Browsing Masters Degrees (Development Studies) by Title
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Daily news and daily bread : precarious employment in the newspaper distribution sector in Durban South Africa.
(2014)The outsourcing of newspaper distribution seems to be a source of precarious employment for newspaper contractors and their employees. The labour market experiences of workers in precarious employment due to labour outsourcing ... -
Decentralisation and community based natural resource management in Tanzania : the case of local governance and community based conservation in districts around Selous Game Reserve.
(2001)The dissertation presents the results of a study of the role of decentralisation and community participation in natural resource management in Tanzania. It analyses whether the shift of central government power to ... -
Decentralised financial management in South African schools : an examination of implementation by selected primary and secondary schools in the Kwa Ndengezi area of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2009)The purpose of this study was to examine Financial Planning and Management in public schools in the Kwa Ndengezi Ward in Kwa Zulu Natal. According to the South African Schools’ Act No 84 of 1996, the School Governing Body ... -
Deliberative or instrumental participation? : perceptions of households on the development and implementation of the One Home One Garden programme in KwaMashu Township, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2014)Home gardening has great potential to enhance urban food security. This has led to the mushrooming of food security interventions to reduce food insecurity. In South Africa, community gardens have been touted as significant ... -
Demand for medical abortion : a case study of university students in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2010)Abortion remains one of the most controversial sexual health topics and yet is a common experience for women around the world. Making sure that women are practicing safe abortions is integral to women’s sexual and ... -
The demise of student movement in higher education institutions in South Africa : a case study of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2006)The failure of student movements in higher education institutions in South Africa to critically engage the nature and the character of the 'democratic' transition in higher education has led to the questioning of the nature ... -
Determinants of contraceptive use and sexual activity amongst school-going adolescents in Lesotho.
(2009)This study investigated factors that have an influence on sexual activity and subsequent contraceptive use among school-going adolescent girls in Lesotho, focusing on the districts of Berea, Maseru and Mohale’s Hoek. The ... -
The determinants of unmet need for contraception in Mozambique.
(2005)This work aimed at achieving two objectives; estimating unmet need for contraception and analysing socio-economic factors that are associated with unmet need for contraception in Mozambique. The 1997 Mozambique DHS data ... -
Development frameworks and implementation problems : a study of the Ubombo/Ingwavuma development framework.
(1995)This dissertation is concerned with the extent to which development frameworks are valid tools to guide development within a region, and makes use of the Ubombo/ Ingwavuma development framework as a case study. Through the ... -
Developmental local government in a rural context : a case study of Jozini Municipality.
(2005)South Africa is facing a backlog with regard to service delivery in rural areas. Therefore, local government reform has been one of the pertinent issues which has occupied the political landscape since the early 1990s. ... -
Dilemmas in learner transport : an impact evaluation of a school transport intervention in the Ilembe District, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2006)The journey to school for a significant number of South African learners is characterised by long travel times, unsafe modes of travel and exposure to weather and traffic related dangers. A review of the literature ... -
Do large retailers displace small informal retailers? : the case of Pick n Pay in Kwa-Mashu.
(2015)Purpose – This thesis presents a study of large retailers and spaza shops in the township of KwaMashu, South Africa. The aim is to explore the effects of the new large retailer of Pick n Pay on spaza shops. The core research ... -
Durban based COFESA affiliated CMT clothing manufacturing firms : their upgrading opportunities.
(2002)No abstract available. -
Durban's burial societies and funeral homes : coping with the increased mortality due to HIV/AIDS.
(2006)Given the increasing number of deaths associated with the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, funerals have become a heavy financial burden on lower-income families, each costing the equivalent of several months' income or ... -
Dynamics affecting subsistence agricultural production : an exploration of a case study of subsistence crop production within a rural community in the Ingwe Municipality of southern KwaZulu-Natal.
(2013-11-28)Agriculture forms the livelihood basis of several billion people around the world. Despite the increasing trend for rural to urban migration the problems associated with poverty are expected to remain predominantly rural ... -
The dynamics of employment and poverty in South Africa : an empirical enquiry based on the KwaZulu-Natal income dynamics survey.
(2004)This study explores the dynamics of employment and poverty in South Africa. Specifically, it is aimed at understanding, over time, the change in household well-being that occurs as a result of the employment types of ... -
Early childbearing in the context of the child support grant : a case study of young women in Mtubatuba.
(2015)Teenage pregnancy still remains one of the most heated topics in South Africa. Although teenage pregnancy in South Africa is not high compared to other regions in sub-Saharan Africa, it is still considerably high despite ... -
Economic and spatial impacts of street trading on retail : a case study of West Street.
(1995)No abstract available. -
Economic job factors affecting nurse emigration from South Africa : a cross-country comparative analysis of working conditions among nurses.
(2009)For almost fifteen years, South Africa has been a target for developed countries' active recruitment of nurses and other healthcare professionals to their healthcare systems. South Africa is now a leading source of nurses ...