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Demography & Livelihoods in Sahelian FulBe of Burkina Faso

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Literature on future prospects for Sahelian countries, in terms of their development, economic security or just general welfare, invariably includes a section which refers to the rapid population growth in that region and the problems that this causes (e.g. Snrech, 1995; IIED, 1999). Although population growth is sometimes portrayed as a neutral but major driver of change, more often it is perceived to be a serious and generalised problem for two reasons: firstly, because of the scale of the growth with little indication of a decline save in limited urban communities; and secondly, because this rapid growth occurs in an environment which is seen as having poor natural resources in relation to primary production — in particular, poor soils and inadequate, erratic rainfall.

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  1. Kate Hampshire
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  1. University College, London, UK

    Katherine Homewood (Professor of Anthropology) (Professor of Anthropology)

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Hampshire, K., Randall, S. (2005). People are a Resource. In: Homewood, K. (eds) Rural Resources & Local Livelihoods in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-06615-2_6

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