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The lords of poverty? Micro-credit institutions and social reproduction in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The broader conception of poverty as ‘quality of social reproduction’ demonstrates the delicate nature of the interaction between the institutions of the family/household, the economy and the state. These institutions ...
Corporate Social Responsibility in the South African forestry industry – a Western Cape perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
Globally plantation forestry plays a pivotal role in terms of timber production, ecological
services and maintaining local livelihoods. In South Africa commercial forestry occupies a
relatively small portion of the total ...
A capability analysis of education policies in quintile 1 schools in the Frances Baard district of the Northern Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study examined the three education poverty alleviation policies in relation to learners’ capabilities and was grounded in the Capability Approach as a conceptual framework pioneered by the economist and philosopher, ...
The impact of drought on household food security : a case study of Northern Tanzania
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
With changes in climatic conditions being increasingly noticed around the world in the past 2 decades, drought has been identified as one of the main causes of food insecurity. Given the inseparable nature of food security ...
Coping with Weather in Cape Town: use, adaptation & challenges in an informal settlement
(2013)
The concern that weather variability and climate change has raised nowadays puts every society or community on the alert. This is arguably the most persistent environmental threat to global stability in vulnerable communities ...
Food provision challenges facing early childhood development centres in two Cape Town townships
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Early childhood has been identified as a critical period for providing nutritional intervention, with nutritional adequacy during the first 1000 days having long term implications for human development. South Africa’s ...
Poverty and access to health care in Ghana: the challenge of bridging the equity gap with health insurance
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study addresses the issue of the low participation in or enrolment of the poor in
Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The low enrolment of the poor
in the NHIS is attributed to the difficulty in identifying ...
Land tenure rights and poverty reduction in Mafela resettlement community (Matobo District, Zimbabwe)
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
In this research, I present critical facts about Land Tenure Systems and Poverty Reduction processes in Mafela Resettlement community. I focus mainly on the Post-Fast Track Land Reform (2004 ; 2011) period and the interactive ...
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 ...
Assessing the impact of the livelihood empowerment against poverty (leap) social grant programme on household poverty reduction in rural Ghana: a case study of the Tolon-Kumbungu district in northern Ghana
(2013)
Over the last decade, there has been a marked convergence in thinking regarding the importance of social cash transfers in poverty alleviation. As such, most governments especially in the developing world have began embracing ...