IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/jhudca/v8y2007i2p303-323.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Political Complexity of Pro-poor Policy Processes in the Mandara Mountains, Cameroon

Author

Listed:
  • Tom De Herdt
  • Severin Abega

Abstract

We give more conceptual flesh and bones to the interconnections between social structures and individual agency by focusing on the way in which the people(s) inhabiting the Mandara Mountains in Far North Province of Cameroon have been affected by pro-poor policy processes. We analyse the role of individual, collective and relational capabilities in such processes. The case-study points to: (i) the importance of tracing capability deprivations back to weak political agency, (ii) the sometimes ambiguous impact of participatory procedures, and (iii) the necessity to balance the 'what' and the 'how' questions in designing anti-poverty interventions.

Suggested Citation

  • Tom De Herdt & Severin Abega, 2007. "The Political Complexity of Pro-poor Policy Processes in the Mandara Mountains, Cameroon," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(2), pages 303-323.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jhudca:v:8:y:2007:i:2:p:303-323
    DOI: 10.1080/14649880701371190
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14649880701371190
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/14649880701371190?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:jhudca:v:8:y:2007:i:2:p:303-323. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/CJHD20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.