Kavita Datta
Queen Mary, University of London, Geography, Faculty Member
BackgroundThere is a large treatment gap for common mental disorders in rural areas of low-income countries. We tested the Friendship Bench as a brief psychological intervention delivered by village health workers (VHWs) in rural... more
BackgroundThere is a large treatment gap for common mental disorders in rural areas of low-income countries. We tested the Friendship Bench as a brief psychological intervention delivered by village health workers (VHWs) in rural Zimbabwe.MethodsRural women identified with depression in a previous trial received weekly home-based problem-solving therapy from VHWs for 6 weeks, and joined a peer-support group. Depression was assessed using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Shona Symptom Questionnaire (SSQ). Acceptability was explored through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The proportion of women with depression pre- and post-intervention was compared using McNemar's test.ResultsTen VHWs delivered problem-solving therapy to 27 women of mean age 33 years; 25 completed six sessions. Women valued an established and trustful relationship with their VHW, which ensured confidentiality and prevented gossip, and reported finding individual problem-solvin...
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Neoliberalism can no longer be understood as a homogeneous set of principles and practices. Just as it displays a variety of origins, so too it takes a variety of locally specific, or 'path... more
Neoliberalism can no longer be understood as a homogeneous set of principles and practices. Just as it displays a variety of origins, so too it takes a variety of locally specific, or 'path dependent', forms (Harvey 2005; Larner 2000). It also, and obviously, travels. A small ...
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The impact of migration on gender identities, norms and conventions has been predominantly understood from the perspective of female migrants. Far less attention has been paid to the potential that migration entails for the negotiation... more
The impact of migration on gender identities, norms and conventions has been predominantly understood from the perspective of female migrants. Far less attention has been paid to the potential that migration entails for the negotiation and reconstruction of ...
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List of tables List of figures List of plates List of acronyms Acknowledgements 1 Deregulation, migration and the new world of work 2 Global city labour markets and London's new migrant division of labour 3 London's low paid... more
List of tables List of figures List of plates List of acronyms Acknowledgements 1 Deregulation, migration and the new world of work 2 Global city labour markets and London's new migrant division of labour 3 London's low paid foreign-born workers 4 Living and remaking London's ethnic and gender divisions 5 Tactics of survival amongst migrant workers in London 6 Relational lives: Migrants, London and the rest of the world 7 Remaking the city: Immigration and post-secular politics in London today 8 Just geographies of (im)migration Appendices References Index
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The ‘global’ economic downturn and subsequent phase of austerity have prompted an ongoing search for ‘alternative’, more sustainable models of resilient and redistributive growth. Yet the geographical scope of that search – commonly... more
The ‘global’ economic downturn and subsequent phase of austerity have prompted an ongoing search for ‘alternative’, more sustainable models of resilient and redistributive growth. Yet the geographical scope of that search – commonly centred on Anglo-American models of best practice remains limited in the face of a ‘cosmopolitan’ diversity of financial practice. This paper identifies important possibilities for advancing economic theories of resilience through new cross-disciplinary engagements with resilience research ‘by another name’ in development studies. These ideas are developed through an empirical analysis of faith-based charitable giving amongst the Somali migrant community in London, for whom Islam forms a major defining element of their identity and is difficult to disentangle from Somali culture. Our analysis challenges internalist conceptions of economic resilience vis-à-vis a diversity of translocal resilience practices of economic provisioning, resource redistribution...
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Housing finance can play a pivotal role in resolving the shelter deficit across the global South. Rooted within wider economic reform as well as broader changes in urban management approaches in the 1990s, current housing finance... more
Housing finance can play a pivotal role in resolving the shelter deficit across the global South. Rooted within wider economic reform as well as broader changes in urban management approaches in the 1990s, current housing finance programmes reflect considerable diversity and innovation. Beginning with a definition of housing finance, this article identifies key types and sources of housing finance as well as the formal, semiformal, and informal organisations and partnerships which have been created to deliver finance to lower-income households. It concludes with a discussion of the key challenges that have yet to be fully addressed.
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... with the ethos of the methodology, although we could not conduct any follow-up work ourselves, we returned copies of all the focus group tools prepared by the young people to be discussed in follow-up classes run by teachers (and by... more
... with the ethos of the methodology, although we could not conduct any follow-up work ourselves, we returned copies of all the focus group tools prepared by the young people to be discussed in follow-up classes run by teachers (and by youth leaders in the case of the NGO). ...
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Research Interests: Finance, Human Geography, Economic Geography, Community Resilience, Migration Studies, and 9 moreCharitable giving, Islamic Banking, Islamic Finance, Migrant and Diasporic Literature, Islam and Charity, Islamic Charity (Sadaqa), Geography of Finance and Financial Crises, Charitable Behavior, and Financial Geography
... low-paid migrant workers in London September 2006 Kavita Datta, Cathy McIlwaine, Jane Wills, Yara Evans, Joanna Herbert and Jon May Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London Mile End, London E1 4NS ISBN: 0 902238 34 5... more
... low-paid migrant workers in London September 2006 Kavita Datta, Cathy McIlwaine, Jane Wills, Yara Evans, Joanna Herbert and Jon May Department of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London Mile End, London E1 4NS ISBN: 0 902238 34 5 Page 2. 1 Introduction ...
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Geographies of new femininities is a timely text, for a number of reasons. First, while acknowledg-ing growing levels of confidence among women, the authors rightly argue that gender inequalities remain embedded within social and ...... more
Geographies of new femininities is a timely text, for a number of reasons. First, while acknowledg-ing growing levels of confidence among women, the authors rightly argue that gender inequalities remain embedded within social and ... Kavita Datta Queen Mary, University ...
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This paper is located in the maelstrom of debate about immigration and employment in the contemporary economy. Drawing on original data collected in and on London, UK, the paper further develops the concept of the Migrant Division of... more
This paper is located in the maelstrom of debate about immigration and employment in the contemporary economy. Drawing on original data collected in and on London, UK, the paper further develops the concept of the Migrant Division of Labour (May et al., 2007). ...
Research on fathers and fatherhood remains scarce, especially in the Global South. Furthermore, existing work tends to label men as 'irresponsible fathers'. As such, the spatial and temporal differences that exist in the... more
Research on fathers and fatherhood remains scarce, especially in the Global South. Furthermore, existing work tends to label men as 'irresponsible fathers'. As such, the spatial and temporal differences that exist in the practices and experiences of fatherhood have been ...
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A care deficit is clearly evident in global cities such as London and is attributable to an ageing population, the increased employment of native-born women, prevalent gender ideologies that continue to exempt men from much reproductive... more
A care deficit is clearly evident in global cities such as London and is attributable to an ageing population, the increased employment of native-born women, prevalent gender ideologies that continue to exempt men from much reproductive work, as well as the failure of the state to ...
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ABSTRACT The principles and achievements of housing policy during the government of President Nelson Mandela are assessed. In order to make the assessment, the specific meter of a World Bank list of policy 'do's'... more
ABSTRACT The principles and achievements of housing policy during the government of President Nelson Mandela are assessed. In order to make the assessment, the specific meter of a World Bank list of policy 'do's' and 'don'ts' that are part of a strategy to enable markets to work is employed. It is argued that while the government conformed to the list in principle, the technical way in which policy was formulated set up tensions to housing delivery. Using the South Africa experience, a series of important challenges to the World Bank list is outlined.
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... Joel Bolnick After several years in exile in the USA (197785), Joel returned to southern Africa to work on rural development in Zimbabwe and Botswana. He then spent two and a half years as a lecturer in African Politics at the... more
... Joel Bolnick After several years in exile in the USA (197785), Joel returned to southern Africa to work on rural development in Zimbabwe and Botswana. He then spent two and a half years as a lecturer in African Politics at the University of Cape Town. ...
ABSTRACT The principles and achievements of housing policy during the government of President Nelson Mandela are assessed. In order to make the assessment, the specific meter of a World Bank list of policy 'do's'... more
ABSTRACT The principles and achievements of housing policy during the government of President Nelson Mandela are assessed. In order to make the assessment, the specific meter of a World Bank list of policy 'do's' and 'don'ts' that are part of a strategy to enable markets to work is employed. It is argued that while the government conformed to the list in principle, the technical way in which policy was formulated set up tensions to housing delivery. Using the South Africa experience, a series of important challenges to the World Bank list is outlined.
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Indian dairy sector has shown tremendous growth in terms of milk production, from 17 million tonnes (1950-51) to 112 million tonnes (2009-10). This transition from deficiency to sufficiency has been achieved by a series of policy... more
Indian dairy sector has shown tremendous growth in terms of milk production, from 17 million tonnes (1950-51) to 112 million tonnes (2009-10). This transition from deficiency to sufficiency has been achieved by a series of policy interventions by the government. It has been found that in the first phase of ‘Operation Flood’, growth rate of value-added products was 0.93 per cent per annum, but in the third phase, it became 9.10 per cent per annum. Milk processing in India is around 35 per cent, of which the organized dairy industry accounts for only 13 per cent of the milk produced, the remaining 22 per cent is processed in the unorganized sector. To explore the diversity and market exploration for enhancing the value in milk, the study has identified the untapped demand of different dairy and dairy products in ethnically diversified rural urban groups. The paper has highlighted certain dairy development policies to encourage growth of the dairy sector. While value addition in milk is unavoidable if one has to enhance sector profitability, the same does not seem feasible unless the organized sector improves its penetration. Because, it is the involvement of the organized sector that will drive the growth by resorting to value addition in basic product and harnessing the consumer market. The mechanics of the organized sector penetration could be agency-specific as also area-specific.
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Feminist research has debated whether Gender and Development (GAD) discourse should be re-conceptualised to include both women and men as gendered beings. While the arguments for and against such a re-conceptualisation are now fairly well... more
Feminist research has debated whether Gender and Development (GAD) discourse should be re-conceptualised to include both women and men as gendered beings. While the arguments for and against such a re-conceptualisation are now fairly well established in the ...
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Few experts foresaw that what began as a crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage markets in 2007 would evolve into a global recession. As such, the speed at which the crisis spread to, and affected, virtually all parts of the world including... more
Few experts foresaw that what began as a crisis in the US sub-prime mortgage markets in 2007 would evolve into a global recession. As such, the speed at which the crisis spread to, and affected, virtually all parts of the world including those which were regarded as being the ...
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Could it be that teachers of geography in higher education (HE) are nowÐ and, perhaps, have always beenÐ more exercised by teaching and learning than is generally the case within HE? Evidence clearly abounds of the excellence of, and... more
Could it be that teachers of geography in higher education (HE) are nowÐ and, perhaps, have always beenÐ more exercised by teaching and learning than is generally the case within HE? Evidence clearly abounds of the excellence of, and long-standing commit-ment to, ...
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Migration is increasingly viewed as a panacea for development. While much research on the 'migration-development nexus' has focused on remittances and the developmental potential of these, other work has also highlighted... more
Migration is increasingly viewed as a panacea for development. While much research on the 'migration-development nexus' has focused on remittances and the developmental potential of these, other work has also highlighted the importance of return migration and, ...
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... with the ethos of the methodology, although we could not conduct any follow-up work ourselves, we returned copies of all the focus group tools prepared by the young people to be discussed in follow-up classes run by teachers (and by... more
... with the ethos of the methodology, although we could not conduct any follow-up work ourselves, we returned copies of all the focus group tools prepared by the young people to be discussed in follow-up classes run by teachers (and by youth leaders in the case of the NGO). ...
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Although development research, policy, and practice have focused extensively on women-headed households, the subject is rarely couched in terms of leadership. Drawing on case studies from Guatemala and Botswana, this paperfocuses on... more
Although development research, policy, and practice have focused extensively on women-headed households, the subject is rarely couched in terms of leadership. Drawing on case studies from Guatemala and Botswana, this paperfocuses on perceptions of women heads of ...
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Research on financial exclusion among migrant workers is scarce. A growing presence in advanced economies, migrant workers' experiences of financial exclusion are shaped by a broad range of'supply'... more
Research on financial exclusion among migrant workers is scarce. A growing presence in advanced economies, migrant workers' experiences of financial exclusion are shaped by a broad range of'supply' and'demand' side factors. In particular, this article argues that migrants' ...
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This paper makes a contribution to debate about the intervention of religious organizations in matters of industrial relations, labour markets and public policy in relation to work. We draw on new empirical data to explore the involvement... more
This paper makes a contribution to debate about the intervention of religious organizations in matters of industrial relations, labour markets and public policy in relation to work. We draw on new empirical data to explore the involvement of low-paid migrant workers in faith ...
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... UK, pp. 3-25. ISBN 9780415172424. Full text not available from this repository. Item Type: Book Section. Official URL: http://www.routledge.com/. Additional Information: © 1999 Kavita Datta and Gareth A. Jones. Library of Congress ...
Feminists have been crucial in challenging the gender-blindness of development discourse and practice. In the process, they have shaped the move from the feminisation to the engendering of development over the last three decades. This... more
Feminists have been crucial in challenging the gender-blindness of development discourse and practice. In the process, they have shaped the move from the feminisation to the engendering of development over the last three decades. This article explores this broad shift, focusing on the recent transformations within gender and development discourse and feminist approaches to development relating to diversity and representation, human rights, and the incorporation of men and masculinities within the development agenda, all set within the context of a globalising era. It highlights how women from the South have been critical in reshaping contemporary feminisms to celebrate difference and plurality and challenge Western hegemony. At the same time, feminists have also emphasised the commonalities among women in the name of addressing gender inequalities, evidenced in a recent upsurge in forging transnational alliances facilitated by the contradictory processes of globalisation.
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This paper explores the emergence of a new ‘migrant division of labour’ in London. In contrast to a vision of ‘professionalization’, it shows that London's labour market has been characterized by processes of occupational polarization and... more
This paper explores the emergence of a new ‘migrant division of labour’ in London. In contrast to a vision of ‘professionalization’, it shows that London's labour market has been characterized by processes of occupational polarization and that a disproportionate number of London's low-paid jobs are now filled by foreign-born workers. Drawing on original survey data, the paper explores the pay and conditions of London's low-paid migrant workers and develops a framework for understanding the emergence of a new migrant division of labour in London. In particular, the paper stresses the role of the British state in shaping this divide. The paper concludes that the emergence of such a divide in London necessitates a re-conceptualization of the place of migrant workers in the ‘global city’ and of the processes shaping global city labour markets, and outlines what this new division of labour might mean for politics and policy in London.