Browsing Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA (DVS) by Title
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Business as usual -small and micro enterprise support versus traditional business practices in Western Namibia
(University of Western Cape, 2001)This research describes the current situation of small and micro enterprises (SME) in Western Namibia, its problems and constraints, but also its potential for growth and its capacity for absorption of the unemployed ... -
Business process outsourcing: A new development initiative for South Africa
(2008)South African Economic Development strategy has in the previous 15 years, and even leading back as far as the late 1950s, followed the bias of conventional modernisation theory which traditionally equates economic development, ... -
Can the co-operative business model contribute to local economic development? A critical appraisal of three co-operatives in the City of Tshwane, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)The high unemployment and poverty rate in post-apartheid South Africa has necessitated the need to identify policies and programmes to provide economic and employment opportunities. This included a review of the practice ... -
Capacity development in a post-conflict context: An analysis of tangible infrastructural development in the Niger Delta of Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)Within the discourse of community development, the expression 'capacity development' stands out. Its common usage has somehow rendered it almost insignificant given the fact that those who use it tend to think of it in ... -
The challenges experienced by staff in managing substance-induced psychotic patients in the emergency department of a district hospital in the Western Cape
(2013)Staff members of a district hospital experience various challenges in managing psychotic patients in the emergency department. Psychosis can result from the use of illicit drugs. Persons presenting in a psychotic state due ... -
Challenges faced by healthcare workers in conducting clinical Research in selected Western Cape sites
(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 ... -
Challenges of land conflict negotiation in Mulanje District of Malawi
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)This study identifies and discusses the challenges of negotiation as a conflict management tool with reference to the negotiation process of the land conflict in the Mulanje district of Malawi between tea companies and the ... -
Challenges that offenders face upon release that contribute to recidivism in the Department of Correctional Services: a case study of the West Coast Medium ' A' Correctional Centre in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)Recidivism, the tendency to revert to crime upon release from prison, seems to be an uncontrollable phenomenon as inmates keep on re-offending, which impacts negatively on the already overcrowded correctional centres in ... -
Community development initiatives and poverty reduction: the role of the Ethiopian Kale Heywot Church in Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)Ethiopia is a country well endowed with a number of development related NGOs who have been involved in socio-economic development at national, regional and grassroots level. In a country like Ethiopia, where natural and ... -
Community participation in health: Home/community-based care as an alternative strategy to institutional care – a case study of Dunoon home-based caregivers
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)In South Africa, since 2000, an increase of awareness in community involvement has become apparent, owing to the response from people to the need to be more engaged in decisions pertaining to their community. This positive ... -
Community service in Uganda as an alternative to imprisonment: a case study of Masaka and Mukono districts
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)Community service as an alternative to imprisonment at its inception was taken up very strongly by the judiciary as part of the reform of the criminal justice system in Uganda. The successful enactment of the Community ... -
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
(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 ... -
Community-based social healing approaches in South Africa: a case study of the Institute for Healing of Memories
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)In this study, the researcher aim is to examine the approach to social healing used by the Institute for Healing of Memories (IHOM). The focus is to explore how the approach has been employed within the community to enhance ... -
A comparative study of the psychological well-being of single and married mothers who work shifts in a call centre environment
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)South Africa is recognised as having world-class status in the call centre arena and this industry has grown exponentially in the last two decades, as has the number of women entering the workforce, including married and ... -
Conservation and use-values of medicinal plants in rural eastern Zimbabwe: A study of selected medicinal plants
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)Medicinal plants remain a very important natural resource used as traditional medicines for health needs in many developing countries. In the current deepening economic and political crises in Zimbabwe a significant number ... -
The Constituency Development Fund as a tool for Community Development: A case study of Katuba Constituency in Zambia.
(University of the Western Cape, 2013-01)The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) is a type of decentralised government funding that is supposed to deliver goods and services directly to constituents by providing additional funds for local community development, ... -
Contestations, connections and negotiations: the role of networks in service delivery protests in Gugulethu, Cape town
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This study revealed the key role that social, historical, economic and political networks play in initiating and maintaining service delivery protests. While networks help in communicating service delivery problems among ... -
The contribution of renewable energy technologies to sustainable community development in Rusitu Valley, Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)This exploratory study is based on the case of the Rusitu Valley, a low income rural community in Zimbabwe. Data was collected using largely qualitative methods and quantitative methods were used to obtain supportive ... -
A critical analysis of participatory community development initiatives: a case study of the small business development department of the Elgin learning foundation in the Overberg Region
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Development thinking in the 21st century has embraced the challenge to inform development practice towards managing the relationship between the macro and micro level of development with an emphasis on people-centred ... -
A critical analysis of participatory community development initiatives: a case study of the small business development department of the Elgin learning foundation in the Overberg region
(2011)Development thinking in the 21st century has embraced the challenge to inform development practice towards managing the relationship between the macro and micro level of development, with an emphasis on people-centred ...