Browsing Masters Degrees (Development Studies) by Title

Learning and doing : exploring the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in fostering learning and education amongst youth in rural KwaZulu-Natal.

Harber, Inger May. (2014)

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) offers an abundance of opportunities for innovation and development in the ways that information is stored, transmitted and received. As such, ICT has the potential to act as ...

Legislating worker justice : the formalisation of paid domestic work in Maputo, Mozambique.

Castel-Branco, Ruth Kelia. (2012)

Paid domestic work is the most important occupation for urban Mozambican women after self-employment. Domestic workers perform the reproductive and productive functions necessary to keep households running and the economy ...

Levels of mortality and socioeconomic differentials in child mortality in Lesotho.

Moleko, Nthabiseng. (2003)

The main purpose of this study was two fold: to estimate mortality levels and to investigate socio-economic differentials in child mortality. Brass Indirect Techniques were used to estimate both child and adult mortality ...

Levels, patterns and determinants of child malnutrition in Zimbabwe : evidence from the 1988, 1994 and 1999 Zimbabwe demographic and health surveys.

Chirowodza, Admire Chinembiri. (2006)

Child nutrition has become a well accepted marker of a population's health. Consequently, in the past decades it has been common for health surveys to collect anthropometric measurements of children. Cross sectional data ...

The linkages between informal savings and credit mechanisms (stokvels) and commercial banks.

Zondi, Meluleki Derick. (2016)

In low-income countries such as those found in Africa the financial sector is often divided into two parts; the formal and informal sector. Previously the latter was believed to cater for that segment of the population ...

Linking land restitution and urban development : lessons for restructuring the apartheid city from the Kipi land claim, Durban Metropolitan area.

Boyce, Brendan Patrick. (2003)

This paper undertakes an indepth study of the Kipi land restitution claim. This study focuses on the nature of the settlement achieved in the case ofthe Kipi land claim and covers the period 1993 to 1999. It compares the ...

A literature review on the effectiveness of policy networks in alleviating implementation failure : the need for public-civic social capital.

Rankoe, Tebogo. (2003)

A literature review has carried out in this thesis in order to find arguments in support of the notion that the public sector cannot effectively act alone in the execution of public policy. This is essentially a reaction ...

Livelihood strategies of street children in Durban : a participatory, rights-based approach to street-based interventions.

Trent, John G. (2007)

There are a number of different factors that are increasing the numbers of children on the streets in Durban. These factors include globalisation, macro-economic policy, poverty, and HIV/AIDS. On arrival, these children ...

The 'managed' co-operative : a case study into the social and economic benefits of participating in rural co-operatives in KwaZulu-Natal.

Elliott, Lucy M. (1999)

The primary goal of development is to alleviate poverty, and thus improve people's lives. Co-operatives around the world are becoming used more regularly as a vehicle for such development. However, as a result of ...

Measurement and characteristics of single mothers in South Africa : analysis using the 2002 general household survey.

Dlamini, Nathaniel Siphosenkhosi. (2006)

A single mother is defined as a mother with one or more children, who is neither married nor living with a partner. The second demographic transition characterized by the decline of marital fertility and an increase in ...

Meeting rural woodfuel and livelihood requirements through contract farming and community forestry in KwaZulu-Natal, 1960-2000.

Karumbidza, John Blessing. (2000)

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Migration into new housing developments : an examination of RDP housing in Northern KwaZulu-Natal.

Lekoa, Mammusa. (2011)

Objectives. First, the study aims to explore demographic and socio-economic characteristics of residents who moved into Indlovu village. Second, the study will explore if the housing development attracted the intended ...

Mining for development? : a socio-ecological study on the Witbank coalfield.

Filitz, John Karl. (2011)

Coal mining on the Highveld has historically served, and continues to serve as an indissoluble cog in South Africa’s development. The study contends that the inherent speculative character of coal as a finite resource ...

Mobile cell phones and poverty reduction : technology spending patterns and poverty level change among households in Uganda.

Diga, Kathleen. (2007)

This paper exammes the spending behaviour of households with mobile phones in rural agricultural Uganda and whether such strategies such as substitutions have affected the well-being of these community members. According ...