation in the urban planning processes in Russia and Sweden

    The inclusion of all people in local political and urban planning decision-making is one of the foundations of local democracy. This briefing paper examines a simple transferable methodology for assessing the usability of our city spaces for persons with functional variation. The focus is on the everyday experiences as people use the city in their…

  • Borlänge and Lodwar, Kenya

    Borlänge and Lodwar, Kenya

    Project: Inclusive municipalities for refugees Borlänge and Lodwar municipalities have succefully implemented an inception phase project (dnr 2017-0049) that laid foundation for a long-term partnership between the two municipalities. The focus of the inception phase project was to create a municipal partnership that foster a democratic inclusion of refugees. The two municipalities met in Borlänge…

  • Trans-Saharan labour emigration from Niger: Local governance as mediator of its underlying causes and consequences

    This report reviews the existing literature of trans-Saharan labour emigration from Niger both conducted by Nigeriens but also by other West Africans, given Niger’s importance as a country of transit. The literature on labour emigration from the Sahelian region, as in other parts of the world, is dominated by studies that emphasise particular causes (drought,…

  • Outmigration, Development, and Global Environmental Change. A Review and Discussion of Case Studies from the West African Sahel

    This working paper gives an overview over literature on emigration from the West Sahel, with a selective focus on resource-dependent livelihoods and how they are connected to outmigration from the Sahel, especially regarding Senegal and Niger. To complete the picture, we also cover some studies on urban population groups and regions beyond the Sahel, although…

  • Theories of Migration in and from Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Review and Critique of Current Literature

    This working paper presents an overview of the global literature on migration with a focus on rural areas. It discusses the general structure of the field of migration studies and outlines a typology of approaches found within this literature. Different theories on migration are examined. An interesting finding is the large amount of evidence confirming…

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