An Ansoms
Université catholique de Louvain
81 Papers
492 Citations
An Ansoms is an academic researcher from Université catholique de Louvain. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poverty & Politics. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 78 publications. Previous affiliations of An Ansoms include University of Antwerp & Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
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Papers
A quantitative analysis of poverty and livelihood profiles: The case of rural Rwanda
An Ansoms,Andrew McKay +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply a quantitative methodology to study poverty and livelihood profiles on the basis of a large set of variables and conclude that Rwanda rural policies should adopt distinct and appropriate interventions for impoverished peasant groups, each having their own particular livelihood profiles.
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Striving for growth, bypassing the poor? A critical review of Rwanda's rural sector policies
TL;DR: In this article, the authors study the challenges and pitfalls in defining pro-poor strategies for rural development and highlight that the real challenge to transform the rural sector into a true propoor growth engine will be to value and incorporate the capacity and potential of small-scale "non-professional" peasants into the core strategies of rural development.
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Emotional and Ethical Challenges for Field Research in Africa: The Story behind the Findings
Susan Thomson,An Ansoms,Jude Murison +2 more
- 01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors gather the stories behind the findings of a variety of researchers who have done extensive field research in the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa (Burundi, Eastern DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda).
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Modernising agriculture through a 'new' Green Revolution: the limits of the Crop Intensification Programme in Rwanda
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse the Rwandan Crop Intensification Programme (CIP) as a case study of the application of the African Green Revolution model and argue that the CIP fails to draw lessons from previous Green Revolution experiences in terms of its effects on social differentiation, on ecological sustainability, and on knowledge exchange and creation.
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The aid ‘darlings’ and ‘orphans’ of the Great Lakes Region in Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the authors look at the developmental consequences of aid flows on the Great Lakes region in Africa and show that the costs of exclusion of certain countries from aid are detrimental for human development.