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The concluding chapter reflects on the findings presented throughout the book. Mobilities as social constructs are experienced and imagined very differently, not least according to age, gender and family context. Most significant of all is the issue of gender equality, which permeates the material reality of so many mobilities stories. Attention is given to some of the practical mobility-related interventions which have potential to improve the course of young people’s lives in sub-Saharan Africa: these are not necessarily about improving mobility per se, of course, since in some contexts less, rather than more mobility could be beneficial. The final section of the chapter reflects on the influence of wider in-country policy decisions and practice and the international sphere, not least the issue of mobility targets in the MDGs and SDGs.
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Notes
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Web of Science categorise it as a ‘highly cited paper’ which by late 2015 ‘received enough citations to place it in the top 1 % of its academic field based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year’.
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28 Web of Science citations to date refer to their work in Africa-related contexts—more will certainly follow.
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Some of which—such as impact of widespread fear of biting dogs on routes and routines—the academic team had not sufficiently appreciated prior to the children’s investigations.
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For example http://allafrica.com/stories/201308050263.html: a report of rural secondary schoolgirls in Tanzania in rented rooms being attacked and raped by ‘assailants who take advantage of the dilapidated condition of the rented houses’.
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The South African department of labour has recently published a pamphlet of ‘Guidelines for acceptable household chores’ which refers to problems associated with heavy loads of water and fuelwood: effective regulation, however, will remain a significant issue. See http://steelburgernews.co.za/22401/department-introduces-new-acceptable-household-chores-for-children/
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Blood Alcohol Concentration.
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At the time of writing in August 2015.
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Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Abane, A., Munthali, A., Robson, E., Mashiri, M. (2017). Conclusion: Reflecting on Theory and Method, Practice and Policy. In: Young People’s Daily Mobilities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Anthropology, Change, and Development. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45431-7_9
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