Browsing Masters Degrees (Development Studies) by Title
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Garbage picking as a strategy for survival : a case study of a sub- sector of the informal sector.
(1987)In the past few years there has been a dramatic increase in research dealing with the informal sector in South Africa. This research is often motivated by academic curiosity as well as a growing concern over poverty and ... -
A gauge into whether the child support grant (CSG) and the foster care grant (FCG) are serving their purpose to meet the basic needs of vulnerable children: a case study of Umbumbulu.
(2020)This study investigated the effectiveness of the Child Support Grant (CSG) and the Foster Care Grant (FCG) in South Africa. It explored whether the CSG and FCG are serving their purpose which is to meet the basic needs of ... -
Gender and poverty : an analysis of gender-poverty linkages in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
(2005)In the South African context, the Eastern Cape Province constitutes one of the most depressed and poorest regions with widespread poverty. It is characterised by a comparatively large rural population reflecting a skewed ... -
Gender and the precariousness of producing and selling indigenous vegetables : a case study of farmers in Northern KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)The cultivation and consumption of indigenous vegetables in rural communities, over successive generations, has been an integral livelihood strategy of both households and communities to ensure food security and concomitantly ... -
Gender differences in self-employment characteristics in post-apartheid South Africa : a detailed analysis of the self-employed.
(2010)This study investigates gender differences in South African self-employment, focusing particularly on earnings differences. The study identifies a large earnings gap in favour of men in self-employment, and it explores ... -
Gender, earnings and employment in post-apartheid South Africa.
(2014)This study looks at gender earnings differentials in post-apartheid South Africa. The main aim of this study is to illuminate the broad employment patterns of both men and women in South Africa’s labour market. This study ... -
Gender, water and livelihoods in Mseleni : a case study.
(2008)Water is essential to human survival, health, wellbeing and livelihoods. Access to sufficient water for consumption and domestic use is considered a basic need and a human right. Water use however, goes beyond basic needs; ... -
Gender-based violence and development : knowledge and attitudes among student teachers.
(2008)Amartya Sen has sought to refocus development theory towards the ultimate goal offreedom, and has in this context emphasised the importance ofeducation in building human capabilities to lead the lives they have reason to ... -
Gender-based violence and human security in Cape Town : a case study of the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children.
(2013)This study investigates the relationship between human security, gender, and the activities of the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children, an NGO serving women who have experienced gender-based violence. Gender-based ... -
A global value chain perspective to understanding and unpacking the development trajectory of the horticultural industry in Zambia : the case of small-scale farmers based in Lusaka.
(2014)The Global Value Chains (GVCs) have become an important constellation around which global trade is evolving. This dissertation argues that the GVC framework is an important means for conceptualising horticulture in Zambia, ... -
Globalization and democratization in South Africa : a case study of the clothing sector in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2000)No abstract available. -
Governance and service delivery: assessing the impact of public management decentralization at eThekwini municipality: a study of Sizakala centres.
(2017)Public administration scholars have for long proposed that most public services benefited largely from economies of scale and should be produced by one government serving a metropolitan area. This view was modified by ... -
Hanging by a thread : the impact of donor funding trends on ABE NGOs in Kwa-Zulu Natal.
(2002)Abstract not available. -
Hanging by a thread? : the post-MFA competitive dynamics of the clothing industry in Madagascar.
(2006)With the end of the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA), many have predicted that countries in Africa will lose their comparatively inefficient clothing and textile industry as competition from China increases. Madagascar has ... -
Health insurance provisions in community micro finance : a community case study.
(2003)Micro Finance Institutions are being advocated as vehicles to provide poor people with loans to start business enterprises. Micro Health Insurance is offered to insure against the risk of ill-health in the enterprise. An ... -
Health systems in a context of HIV/AIDS : an analysis of impact, health policy and health care reform in KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa.
(2007)The development of health systems in sub-Saharan Africa has been seriously challenged in the last two decades by the rise of HIV/AIDS. In this thesis I argue that the interface between health policy and HIV/AIDS in South ... -
The Health Systems Trust and the integrated nutrition programme : a case study of policy implementation.
(2007)The South African government has a constitutional obligation to provide health care services to all South Africans. The Department of Health (DOH) has been tasked with delivering health care services to a country which is ... -
Higher education at the precipice : financing higher education: a stakeholders’ perspective at Howard College.
(2017)The #FeesMustFall campaign of 2015 was a result of social dynamics which placed South African universities between a rock and a hard place. The fixing of the problem revolves around National Student Financial Aid Scheme ... -
HIV/AIDS and the law in South Africa : the legislative responses to HIV/AIDS in employment law and their impact in the workplace : a case study of the Durban Metropolitan Unicity Municipality.
(2001)This research focused on the legal response to the HIV/ AIDS epidemic in South Africa. The response adopted by the South African legislators embraces the protective model of the law. The philosophy underpinning this ... -
HIV/AIDS in the informal economy : an analysis of local government's role in addressing the vulnerability of women street traders in Durban.
(2004)The study was motivated by a concern for the high vulnerability of poor African women to HIV/AIDS in South Africa and an understanding of their role in the growing informal trade sector in Durban. As the institution ...