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How funding affects service delivery among non-profit organizations in Johannesburg
Sibanda, Joyce - 2009
ABSTRACTThe primary purpose of the study was to explore how funding affected service delivery among Nonprofit Organizations (NPOs) in Johannesburg, given the important role these organizations play in contributing to social development in South Africa. The study was undertaken among 15 NPO...
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Perceptions of the beneficiaries regarding income generating projects at Gauteng Department of Social Development : Sedibeng Region.
Kaeane, Innocentia Raisibe - 2010
Income generating projects represent one strategy adopted by theDepartment of Social Development to alleviate poverty … clear understanding ofthe fact that income generating projects represented a government strategy tofight poverty, create … to be an effective service delivery modelfor alleviating poverty and enhancing the quality of life of beneficiaries …
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Geloofsgebaseerde organisasies en werkloosheid: 'n empiriese ondersoek binne die Paarl-Wellington-gemeenskap
Cloete, Anita Louisa - 2007
The central focus of this study is the role of the church as a faith-based organisation in dealing with unemployment. Following an introductory chapter in which the research methodology and modus operandi are being explained, Chapter 2 is devoted to a discussion, in the light of recent...
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Does having a newborn child affect income diversification opportunities?: evidence from the Peruvian Young Lives Study
Escobal, Javier; Suárez, Pablo; Huttly, Sharon; … - 2005
The ability of households to diversify their income sources is strongly related to their capacity to cope in times of pressure, such as during economic crises. This is particularly so among the poor, who often do not have adequate resources on which to draw when under such pressures. Households...
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A multidimensional analysis of adaptation in a developing country context
Barr, Abigail; Clark, David - 2007
Econometric analyses of European datasets suggest that income aspirations increase with current income. This finding is consistent with the adaptation hypothesis –the notion that individual aspirations adjust to reflect personal circumstances and living conditions. We add to these existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441497
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Consumption risk, technology adoption and poverty traps: evidence from Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan; Christiaensen, Luc - 2007
Much has been written on the determinants of input and technology adoption in agriculture, with issues such as input availability, knowledge and education, risk preferences, profitability, and credit constraints receiving much attention. This paper focuses on a factor that has been less well...
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Understanding the determinants of income inequality in Uganda
Ssewanyana, N. S.; Okidi, A. J.; Angemi, Diego; Barungi, V. - 2004
, Uganda experienced gradual and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction. The benefits of growth, however, are not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441509
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The cost of failing states and the limits to sovereignty
Chauvet, Lisa; Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - 2007
In this paper, we estimate the costs of state failure, both for the failing state itself and for its neighbours. In our analysis, the cost of failure arises from two distinct sources: organized violence due to the incapacity of the state to ensure its own citizens’ security and low quality of...
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Modelling the policy challenges confronting globalising developing countries
Karunaratne, Neil Dias - 2008
countries. The overriding objective of promoting the globalization of developing countries is to reduce poverty and income … latest wave of globalization has bucked the past trend of increasing poverty and income inequality in developing countries … structural malaise that traps them in a vicious circle of poverty. They advocate the radical reshaping of the international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441785
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State-business partnership in poverty reduction : a case study of three public-private partnerships in Swaziland
Mutsigwa, Joseph Kudzanai - 2009
notion of sustainable human development.The case studies are aimed at poverty reduction/alleviation. Linkages between the … necessary condition for creating employment andfighting poverty underpinned by the MDGs. The Moneni upgrading project (section 3 … sectorparticularly rural based cultural “handicraft” industries in Swaziland as way to mitigatethe effects of poverty for marginalised …
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