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The role of civil society in policy advocacy : a case study of the Treatment Action Campaign and health policy in South Africa.
(2013)
Policy is a rule to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes while advocacy is a strategy to
influence architects of decision making or policy makers when they make regulations and laws,
distribute resources, and ...
A critical analysis of policy implementation of the freedom of the press in Ethiopia under the rule of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).
(2013)
This study analyses the status of press freedom in Ethiopia under the rule of Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). The study critically examines the implementation of the legal frameworks regarding ...
An analysis of the implementation of a monitoring and evaluation system : the case of the NGO SaveAct.
(2013)
The importance of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) during programme implementation has driven many governments, organisations and donors to invest substantial means in developing comprehensive M&E and tools. However, research ...
An investigation of the current perceptions of the UIF policy for domestic workers.
(2004)
The study aims to investigate the current perceptions of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIP) for domestic workers in a township called KwaNdengezi, a Durban Metro area, Pretoria section. The study used qualitative research ...
The implementation of guidelines for early childhood development (ECD) services : an evaluation of early childhood development centres in Mkhambathini local municipality.
(2013)
In South Africa many children are affected by poverty and neglect. These children are
underprivileged and experience poor performance in school and may even drop out
(Department of Education, 2001: 4). Even though ...
An evaluation of indigenisation policy in Zimbabwe.
(2014)
The need to redress the skewed ownership of productive assets has given rise to the process of indigenisation and economic empowerment processes in many previously colonized countries. Countries such as Zambia, Brazil, ...
A critical analysis of the implementation of policy mechanisms for cost recovery : a case study of the Msunduzi Municipality.
(2013)
Cost recovery has been widely documented as a means through which local municipalities can financially sustain service provision. In the South African context, the devolution of powers from the national government to local ...
Policy networks in South African context : environmental networks in Pietermaritzburg as a case study.
(2004)
The current organisational framework of public policy management offers a powerful tool that of network management. Policy network theory revolves around the idea that no one can work in isolation, and therefore, the notion ...
An investigation of the Children's Bill Working Group's networking and advocacy around the Children's Bill between 2003-2004.
(2006)
This study reviewed how networks, entrepreneurs and narratives were intertwined in keeping a policy process moving and preventing it from stagnating. By applying Roe's narrative analysis theory (as developed in Narrative ...
A literature review on the effectiveness of policy networks in alleviating implementation failure : the need for public-civic social capital.
(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 ...