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- Description:
- Advertisement for the Third world quarterly
- Date Issued:
- 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Description:
- This paper discusses the results of the Poverty Assessment Study Survey (PASS) adopted by the Government of Zimbabwe as a first step in its Poverty Alleviation Action Plan (PAAP). The analysis shows that those aged 60 years and above are generally poor, with the majority of the very poor residing in rural areas, and are mostly female. The paper also discusses the elderly perceptions of the main causes of poverty which include among other things, unemployment and retrenchment, recurrent droughts, low-paid jobs and high prices on basic necessities. The final section of the paper dwells on possible strategies towards poverty alleviation in Zimbabwe and some recommendations for planners. These include employment creation, increased access to affordable agricultural loans and financing of self-help projects, cooperatives and income-generating projects.
- Date Issued:
- 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Date Issued:
- 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Description:
- This essay argues that globalization, as it is currently being orchestrated by America, is essentially aimed at the promotion of the imperialistic interests of Western society. This hegemony is sustained by propagating the philosophy of liberalism. Liberalism and its defense of individual autonomy necessarily promotes self-interest, whether at the level of the individual or the state. To avoid the injustice and possible anarchy that may arise as a result of this the philosophy of liberalism must be reviewed, based on criticisms by communitarians. The only way that globalization can attain a just integration and global peace is by jettisoning the individualism of liberalism for the altruism and sense of community of communitarianism.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Description:
- Advertisement for the Journal of social development in Africa
- Date Issued:
- 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Description:
- Review of: Thomas Sankara. Women's liberation and the African freedom struggle. London: Pathfinder Press, 1990
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Description:
- This article focuses on the need for supervision in social work agencies and examines some of the functional components of supervision. Secondly, the article also examines social work supervision in Botswana and it is observed that effective supervision is hampered by a variety of constraints which include heavy work loads and lack of facilities and qualified supervisors. While supervision is not unique to social work, it has however, special importance in social work because of the nature of the problems the profession addresses. This article therefore sees supervision as a useful mechanisam for safeguarding the rights of clients, social workers and social work agencies.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Description:
- Teachers and other human service professionals have crucial roles to play in the provision of social programmes to support and protect children from violence and abuse. The objective of this study, therefore, was to find out the extent of the knowledge and understanding of emotional abuse held by teachers; their ability to identify children showing symptoms of such abuse, their personal feelings about, and experience with, emotional abuse and their awareness of support and other available services in the community. Thirty five teachers from three government community junior secondary schools participated. Overall, it was found that most teachers knew of emotional abuse and its aspects. However, about a third of them had no knowledge of emotional abuse or how to identify signs of abuse in children. It was also found that teachers do not consider their jobs entail providing support for abused children. From the data, it is evident that teacher training and in-service programmes must equip teachers with the skills to enable them contribute effectively to the prevention and management of emotional abuse of children.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Description:
- Review of: Richard J. Estes. Trends in world social development. New York: Praeger, 1988
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Description:
- Advertisement for the journal Social development issues
- Date Issued:
- 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa