Browsing Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA (DVS) by Subject "Poverty reduction"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Microfinance in Maseru, Lesotho: challenges and prospects for poverty reduction
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)This study assesses the challenges of microfinance and its prospects for poverty reduction in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. It further assesses the challenges faced by the regulators of microfinance in this economy. In ... -
"The role of women in poverty alleviation : the case of Rwanda after 1994 genocide"
(University of the Western Cape, 2006-04)This study examines the role of women in poverty alleviation in post-genocide Rwanda.It further looks at their contributions in the decision-making process and their participation socio-economic development. The research ...