Surfing in the air: a grounded theory of the dynamics of street life and its policy implications

Conticini, Alessandro

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“…Getnet also explores the impact of high (male) youth unemployment on society as a whole by linking the practice of 'streetism' (hanging out on the street) with sexual harassment and violence against women ('street living' is also an option for unemployed urban youth; however, this lifestyle exposes them to discrimination and violence, including from the police, as Conticini (2008) vividly describes). Mains (2007) has a similar story to tell of the experiences of unemployed young men in Jimma, a city in Southern Ethiopia, where linear trajectories through schooling have created false expectations of progress and better futures.…”

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‘From School to Adulthood’? Young People's Pathways Through Schooling in Urban Ethiopia

Camfield

2011

Eur J Dev Res

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This article presents a case study of a rapidly evolving urban community in Southern Ethiopia drawing on survey and qualitative data from Young Lives, a long-term international study of two cohorts of children growing up in poverty (born 1994-1995 and 2000-2001). It uses this to set visible changes in aspirations and experiences of schooling over time in their political and economic context. The article illustrates the value of mixed-methods approaches within international development research by juxtaposing individual and household level data, both survey and qualitative, with data collected through school-and community-based research. This enables analysis of processes of power and social change taking place in contemporary Ethiopia and reflected in changing attitudes towards education and employment. Finally, the chapter highlights the challenges for the Ethiopian education system in meeting children's aspirations, in the context of rapidly declining economic opportunities after leaving school.Cet article pre´sente une e´tude de cas d'une communaute´urbaine en É thiopie du sud caracte´rise´e par un changement rapide et constant. Cette e´tude s'appuie sur des donne´es qualitatives et d'enqueˆte tire´es de 'Young Lives', une e´tude internationale de long terme mene´es aupre`s de deux cohortes d'enfants grandissant dans des conditions de pauvrete´ (et ne´s en 1994-95 et en 2000-01). Sur la base de ces donne´es, ce travail situe dans leur contexte e´conomique et politique l'e´volution des aspirations et des ve´cus scolaires des enqueˆte´s. L'article illustre ainsi la valeur des me´thodes mixtes pour la recherche sur le de´veloppement, juxtaposant des donne´es de me´nages et d'individus a`la fois qualitatives et d'enqueˆte avec des donne´es tire´es de recherches sur les communaute´s et le syste´me scolaire. Ceci permet une analyse des processus de changements sociaux et de pouvoir se produisant dans l'É thiopie contemporaine, et qui se refle`tent en particulier dans l'e´volution de comportements vis-a`-vis de l'e´ducation et de l'emploi. Enfin, ce travail met en e´vidence les de´fis auxquels le syste`me e´ducatif e´thiopien est confronte´pour satisfaire aux aspirations des enfants, et ceci dans un contexte plus large d'une diminution rapide des opportunite´s e´conomiques pour les jeunes quittant l'e´cole.

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‘From School to Adulthood’? Young People's Pathways Through Schooling in Urban Ethiopia

Camfield

2011

Eur J Dev Res

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“…My interdisciplinary literature review draws on contributions from the fields of public administration, critical political economy, and development studies. 8 Taken separately, these disciplines do not fully engage the complexities surrounding administrative development policies, especially engagement of the informal sector (Conticini, 2008). By situating my research within these three disciplines, I have been able to clearly define specific enabling factors of equitable urban policy development and implementation that influence positive service delivery outcomes (Andrews, 2010).…”

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“…The current public toilet blocks in the slums of Mumbai are funded from a number of sources. Critics point out that no matter how inadequate and unworkable, the infrastructure that exists today has been funded from public institutions, donors and elected officials 138 . The utilisation is only twenty five percent because of design flaws -unworkable and most unhygienic conditions of these public toilets.…”

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Service Delivery To Informal Settlements In South Asia's Mega Cities: the Role Of State and Non-State Actors

Shaheen¹

2021

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This interdisciplinary research project compares service delivery outcomes to informal settlements in South Asia’s largest urban centres: Dhaka, Karachi and Mumbai. These mega cities have been overwhelmed by increasing demands on limited service delivery capacity as growing clusters of informal settlements, home to significant numbers of informal sector workers, struggle to obtain basic services. In the absence of state supports, some informal settlements engage non‐state actors to obtain services. In order to compare service delivery outcomes through these actors, I used a layered, mixed methods approach guided by an interdisciplinary literature review and policy examination. I drew on semi‐ structured interviews as well as pairs of case studies to measure successful and unsuccessful service delivery outcomes in each of the three mega cities. Key findings are that chronic disconnections exists in all three countries, where upper tiers of the state persistently fail to create an enabling environment for lower tier state actors and municipal service delivery machinery. The cause of these disconnections is the persistent colonial impression on the bureaucracy, Neoliberal policies and the appropriation of public resources by organized crime and their backers, urban elites. Non‐state actors have facilitated service delivery to informal settlements, resulting in isolated success and improved levels of human development. However, the case studies demonstrate that the success of non‐state actors is attributed to support from lower tier state actors. A complex political economy of upper and lower tier actors, rooted in unresolved land ownership and elite interests is disabling the capabilities of lower tier state actors to extend services to the urban poor. The study informs our understanding of the role played by technical non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) in facilitating representative community‐based organizations (CBOs) engagement of state service delivery providers. The study illustrates the differential attitudes between upper and lower tier state actors towards informal settlements. The study also separates the ‘development industry’ from grass root representatives of informal settlements. The study also affirms the ability of informal settlements to organize, mobilize and engage municipal service delivery providers. The study emphasizes the need to remove constraints that upper tiers of state and society place on informal settlements in order for equitable development and sustainable levels of service delivery to be realized

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“…There are some things that are known, currently. For example, interventions should target the child, not the group, and family reunification or fostering should take place as early as possible to increase the likelihood of better outcomes (Conticini, 2008).…”

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Street Children in Ukraine

Pace¹

2018

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As Ukraine transitions to a market economy and undergoes the process of globalization, street children number in the tens of thousands. They are drawn to the streets by various economic, political, and cultural factors such as extreme poverty, adverse life experiences, family deterioration, and orphanhood. Street children in Ukraine are at high risk of HIV infection, police harassment, abuse, violence, and negative mental health outcomes. Efforts thus far have been through legislative, preventative, and rehabilitative endeavors by governmental and non-governmental organizations. This article explores the issue of street children in Ukraine and outlines recommendations for future action and policy.

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Surfing in the air: a grounded theory of the dynamics of street life and its policy implications

Cited by 14 publications

References 44 publications

‘From School to Adulthood’? Young People's Pathways Through Schooling in Urban Ethiopia

‘From School to Adulthood’? Young People's Pathways Through Schooling in Urban Ethiopia

Service Delivery To Informal Settlements In South Asia's Mega Cities: the Role Of State and Non-State Actors

Street Children in Ukraine

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