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Ecotourism as a catalyst for promoting local economic development: an evaluation of the developmental impacts of Bulungula Lodge in Nqileni, Eastern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Tourism is one of the fastest growing global sectors, with current international tourist arrivals exceeding 935 million, and projected arrivals to exceed 1 billion by 2020. Community-based ecotourism has been suggested as ...
Microfinance and poverty alleviation: a study of three savings and credit associations, Caprivi region, Namibia
(2013)
According to Professor Muhammed Yunus, Nobel Prize winner in 2006 and the founder of the internationally acclaimed Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, microfinance is a viable solution to poverty alleviation among the poorest ...
Livelihood strategies: analysis of female-headed households in Vrygrond, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This study explored the livelihood activities in female-headed households in Vrygrond, Cape Town. The objective of this study was to identify and analyse livelihood strategies adopted by female-headed households. The ...
The role of Hout Bay craft markets in sustaining the livelihoods of Zimbabwean traders
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
During the year 2000 Zimbabwe faced a multiplex of challenges linked to political and economic dynamics generated from its Fast Track Land Reform Programme (Raftopoulos, 2009). The country plunged into land grabs (dubbed ...