Good governance occupies a centre stage in the development discourse. Since there are currently no guidelines on the practice of good governance for ECD centres, this qualitative study followed the exploratory research ...
Many poor households in South Africa rely on social grants for their survival,
forcing the government to spend on the programme, to the detriment of other
socioeconomic programmes necessary for poverty alleviation and ...
Provision of municipal services to urban residents particularly those residing in small towns across developing countries, is facing challenges. A small town or rural district of Luwingu in Zambia, is no exception. This ...
Energy poverty is a major obstacle to human development. Energy services supply the benefits that “trigger” wider social and economic changes and create the conditions for improving social equality and economic growth. The ...
The current study is an African-centred critique of the idea of ‘good governance’; which since the 1990s, has been a prescription of the international development institutions for all development challenges facing developing ...
Developments since the 20th century indicate that the wellbeing of communities
makes for healthy national welfare in strong countries. Community wellbeing is
thus a priority for policy makers and service providers. ...
Discourses on challenges regarding water access in South Africa municipalities are intertwined with the concept of human rights and sustainable development goals. Stakeholders and social scientists continue to debate the ...
Disability studies largely ignored or neglected the experiences of rural women with disabilities (WWD) in the Global South. This qualitative study documents the challenges faced by Zimbabwean rural WWD in the enjoyment of ...
In 2004 Mozambique has made amazing efforts that opened up educational
opportunities for many primary school children. According to Ministério da
Educação (2012: 1), the number of children who enrolled in primary ...
South Africa’s education system is in crisis. Problems in education directly impact the country’s economy through its influence on skills development for employability. Young children trapped in an environment under serviced ...
This study analyses the application of a community based intervention, the Care Group (CG) model, in relief work in Somalia and South Sudan. On the basis of expert interviews and a variety of documents it was researched ...
The rise of civil society organisations in South Africa is crucial to development as it contributes to the bridging of the communication gap between civil society and local government organisations and municipalities and ...
China’s economic expansion in recent years is one of the most important geopolitical
developments of the 21st century (Mockli, 2007). More interestingly, Africa relations with
China continue to be of keen concern to many, ...
Gender-based violence is a global problem that affects women and girls of all races, colour and
creed. This study locates gender-based violence within the development agenda, explores related
theories and points out ...
This study explored the role and effectiveness of a credit guarantee scheme targeting coffee farmers’ cooperatives in Ethiopia. The study, among other things, aims at exploring how provision of a credit guarantee influences ...
The main purpose of this study is not only to prove the impact of loan
interest rates on the poor in the case of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia but
also to recommend improvements to address the negative effects of
interest ...
This thesis explores social policy outcomes of the FTLRP. The thesis comes from an appreciation that there has been a lot of attention that has been given to the process and outcomes of the FTLRP. Various and sometimes ...
The study assesses community perceptions of emergency response modality (cash
and food aid) on development: a case study of Traditional Authority Lundu in
Chikwawa district, Malawi. This is based on the top down approach ...
This study has assessed the self-help group approach and its contribution to women
empowerment in the Debremarkos district of the Amhara region of Ethiopia. SHG is
an approach that strives to empower poor women through ...
This study investigates the impact of trade liberalization on food security at both national and rural household levels in Mozambique.
Three periods are covered at national level: before trade reforms (1975-1986), after ...