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- In Africa the typical social consequence of drought is an accordion effect in which wealth and income shrink drastically. The poor suffer most severely as their mortality rate rises. Their plight then prompts dramatic increases in international aid. Moving this relief to those in need, however, is usually extremely slow, as indigenous elites and the head of the aid organisations struggle over their relative roles in decision-making. This article examines how a veritable welfare state has emerged from one of Botswana's most severe droughts and why this deviation from the typical African syndrome has taken place.
- Date Issued:
- 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Review of: Hubert Schmitz. Manufacturing in the backyard. London: Frances Pinter (Publishers), 1982
- 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 impact of the AIDS epidemic on different sectors in sub-Saharan Africa - health, welfare, education and training, employment and agriculture. It notes that AIDS will have a complex, multi-dimensional impact on these various sectors and, in addition to the human tragedy involved, will seriously affect socioeconomic development in the region. The article urges a concerted multisectoral response to the epidemic on the part of policy makers, development workers and planners to work at establishing policies and programmes that can slow HIV transmission rates and help build viable support structures for those affected.
- Date Issued:
- 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Review of: Thandika Mkandawire and Naceur Bourenane (eds.). The state and agriculture in Africa. Dakar: CODESRIA, 1987
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Description:
- Past empirical findings about early mortality factors in Nigeria are examined within a proximate determinants framework. This shows that higher parental income and higher density of modem health facilities constitute the combination of factors most likely to bring about sustained reductions in early mortality levels. Evidence relating to various areas of the country do not, on the whole, show up maternal education as the primary early mortality reducing factor that it is acclaimed to be in other developing areas. The need to focus on the fundamental problem of raising general living standards rather than the pursuit of "short-cut" solutions to higher early mortality risks is implied.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Review of: Charles P. Gasarasi. The tripartite approach to the resettlement and integration of rural refugees in Tanzania. Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1984
- Date Issued:
- 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Description:
- Review of: M. Abramovits, M. Bombyk (eds.). Journal of progressive human services, vo. 1 (1). New York: Haworth Press, 1990
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Date Issued:
- 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- This article examines the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on individuals, families and communities within Africa. The author notes that AIDS presents a challenge to the helping professions to provide a meaningful response to some of the serious psychosocial issues involved. These issues include depersonalisation of those affected by the virus; a tendency towards over-identification and "burnout" on the part of the helper, fears of contagion, dying and death and a sense of helplessness and anger. Social isolation, stigmatisation and rejection may lead to further undesirable negative consequences for those with HIV/AIDS. Extending from the psychological and social implications of the disease, the article then examines some of the socioeconomic effects, including the loss of the most active and skilled category of the workforce. The article examines relevant ethical issues and considers how special education and community programmes can help in reducing the spread of the disease.
- Date Issued:
- 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Description:
- With the exception of privately owned commercial animal production enterprises the greater numbers of ruminant livestock in the ten Southern African states considered in this treatise are owned by smallholder farmers based on communal land use rights. Except for the tsetse fly (Glossina spp) infested areas, the climatic and vegetational conditions of Southern Africa appear inherently ideal for ruminant livestock production. However, measured against this tremendous potential only a relatively insignificant amount of meat and meat products, originating almost exclusively form the privately owned properties, trickle out of Southern Africa. This paper explores probable social developmental issues related to poor smallholder farmer livestock productivity and discusses possible remedial actions.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa