Frontier transformations: development visions, spaces and processes in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia
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African approaches to development have shifted, particularly in north-eastern Africa. Donor-driven policies have given way to state-led development ‘visions’, often with a focus on large-scale infrastructure projects–feeding into and reflecting ‘Africa Rising’ discourses. In Kenya and Ethiopia, these visions include flagship projects in the geographical frontiers, areas previously viewed as buffer zones, whose people have been historically marginalised. This paper adapts the analytical framework from James Scott’s
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1753-1063
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Royal Geographical Society (THES/12)
AHRC (via University of East Anglia (UEA)) (R15322)