Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Development Studies) by Issue Date
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Idioms of accumulation : socio-economic development in an African freehold farming area in Rhodesia.
(1975)No abstract available. -
The politics of co-optation and of non-collaboration.
(1991)Since the outbreak of the Soweto uprising in 1976 there has been a noticeable change in the thinking of the South African government. This change has been evident in the departure from classical Verwoerdian apartheid to ... -
The role of rural-urban migration in reinforcing inequality : a theoretical model and a case study of Nkosini, South Africa.
(2000)No abstract available. -
The transformation of local government in Kwazulu-Natal.
(2000)Many African countries have embarked in the process of decentralising the decision making process to local bodies. Decentralisation is an ambitious and a difficult goal for countries such as African ones, that suffer from ... -
An historical analysis of changes in the population patterns of Indian South Africans : 1860-1991.
(2002)This study examines the quantitative aspects of the demographic characteristics of the Indian population of South Africa over a period of one-hundred-and-thirty years, from 1860 to 1991, within the framework of demographic ... -
Social exclusion as a barrier to poverty reduction : the case of Basarwa in Botswana.
(2003)In most developing countries the characteristics of the poor go beyond the traditional definition of poverty. Whilst the latter broadly refers to lack of access to material resources, there are other factors that are linked ... -
Sustainable private sector participation in water supply and sanitation : an investigation of the South African experience with international comparative case studies.
(2003)This thesis is a case study investigation of the sustainability of private sector participation in water supply and sanitation in developing countries, with a particular emphasis on South Africa. It is essentially an ... -
Gender equality in the higher education arena : a public policy perspective.
(2004)International research has shown conclusively that the struggle for employment equity and gender equality is a major challenge to both the private and the public sectors. In South Africa, with the legacy of colonialism ... -
Inflation in South Africa, 1921 to 2006 : history, measurement and credibility.
(2007)This study reports the development and use of an original methodology to measure inflation credibility, as well as the first results of such measurement in terms of an inflation credibility barometer. The barometer ... -
Ubuntu/botho culture : a path to improved performance and socio-economic development in post-apartheid SA : beyond rhetoric.
(2007)While the debate on the indigenous culture of ubuntu/botho in South Africa (SA) goes far back into the history as signified by Ngubane' s (1963 and 1979) works on the role of the ubuntu values in the anti-colonial and ... -
Exploring the challenges of implementing the rights-based approach to development : the case of the right to water in peri-urban Zambia.
(2007)Water is an essential element of life. On average, 60 to 70 percent of a human body mass is water . In order to perform its functions properly, it is estimated that a human body needs about 2 to 3 litres of clean water per ... -
Building partnerships for HIV and AIDS management in a deep rural community in South Africa.
(2008)The importance of partnerships between marginalised communities and support agencies (from the public sector, private sector and civil society) is a pillar of HIV & AIDS management policy. Such alliances are notoriously ... -
Developing a poverty index for African economies using the consensual approach : the case of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe.
(2008)This thesis is articles-based submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. It consists of articles that were submitted and published, and others that were submitted and awaiting ... -
The persistence of poverty in post-apartheid South Africa : assets, livelihoods and differentiation in KwaZulu-Natal, 1993-2004.
(2008)The situation in South Africa presents unique challenges to achieving sustained poverty reduction. Although it is an upper-middle-income country with a per capita income similar to that of Botswana, Brazil or Malaysia, a ... -
Decentralisation and municipalities in South Africa : an analysis of the mandate to deliver basic services.
(2009)This thesis investigates the challenges facing local government in South Africa by developing a means of exploring to what extent the problems of providing basic services currently experienced by municipalities are influenced ... -
The transfer of technology to the rural poor : the case of Qamata irrigation scheme in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
(2009)Poverty, unemployment, inequality and food insecurity are common facts of life in rural communities in the former homelands of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa despite decades of massive infusion of irrigation ... -
Male sexual behaviour and protective practices in the context of a generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic : a case study of an urban and rural area in Mozambique.
(2010)This study investigates male sexual behaviour and protective practices in the context of a generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic in Mozambique. It focus on how gender norms, particularly notions of masculinity influence sexual ... -
Measuring and valuing unpaid care work : assessing the gendered implications of South Africa's home-based care policy.
(2010)The objective of this research is to reveal the implications of the choice of home- and community-based care as opposed to other policy choices and, using a gendered lens, to find a plausible way of assessing the social ... -
Population dynamics and sustainable forest conservation : a case study of the West Matogoro Catchment Area in Songea, Tanzania.
(2010)For decades linkages between population, development and environment have been related to population growth which refers to the increase of population size without consideration of its internal dynamics, i.e. sex composition ...