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Urban agriculture a livelihood strategy for food security in the Cape Flats: A case study of community-based and home food gardens in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Growing urban food insecurity has prompted many researchers, NGOs, international agencies and governments to advocate for urban agriculture as a livelihood strategy to improve the household food security of the urban poor. ...
Assessment on the effects of village savings and loan associations (VSLA) on poverty reduction in Hawassa, Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Formal microfinance institutions have been an important tool in the fight against poverty in developing countries, but their reach for rural people and urban slum poor are limited. Following this, Village Savings and Loan ...
An assessment of the impact of poverty on educational attainment for adolescents: a case study of Mitchells Plain, in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
South Africa is unfortunately regarded as one of the most unequal countries in the world. Poverty is rife within the communities and it affects various aspects of individuals’ lives, including education. Education is a ...
An application of synthetic panel data to poverty analysis in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
There is a wide-reaching consensus that data required for poverty analysis in developing countries are inadequate. Concerns have been raised on the accuracy and adequacy of household surveys, especially those emanating ...
Evaluating the impact of social grants on food security and poverty alleviation in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The relationship between social welfare policies and food security across the world remains a significant
challenge that has raised intense scholarly debate. A number of suggestions have been offered on how to
measure ...
Evaluating the impact of social grants and the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) on poverty reduction in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Given that poverty has remained one of the biggest challenges facing South Africa, an in-depth understanding of the poverty reduction measures implemented by government is necessary. It is important to understand the ...
Infrastructure policy reforms and rural poverty reduction in Ghana : the case of the Keta Sea Defence Project
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
This mini-thesis seeks to understand why infrastructure projects fail to contribute effectively to poverty (rural) reduction. The thesis assumes that though infrastructure provision can impact positively on rural poverty ...
The dynamics of urbanisation in Kampala, Uganda: Towards a possible alternative policy framework
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The purpose of the study is to investigate the dynamics explaining Kampala's
urbanisation, with a view of analysing their implications for an alternative urban policy
framework for this city. This study was motivated by ...
The impact of educational attainment on household poverty in South Africa: A case study of Limpopo province
(University of Western Cape, 2014)
From 194 7-1994, South Africans were ruled under apartheid - a racially discriminatory
political and economic system. As the name itself implies, apartheid is an Afrikaans name
meaning "apartness". The provision of ...
Assessing the impact of social grants in alleviating poverty in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Amongst many challenges, South Africa is still struggling to address the problem of high levels of poverty in the country more than two decades after the apartheid regime has ended. The government has however remained ...