Matteo Caravani
Biographic Data
| ID | 194741 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matteo Caravani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matteo |
| FAMILY NAME | Caravani |
| SIGNATURE | CARAVANI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tufts University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Social assistance or capital protection? Accumulation by ( un )certainty in the era of global food crises
A highly corporate-concentrated global food system generates large-scale financial uncertainties, especially in food import-dependent countries. In Africa, such uncertainties are managed through social protection schemes, supported by international financial institutions. Yet this model of crisis management can also intensify dependence and extend new modalities of control. The global food crisis, and the speculative corporative practices associa…
Conflict, Climate and Inequalities
The demise of Usaid
This article critically examines the Trump administration’s decision to shut down USAID, the world’s largest international aid funder, through an executive order. The closure, justified by claims of inefficiency and failure to serve US interests, resulted in the suspension of essential humanitarian programmes, including critical health support to millions of people living with HIV. The move reflects an internal destructive force against the state…
The Failing Aid Complex in Uganda’s Northeast
Providing social assistance and humanitarian relief
From crisis to context
De-pastoralisation' in Uganda's Northeast
Over the past two generations, livestock loss and hunger, caused by violent conflict and drought, have driven many transhumant agro-pastoralists living in central Karamoja to resettle in unpopulated areas more suitable for agricultural production. These areas, mostly located in the southern and western parts of the region, were historically used by herders as dry season grazing rangelands, while they presently house permanent settlements populate…
De-pastoralisation' in Uganda's Northeast
Over the past two generations, livestock loss and hunger, caused by violent conflict and drought, have driven many transhumant agro-pastoralists living in central Karamoja to resettle in unpopulated areas more suitable for agricultural production. These areas, mostly located in the southern and western parts of the region, were historically used by herders as dry season grazing rangelands, while they presently house permanent settlements populate…
From crisis to context
The Failing Aid Complex in Uganda’s Northeast
De-pastoralisation' in Uganda's Northeast
Over the past two generations, livestock loss and hunger, caused by violent conflict and drought, have driven many transhumant agro-pastoralists living in central Karamoja to resettle in unpopulated areas more suitable for agricultural production. These areas, mostly located in the southern and western parts of the region, were historically used by herders as dry season grazing rangelands, while they presently house permanent settlements populate…
Providing social assistance and humanitarian relief
From crisis to context
The Failing Aid Complex in Uganda’s Northeast
Conflict, Climate and Inequalities
The demise of Usaid
This article critically examines the Trump administration’s decision to shut down USAID, the world’s largest international aid funder, through an executive order. The closure, justified by claims of inefficiency and failure to serve US interests, resulted in the suspension of essential humanitarian programmes, including critical health support to millions of people living with HIV. The move reflects an internal destructive force against the state…
Social assistance or capital protection? Accumulation by ( un )certainty in the era of global food crises
A highly corporate-concentrated global food system generates large-scale financial uncertainties, especially in food import-dependent countries. In Africa, such uncertainties are managed through social protection schemes, supported by international financial institutions. Yet this model of crisis management can also intensify dependence and extend new modalities of control. The global food crisis, and the speculative corporative practices associa…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Inequality (2 works) · International Development and Aid (2 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 work) · Agriculture (1 work)