Essays about: "urban poverty africa"

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  1. 1. Beyond the Surface: An Empirical Analysis of Multidimensional Child Poverty in Zambia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jannis Köhler; [2023]
    Keywords : Multidimensional Child Poverty; Determinants; Rural-to-Urban Migration; Zambia; Sub-Saharan Africa; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Zambia has one of the highest levels of child poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, child poverty remains an understudied area and the determinants thereof are not well understood. READ MORE

  3. 2. Children’s participation in everyday activities: Differences and similarities between children with intellectual disabilities in China and South Africa

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, CHILD

    Author : Sharon Eichler; [2020]
    Keywords : child disability; intellectual disability; everyday activity; attendance; participation; low- and middle-income countries; bioecological model;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND Children and youth with intellectual disabilities have a right to participation in life just like any other children. AIM This study aims to explore the most influential factor on the participation of a child with intellectual disability and to compare the level of participation between children with ID from South Africa and China. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Agriculture at the crossroads : challenges of food security and rural development in Siaya County

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

    Author : Dorothy Roseline Juma; [2019]
    Keywords : food security; poverty; small-scale agriculture; rural development;

    Abstract : Africa is always being, portrayed as a continent of poverty and one that needs to develop, and increase its food production. The quest has lead world organizations to launch projects for development and economic growth in Africa where majority are poor. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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