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- Discusses the Zimbabwe government's rural housing programme and the impact of the rural housing programme on social development. Presents case studies of Tokwe Housing Project and the Gutu-Mupandawna Low Income Housing Pilot Project.
- Date Issued:
- 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Review of: Daniel S. Sanders and Joel Fischer. Visions for the future. Hawaii: University of Hawaii School of Social Work, 1988
- Date Issued:
- 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- An attempt will be made in this paper to describe the shared characteristics of rural communities, especially the lack of resources which lead to a failure to gratify the aspirations of the inhabitants of rural areas. Community involvement or participation may be utilised as a tool to conscientise rural communities about the need to change their deplorable situation. This could be done without necessarily disrupting the existing pace of life in rural areas. Mention is also made of the types of resources which can be employed in rural development and the need to use these resources optimally. This could however only be achieved by overcoming some of the obstacles to rural development such as illiteracy dependency and apathy. Lastly the paper deals with rural development in a post-apartheid era.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Review of: Gabriel Mugny and Felice Carugati. Social representations of intelligence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989
- 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: D.J. Gouws. Research with a view to implementation. Pretoria: HSRC, 1994
- Date Issued:
- 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Review of: Lual A. Deng & Elling N. Tjønneland (eds.). South Africa. Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute; South Africa: Centre for Southern African Studies, 1996
- Date Issued:
- 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Review of: Dennis J.D. Sandole and Ingrid Sandole-Staroste (eds.). Conflict management and problem solving. London: Frances Pinter, 1987
- Date Issued:
- 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Date Issued:
- 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Advertisement for Sociological abstracts (SA) and Social planning/policy & development abstracts (SOPODA) databases
- Date Issued:
- 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Women constitute a vital resource in developing economies: they account for over half the food produced in these countries; consist of one-fourth of the industrial labour force, additionally fetching most of the household's water and fuelwood, and are responsible for childcare and household chores. They could even contribute far more to the economy if their opportunities to do that were not so constrained. A particular example of this from Nigeria is that women suffer the disability of nonaccess to bank credit. Yet such credit removes financial constraints and poverty, accelerates the adoption of new technologies and national/personal incomes, apart from raising productivity and employment Unfortunately, in a recent survey by the author (1991), it was found out that the major reasons for the limited use of bank credit by Nigerian women include lack of awareness of the benefits of credit facilities emanating from limited education (as evidenced by low enrolment and literacy levels), few women in business, and dependence on their husbands as breadwinners. The author stresses the point that education, along with income generation capacity, is necessary to enable women to participate equally in the development process. The objectives of this paper can be identified as follows: exposition of the relationship between women's education and national development; highlighting the state of women's education in Nigeria and drawing from empirical work the negative effect of such state of education on their use of bank credit, and to proffer policy recommendations as a challenge for the twenty-first century. The connection between women's education and national development is examined and the significance of bank credit is explored. The paper concludes with policy implications and challenges for the twenty-first century.
- Date Issued:
- 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa