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    The application of Sen's Capability approach to selected women in Khayelitsha 

    Sawyer, Asha (University of the Western Cape, 2007)
    Measuring poverty adequately is critical for any type of development project, and yet there are still no clear guidelines as to which approach is best to be used for different circumstances. There is a variety of different ...
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    Class, land and poverty: a study of the class dynamics of land dispossession and land restitution in Dysselsdorp 

    Stuurman, Clive (University of the Western Cape, 2014)
    This study aimed to contribute towards understanding how the dynamics of class formation and differentiation impact on and are in turn impacted upon by land restitution processes. It was conducted against the backdrop of ...
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    Evaluation of a youth empowerment programme for youth-at-risk: a case study of the chrysalis academy in Cape Town, South Africa 

    Dreke, Dayana (2009)
    This thesis seeks to answer the research question, if and how youth-oriented empowerment trainings like the one of the Chrysalis Academy are able to contribute positively to the social integration of ‘youth-at-risk’. The ...
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    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 

    Callistus, Agbaam Akachabwon (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 ...
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    Challenges faced by healthcare workers in conducting clinical Research in selected Western Cape sites 

    Bruintjies, Grace Colleen (University of the Western Cape, 2013)
    This study is interested in understanding and describing the everyday reality of clinical researchers from the perspective of those who operate on the grassroots level –in this case, the field staff working under the ...
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    Coping with Weather in Cape Town: use, adaptation & challenges in an informal settlement 

    Tabi, Kris Agbor (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 ...
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    Community-based organisations (cbos) and the child rights-based approach (crba) in implementing services for vulnerable children: a case study of Kuyasa horizon empowerment in Kayamandi, Cape Town, South Africa 

    Grundlingh, Heidi (2013)
    Vulnerable children in Southern Africa are not receiving adequate services to support their human development. The child rights-based approach (CRBA) has become the globally accepted norm informing the quality and variety ...
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    An evaluation of the effects of poverty in Khayelitsha: a case study of site C 

    Ndingaye, Xoliswa Zandile (University of the Western Cape, 2005)
    The study seeked to investigate an evaluation of the effects of poverty in Khayelitsha Site C. Poverty in this area has manifested in the conditions people live under and the social effects of such conditions in the life ...
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    Poverty and government expenditure: an assessment of the impact of government expenditure and interventions on poor groups with a focus on Rwanda 

    Musahara, Herman (University of the Western Cape, 2004)
    In this thesis the author undertook a poverty and policy analysis. It is argued that it is important to understand the nature, magnitude and context of poverty before one can undertake an informed policy prescription. ...
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    Social welfare policies and child poverty in South Africa: a microsimulation model on the child support grant 

    Dinbabo, Mulugeta Fitamo (University of the Western Cape, 2011)
    The study assessed the extent of child poverty in South Africa using five different policy scenarios, and modelled the impact on poverty and inequalities of people living in households with children using the Foster-Gree ...
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    AuthorBruintjies, Grace Colleen (1)Callistus, Agbaam Akachabwon (1)Dinbabo, Mulugeta Fitamo (1)Dreke, Dayana (1)Fohtung, Vivian Nina (1)Grundlingh, Heidi (1)Haddad, Beverley Gail (1)Mamba, Sipho Felix (1)Musahara, Herman (1)Nabawe, Immaculate Josphine (1)... View MoreSubject
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