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This volume describes village life in the drylands of central Mali, West Africa, and how it has changed over 35 years. It explores how climate change, population growth, new technologies, and land-grabs can affect the livelihoods of village society. How do people survive and thrive in the uncertain and risk-prone Sahel? This long-term study portrays the people of Dlonguébougou in Central Mali, to show how they have adapted to change over the last 35 years, shaping new strategies and finding new sources of cash. Drawing on my 2 years in the village in 1980–1982, published in Cattle, Women, and Wells: Managing Household Survival in the Sahel (OUP 1992), I have revisited the people to explore the village economy and society today. A tripling in population, unpredictable rainfall, and the arrival of the Chinese have forced people into new ways of both making ends meet and building up wealth—some are doing much better than others. Using a combination of infographics, satellite images, interviews, and survey data, my research presents the different strategies and fortunes of individuals and their families, the search for new cash incomes, the shift of people from village to town, and the erosion of collective solidarity at household and village levels. Overall, people’s fortunes have been mixed. Many people acknowledge they have become financially better off, but they are no longer so rooted in the life and landscape of millet farming, which had structured household relationships and village society. Land has become much scarcer, and the villagers can no longer exert much power over the wider society and environment. In eight chapters, Land, Investment, and Migration is written in an engaging style, with plenty of illustrations and material from interviews.

Villages --- Mali --- Economic conditions --- Rural conditions --- Social conditions --- Immigration --- Investissements --- histoire --- Exploitation agricole --- Terres agricoles --- Revenu --- investment --- history --- rural settlement --- agricultural land --- Economic conditions. --- terra agrícola --- земеделска земя --- jordbruksmark --- terre agricole --- art agrikola --- landbouwgrond --- tokë bujqësore --- maatalousmaa --- terreno agricolo --- žemės ūkio naudmenos --- mezőgazdasági földterület --- земјоделско земјиште --- lauksaimniecības zeme --- talamh talmhaíochta --- poljoprivredno zemljište --- kmetijsko zemljišče --- landwirtschaftliche Nutzfläche --- γεωργική γη --- poľnohospodárska pôda --- landbrugsjord --- teren agricol --- ziemia rolnicza --- zemědělská půda --- пољопривредно земљиште --- põllumajandusmaa --- tierra agrícola --- bestelltes Land --- viljelymaa --- teren cultivat --- talumaa --- bebouwde grond --- farmárska pôda --- dyrket jord --- půda patřící statku --- mezőgazdasági hasznosítású földterület --- terra cultivada --- tokë fermere --- ūkio dirbamoji žemė --- tierra cultivada --- terreno coltivato --- odlad mark --- megművelt föld --- farmland --- bebautes Land --- καλλιεργημένη γη --- terre cultivée --- vidiecka osídlenie --- aglomerado rural --- podeželsko naselje --- wieś --- plattelandsagglomeratie --- așezare rurală --- рурална населба --- maaseututaajama --- αγροτικός οικισμός --- insedjament rurali --- aglomeración rural --- lauku apdzīvotne --- сеоско насеље --- lonnaíocht tuaithe --- seosko naselje --- agglomerato rurale --- vendbanim rural --- земеделско селище --- bebyggelse på landsbygden --- kaimiškoji gyvenvietė --- ländliche Siedlung --- venkovská aglomerace --- vidéki település --- bebyggelse i landområde --- maa-asula --- agglomération rurale --- pueblo --- paese --- Dorf --- ves --- středisková obec --- kylä --- frazione --- dedina --- falu --- селска населба --- village --- landsby --- selo --- fshat --- αγροτικό συγκρότημα --- landsbybebyggelse --- aldeia --- рурално населено место --- kaimas --- sat --- vesnice --- ciems --- küla --- dorp --- село --- χωριό --- aldea --- História --- ιστορία --- storja --- histori --- historie --- historia --- história --- история --- stair --- geschiedenis --- történettudomány --- povijest --- zgodovina --- историја --- Geschichtswissenschaft --- storia --- istorija --- ajalugu --- vēsture --- istorie --- Geschichte --- historiografie --- storiografia --- dějiny národů --- historiador --- dějepis --- historická věda --- történelem --- ulaganje --- infheistíocht --- inwestycje --- naložba --- investeering --- investiții --- investiment --- beruházás --- Investition --- инвестиция --- investering --- investicija --- investissement --- investice --- улагање --- инвестиција --- inversión --- investimento --- investim --- investointi --- investícia --- ieguldījumi --- επένδυση --- capital expenditure --- kapitāla ieguldījumu prasības --- investiranje --- infheistiú --- kapitálové investice --- necessidades de investimento --- investeringsnoodzaak --- Investitionsbedarf --- inversión de capitales --- kapitalo investicijų poreikis --- investeerimine --- necesidades de inversión --- kapitálové investičné požiadavky --- capital investment requirement --- kërkesë për investime kapitale --- Kapitalinvestition --- rischio di investimento --- necesitatea investițiilor de capital --- cheltuieli de capital --- tasso d'investimento --- beruházási igény --- shpenzime kapitale --- kapitali investeerimisnõue --- kapitálové výdavky --- befektetés --- investeringsbehov --- befektetési igény --- besoin d'investissement --- капитална инвестиција --- kapitālieguldījumu izdevumi --- επενδυτική ανάγκη --- investoinnit --- investiční výdaje --- investavimas --- propensione agli investimenti --- kapitaalinvestering --- fabbisogno d'investimento --- kapitalinvestering --- kapitalinės išlaidos --- επένδυση κεφαλαίων --- investimento de capitais --- investissement de capitaux --- imigrace --- доселување --- είσοδος μεταναστών --- immigrazione --- imigracja --- imigrācija --- inmigración --- bevándorlás --- imigracion --- inimirce --- imigracija --- Einwanderung --- immigration --- imigrácia --- immigratie --- imigração --- immigrazzjoni --- useljavanje --- имиграция --- priseljevanje --- maahanmuutto --- imigrație --- усељавање --- immigratsioon --- имиграција --- invandring --- přistěhovalectví --- įeivystė --- indvandring --- sisseränne --- immigráció --- Mali. --- exploitation of resources. --- Mailí --- Malis --- Мали --- Μάλι --- Malí --- Republika Mali --- Republikken Mali --- Mali Köztársaság --- Repubblica del Mali --- Mali Vabariik --- Republica Mali --- Republic of Mali --- Malin tasavalta --- Δημοκρατία του Μάλι --- Mali Republika --- die Republik Mali --- ir-Repubblika ta' Mali --- Malio Respublika --- Република Мали --- Republiek Mali --- Republiken Mali --- Maliská republika --- República do Mali --- República de Malí --- Republika e Malit --- Malijská republika --- République du Mali --- искористување ресурси --- loodusvarade kasutamine --- využívanie zdrojov --- exploitation des ressources --- források kiaknázása --- explotación de recursos --- esplojtazzjoni tar-riżorsi --- saothrú acmhainní --- ressourceudnyttelse --- shfrytëzimi i burimeve --- exploatarea resurselor --- εκμετάλλευση των πλουτοπαραγωγικών πόρων --- ontginning van de hulpbronnen --- exploração dos recursos --- izkoriščanje virov --- sfruttamento delle risorse --- експлоатация на ресурси --- luonnonvarojen hyödyntäminen --- gamtos išteklių naudojimas --- искоришћавање природних богатстава --- Nutzung der Ressourcen --- resursutnyttjande --- iskorištavanje prirodnih izvora --- eksploatacja zasobów --- resursu izmantošana --- využívání zdrojů --- експлоатација на природни богатства --- експлоатација на ресурси --- απόληψη των πλουτοπαραγωγικών πόρων --- využití zdrojů --- iskorištavanje dobara --- čerpání zdrojů --- Ausbeutung der Ressourcen --- eksploatacija prirodnih izvora --- Villages - Mali --- Mali - Economic conditions --- Mali - Rural conditions --- Mali - Social conditions --- Mali - Economic conditions - 21st century --- 2000-2099