This is a study of community protest against Barberton Mines (Pty) Ltd. It is a study of conflict and conflict resolutions.
Barberton Mines (Pty) Ltd is one of the three gold mining companies in Barberton, and is in dire ...
This research examines the applicability of the Kindernothilfe self-help group
approach among the Ngäbe indigenous people in Panama from the
perspectives of complex system theory and development as empowerment. It
is ...
Child rights, especially the right to health for children, is a concept of human development. The aim of this qualitative study is to explore the obstacles to gender equality in the right to healthcare for children under ...
South Africa is one of the biggest producers of genetically modified crops in the world. However, recent studies in South Africa show a low public willingness to consume genetically modified crops and accept modern ...
Sustainable development empowers poverty-affected people and communities by strengthening their capabilities. HRDP, a Bangladeshi development agency aims to achieve this goal by offering literacy classes and primary school ...
Inequality of power between the global North and the global South are negative aspects of globalisation, leading to increasing inequalities, disregard of human rights and impeding human development. Voluntary work is ...
Women are central to human development and yet, nowhere around the globe are they treated as equals to men. Although the need to empower them has been widely recognised, equality is not more than a theoretical construct ...
The study emphasizes two major issues of development: poverty theories and human development. Human development is understood as a process of expanding human freedoms and potential.
Focus is put on the perception of ...
The study focuses on the interaction between two structures in development cooperation:
the bottom-up approach of Informal Youth Groups (IYGs) and the topdown
approach of International Non-Governmental Organisations ...
This study examines the successes and limitations of the Competency Passport (CP) for the empowerment of unemployed citizens in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The CP was designed to identify formally, informally and ...
The research explored the partnership of Namutamba Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) in Uganda with its main donor, the Neukirchener Mission (NM). The review of the literature focused on empowerment, NGO partnerships and ...
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 ...