Marieme S Lo
Biographic Data
| ID | 3994515 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marieme S Lo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marieme S |
| FAMILY NAME | Lo |
| SIGNATURE | LO M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Women's and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
En route to New York
This article examines the influence of migration and transnational social networks on female entrepreneurship. It interrogates shifting patterns of market development, juxtaposed to the lure of new economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs located at the periphery, Senegal. I critically analyse how a distinct and classed category of Senegalese women entrepreneurs navigates international spaces and legal restrictions in attempts to launch pro…
Confidant par excellence , advisors and healers
Characteristics associated with West African women traders often hinge on their resilience, ingenuity and savvy business practices under precarious economic conditions and changing ecologies. Moreover, traders are defined, identified and classified by their trade and the commodities associated with their trading practice. However, a social analysis and ethnography of trading practices challenges this taxonomy and suggests the relational and socia…
Revisiting the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Compensation Modality, Local Communities' Discontent, and Accountability Mechanisms
This paper queries social regulation and social justice claims related to compensation agreements. It draws upon the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project and compensation settlements between the Exxon Oil Consortium and the Bakola Pygmies in Cameroon as an empirical case study. It interrogates accountability and equity concerns in settlements in light of the fact that such arrangements are value-laden and arise from political processes premised on a “s…
Beyond Instrumentalism
Remittances have become orthodoxy in developing countries such as Senegal, prominently framed in development discourses, and premised on the assumptions that they are a pathway to poverty alleviation and household livelihood security. However, what eludes critical scrutiny are their micro-dynamic and gendered and social impacts in the context of a new wave of risky and deadly migration patterns in West Africa, stemming largely from the lure of an…
Public–private Partnerships for Maternal Health in Africa
The concept of public and private partnerships raises growing interest and hope from international development agencies, governments, and communities as an alternative strategy in social welfare delivery. Conceptualized as a strategy to build and capitalize on the tangible and intangible assets and resources endogenous to social organizations and communities, individually and collectively, this article embraces an asset-based approach to analyze …
En route to New York
This article examines the influence of migration and transnational social networks on female entrepreneurship. It interrogates shifting patterns of market development, juxtaposed to the lure of new economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs located at the periphery, Senegal. I critically analyse how a distinct and classed category of Senegalese women entrepreneurs navigates international spaces and legal restrictions in attempts to launch pro…
Confidant par excellence , advisors and healers
Characteristics associated with West African women traders often hinge on their resilience, ingenuity and savvy business practices under precarious economic conditions and changing ecologies. Moreover, traders are defined, identified and classified by their trade and the commodities associated with their trading practice. However, a social analysis and ethnography of trading practices challenges this taxonomy and suggests the relational and socia…
Beyond Instrumentalism
Remittances have become orthodoxy in developing countries such as Senegal, prominently framed in development discourses, and premised on the assumptions that they are a pathway to poverty alleviation and household livelihood security. However, what eludes critical scrutiny are their micro-dynamic and gendered and social impacts in the context of a new wave of risky and deadly migration patterns in West Africa, stemming largely from the lure of an…
Revisiting the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Compensation Modality, Local Communities' Discontent, and Accountability Mechanisms
This paper queries social regulation and social justice claims related to compensation agreements. It draws upon the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project and compensation settlements between the Exxon Oil Consortium and the Bakola Pygmies in Cameroon as an empirical case study. It interrogates accountability and equity concerns in settlements in light of the fact that such arrangements are value-laden and arise from political processes premised on a “s…
Beyond Instrumentalism
Remittances have become orthodoxy in developing countries such as Senegal, prominently framed in development discourses, and premised on the assumptions that they are a pathway to poverty alleviation and household livelihood security. However, what eludes critical scrutiny are their micro-dynamic and gendered and social impacts in the context of a new wave of risky and deadly migration patterns in West Africa, stemming largely from the lure of an…
Public–private Partnerships for Maternal Health in Africa
The concept of public and private partnerships raises growing interest and hope from international development agencies, governments, and communities as an alternative strategy in social welfare delivery. Conceptualized as a strategy to build and capitalize on the tangible and intangible assets and resources endogenous to social organizations and communities, individually and collectively, this article embraces an asset-based approach to analyze …
Revisiting the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Compensation Modality, Local Communities' Discontent, and Accountability Mechanisms
This paper queries social regulation and social justice claims related to compensation agreements. It draws upon the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project and compensation settlements between the Exxon Oil Consortium and the Bakola Pygmies in Cameroon as an empirical case study. It interrogates accountability and equity concerns in settlements in light of the fact that such arrangements are value-laden and arise from political processes premised on a “s…
Confidant par excellence , advisors and healers
Characteristics associated with West African women traders often hinge on their resilience, ingenuity and savvy business practices under precarious economic conditions and changing ecologies. Moreover, traders are defined, identified and classified by their trade and the commodities associated with their trading practice. However, a social analysis and ethnography of trading practices challenges this taxonomy and suggests the relational and socia…
En route to New York
This article examines the influence of migration and transnational social networks on female entrepreneurship. It interrogates shifting patterns of market development, juxtaposed to the lure of new economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs located at the periphery, Senegal. I critically analyse how a distinct and classed category of Senegalese women entrepreneurs navigates international spaces and legal restrictions in attempts to launch pro…
Political science (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)