Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Development Studies): Recent submissions
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Towards Bridging the 'Gender Digital Divide' in Uganda: A Study of University to Work Transition Patterns among ICT graduates
(The University of the Western Cape, 2018)This dissertation examines the gender digital divide in the Information and Communication Technology industry in Uganda by analysing admission and graduation dynamics among men and women in ICT degree programs at Makerere ... -
Social movements and planning institutions in urban transformation : housing in metropolitan Harare, Zimbabwe (2000-2015)
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)This thesis examines the interaction between social movements and planning institutions in the delivery of low-income housing in metropolitan Harare. Post-2000, the problem of housing in Zimbabwe has been characterised by ... -
The viability of the South African National Development Plan and Amartya Sen's theory of ethical development
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)"Development" has emerged as a key word indicating the level of participation in and integration into the global economy of previously "under-developed" or marginalized countries, especially from the so-called "Third World". ... -
Natural resources control trajectory : customary rights, coercive conservation and coal mining in the Yayo District, Southwest Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The Yayo district in southwest Ethiopia is a biodiversity hotspot area historically containing a rich diversity of wild coffea arabica cultivars and Afromontane forest species of commercial and scientific value. Informed ... -
An investigation of land grabbing amidst resettlement in post-conflict Amuru District, Northern Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)This dissertation investigates the processes which underpin land grabbing, the diverse land grab types, actors involved and their roles in facilitating the expropriation of community land. It also interrogates the agrarian ...