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Changing family structure and development transformation in Africa
1. Lower-middle income countries: Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire,
Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana Lesotho, Morocco, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe,
Senegal, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, and Zambia. Upper-middle income
countries: Angola, Algeria, Botswana, Gabon, Libya, Mauritius, Namibia,
Seychelles, South Africa, and Tunisia.
Lessons from the community level in Ghana
1. CNN News, 22 November 2013,
2. Public Agenda newspaper, 28 January 2007
3. Public Agenda, 12 January 2012
4. Regional News of Wednesday 20 November 2013,
Building on traditional cooperation among women for sustainable rural
Author details:
P. Ceci, Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems,
University of Tuscia and Consultant, Forestry Department, United Nations Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO); F.B.S. Diallo, University assistant, Centre for
Environmental Research, Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Guinea; P.
Wolter, Consultant, Forestry Department, FAO; L. Monforte, Consultant, Forestry
Department, FAO, F. M. Pierri, Family Farming Officer, Office for Partnerships,
Advocacy and Capacity Development, FAO and B. Rice, Family Farming Consultant,
Office for Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development, FAO, Italy
References:
1. IFAD. Rural poverty in Guinea:
tags/guinea (consulted in August 2013)
2. Ibid.
3. Detraux, M. 1991. Approche intégrée des systèmes de production et de leur dynamisme,
un outil pour une politique adaptée aux besoins des régions : application au Fouta
Djallon. Faculté des sciences agronomiques de Gembloux, Belgique (pp. 264-265)
4. Ibid.
Further reading:
- Ceci, P. 2014. Interweaving forests into society: Towards long-term impacts and
sustainability of forestry projects in Guinea. PhD thesis, University of Tuscia,
Viterbo, Italy
- FAO. 2008. Fouta Djallon Highlands Integrated Natural Resources Management Project
(FDH-INRM). Project document, FAO, Rome, Italy
- FAO. 2013. Draft Addendum for Tranche II to the Project Document. FAO, Rome, Italy
From disintegrating families to family solidarity
1. Shek, Daniel T. L., 2011, Journal of Family Studies, Vol. 17, Issue 2
2. UNCRC Article 9(3)
3. Jansen, Luther T. 1952, American Sociological Review, Vol. 17, No. 6.
Cherishing the family
1. The Family Council, set up in 2007, is an advisory body to the Government of
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the formulation of policies
and strategies for supporting and strengthening the family and on development
of related programmes/activities. The Family Council is currently chaired by
Professor Daniel Shek Tan-lei with four official members, three ex-officio members
and 14 non-official members.
2. Annual subvention has been provided to 11 Uniformed Groups to organize
family-related programmes.
3. Employees are allowed to take leave to attend ‘parent days’ held by the schools of
their children.
4. The Commission on Youth was set up in February 1990. It is an advisory body
with members appointed by the Secretary of Home Affairs, which includes
non-official members from a wide spectrum of society and representatives from
government B/Ds. It advises the Government on matters pertaining to youth and
strives to consolidate community efforts, assist in formulating and implementing
youth development programmes and activities, and nurture young people as
future leaders with vision, creativity, leadership and commitment.
5. The Elderly Commission was established in 1997 with members including
professionals, academics and community leaders. Its task is to advise the
Government on the formulation of a comprehensive policy for the elderly,
monitor the implementation of policies and programmes affecting the elderly, and
coordinate the planning and development of various programmes and services for
the elderly.
6. The Women’s Commission was established by the Government in January 2001
and is tasked to promote the well-being and interests of women in Hong Kong
by taking a strategic overview over women’s issues, developing a long-term vision
and strategy for the development and advancement of women, and advising the
Government on policies and initiatives which are of concern to women.
7. The fieldwork survey was conducted from May to September 2013, with a sample
size of 2,000 respondents.
8. Traditional family values in this survey include (a) having son to continue the family
name, (b) family disgrace should be kept within the family, (c) having a son is better
than having a daughter and (d) working hard to bring honour to the family.
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Confronting Family Poverty
Can or will the family succeed? A family-centric approach to poverty alleviation
1. Dr Catherine Bernard, Can the Millennium Development Goals, or 2015 Plus Agenda,
Succeed Without a Human Based, Family Centric and Person Oriented Approach?
May 2013
2. Families, Agents and Beneficiaries of Social Education and Development. International
Year of The Family (Occasional Papers Series No. 16) 1995
Social development programmes for family well-being in Kenya
1. COK 2010
Family structure and well-being across Israel’s diverse population
Acknowledgements
The author wishes to thank Dan Ben-David, Haya Stier and Ayal Kimhi for their
valuable input and suggestions on this article.
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