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What Can Climate‐Adaptation Policy in Sub‐Saharan Africa Learn from Research on Governance and Politics?
Author(s) -
Lockwood Matthew
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/dpr.12029
Subject(s) - corporate governance , adaptation (eye) , politics , context (archaeology) , political science , climate change adaptation , quality (philosophy) , climate policy , climate change , political economy , development economics , sociology , economics , geography , ecology , psychology , management , epistemology , philosophy , archaeology , neuroscience , law , biology
There has been relatively little thinking about the political context of climate‐adaptation policy in sub‐Saharan Africa, what this means for the quality of governance, and the capacity to plan and deliver what are often quite complex policies and programmes. This is all the more surprising given the quantity and depth of what is already known about politics and governance in Africa. This article asks what can be learned from this body of knowledge and experience that is relevant for climate‐adaptation policy.