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- The 1980s saw a revitalised global realisation of the crucial interrelationship between environmental protection and sustainable development. Such global awareness helped some African governments to take action towards the control of environmental degradation. It is acknowledged that Africa faces two types of crises: the crisis of development and the crisis of environment. The two crises mutually cause and reinforce each other. However, in spite of the need for environmental protection, African governments are unable to commit adequate financial and human resources to control damage to the environment. The economic crisis in Africa, arising from declining export revenues and leading to structural adjustment programmes, has made both governments and the mass of population to concentrate more on economic survival than protection of the environment. This is the situation Zambia is faced with. Despite the government's efforts to control environmental degradation through enactment of a comprehensive environmental law and structures for that purpose, financial constraints and low priority accorded to this area in the face of an economic crisis makes it difficult to realise the goal of environmental protection.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Date Issued:
- 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- This article examines the social welfare policy under apartheid in South Africa where differential access to social welfare services was enshrined as part of the racially segregated society. It explores proposals for a social welfare model that will be appropriate to the South African social welfare setting. The author suggests that social welfare is now in a process of transition and as evidence summarises conclusions and proposals of the "progressive social work fraternity". These not only criticise the status quo, but seek positive and affirmative action in the direction of citizen participation and social development The author concludes by suggesting an alternative radical paradigm which questions the traditional residual modes of intervention, and instead suggests a committed advocab've position for social workers in the new South Africa, which encourages empowerment and self-help initiatives.
- Date Issued:
- 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Date Issued:
- 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Date Issued:
- 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Although the problem of teenage pregnancy and motherhood is cross-national, very few comparative and cross-national analyses exist. This paper uses data collected from personal interviews and focus group discussions in Ghana to evaluate major explanatory factors cited in the teenage pregnancy literature in the United States. Implications for preventing teenage pregnancy are discussed. Although the findings should be considered tentative and preliminary, several patterns do emerge. As in the United States, teen pregnancies in Ghana reflected early initiation into sexual activity and little effort on the part of teens to prevent pregnancy, despite knowledge about birth control. Another pattern similar to the United States was the relationship between poverty and teenage pregnancy and the role of adult males as fathers in teenage pregnancies. However, contrary to findings in the United States, peer pressure did not emerge as a major factor in teenage pregnancies in Ghana.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Review of: Tade Akin Aina. Globalization and social policy in Africa. Dakar, Senegal: Codesria, 1997
- Date Issued:
- 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Advertisement for Hans Zell Publishers
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Description:
- Review of: Kami Rwegasira. Administering management development institutions in Africa. Aldershot: Gower, 1988
- Date Issued:
- 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa