Zeferino Teka

Development Policy and Practice
Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology
The Open University
Walton Hall,
Milton Keynes,
MK7 6AA
United Kingdom

Contact Information

Email : z.teka@open.ac.uk
Tel : +44 (0) 1908 32069


Title of Research

Making the Most of Commodities: The Chain of Labour and Rents in the Offshore Oil and Gas Maintenance and Repair Services Market                


Supervisors

Prof. Raphael Kaplinsky
Dr. Dina Kale

CV/Resume

MA – Development Studies (Economic Stream) (UKZN – South Africa)

Zeferino Teka has worked in NGO/CSO management. He has also consulted on various social and economic development issues with a number of NGOs, research firms and multi-issue organisations in Africa and abroad.

Areas of Research

Energy economics, value chain, industrial organisation, technical change, politics of post-conflict reconstruction and development, NGOs and development, community development.

Recent publications and reports

2009: ‘The 5th Annual Local Content Summit Report’, Submitted to the International Quality and Productivity Centre (IQPC), London (September 2009).

2008: Male Honour and HIV and AIDS as a Gendered Pandemic: How Men Can Be More Effectively Engaged Toward a Positive Male Response, JCT, vol.14, no.1, pp.21-33.

2008: Global Financial Crisis and Donor Funding Implications: Should NGO beneficiaries be concerned? http://www.aids.org.za/downloads/financial_crisis.pdf

2008: Changing HIV and AIDS Policy Environment in South Africa: Opportunities for Constructive NGO-Government Collaboration
http://www.aids.org.za/downloads/HIVAIDSSA_NEWDiscourse.pdf

2008: NGOs-CBOs-government Collaboration in HIV/AIDS Intervention: A Critical Assessment from AFSA’s Experience in the NIP [DICs] Programme http://www.aids.org.za/downloads/internal

2008: Understanding NGO-CBO-government ‘Collaboration’ in the HIV and AIDS Intervention: A Conceptual Review
http://www.aids.org.za/downloads/internal/Understanding_NGOs_CBOs_govt_collaboration

2008: Exploring factors affecting and influencing young women’s (aged 16-29) participation in social issues and development processes in the province of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, Research Report submitted to the South African Young Voices Network (SAYVON), (December 2008).

2008: Filling gaps in the National Integrated Plan (NIP): internal evaluation and documentation of AFSA and government collaboration in implementing the NIP programme in 10 Drop-In Centres (DIC) in KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo Provinces of South Africa, Research Report submitted to AIDS Foundation South Africa (AFSA) and Atlantic Philanthropies, (May 2008).

Languages

Portuguese, English, French [and others]