Essays about: "poverty in south africa"

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  1. 11. Colonised fields and private gardens : the changing role of farming in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Elin Johnson; [2020]
    Keywords : smallholders; lifeworld; system; colonisation; agriculture; livelihood;

    Abstract : Smallholder farmers are defined as key actors in the implementation of Agenda 2030, based on their importance for food security and poverty reduction, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is also true for South Africa, where smallholder farming has attracted considerable policy attention in an attempt to break the trend of rural poverty and the legacy of the apartheid era. READ MORE

  3. 12. The dangerous path to school and empowerment: a case study investigating the difficulties of empowerment in education for girls in West Kalungu County District, Uganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linnea Hay; [2019]
    Keywords : Girls’ education; Uganda; Empowerment; qualitative case study; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Getting girls to go to and ​stay​ in school is a worldwide issue - predominantly in the global south where it is a particular problem in Sub-saharan Africa where poverty is particularly high. This issue is also one of gender, as the majority of children who do not have access/go to school are female. READ MORE

  4. 13. Youth Political Participation in the Midst of the South Africa General Elections : A Case Study Analysis in the Langa Township

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Jamie Kerr; [2019]
    Keywords : Youth Political Participation;

    Abstract : Declining youth political participation among democracies has been a major issue and a widely researched debate in recent years. Most research has targeted youth in democracies in general but has failed to acknowledge the youth living in poverty such as those living in South African townships. READ MORE

  5. 14. How to empower a country using informal financial systems : Stokvels, the South African economical saviour

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Helin Bäckman Kartal; [2019]
    Keywords : Informal finance; Stokvel; poverty reduction; South Africa;

    Abstract : This study is a Minor Field Study (MFS), which is a Sida funded scholarship who made this field study possible. With an institutionalist approach, this field study aims to outline the foundational reasons behind peoples’ participation in the South African informal financial stokvel system. READ MORE

  6. 15. Corridors to Opportunity: A Case Study of Johannesburg, South Africa

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Merve Demirel; Roshni Nandwani; [2019]
    Keywords : urban economics; gender; transport intervention; race; synthetic controls;

    Abstract : Transport equity is a powerful tool in the alleviation of transport poverty and has been gaining traction in policy discussion. Transport equity refers to the distribution of the costs and benefits of transport and the degree to which that distribution is fair or appropriate. READ MORE