Browsing Masters Degrees (Development Studies) by Advisor "Padayachee, Vishnu."

Agricultural credit under volatile macroeconomic conditions : perspectives of Zimbabwean stakeholders.

Chibango, Conrad. (2009)

According to the World Development Report 2008, if the world is committed to reducing poverty and achieving sustainable growth, it would unleash the powers of agriculture because the majority of the world’s poor depend on ...

Durban's burial societies and funeral homes : coping with the increased mortality due to HIV/AIDS.

Girardo, William M. (2006)

Given the increasing number of deaths associated with the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, funerals have become a heavy financial burden on lower-income families, each costing the equivalent of several months' income or ...

Financial services and poverty reduction : a case study of the use and impact of microfinance services among women street traders in Durban, South Africa.

Aurell, Ebba. (2003)

This dissertation analyses the role of financial services in an attempt to understand how they might reduce the vulnerability to income risk for women street traders in Durban, South Africa. The street traders are exposed ...

The impact of hyperinflation on small to medium enterprises in Harare, Zimbabwe : the case of the formal and infomal at Avondale Shopping Centre.

Makusha, Tawanda. (2007)

The pattern of a classical hyperinflation is an acute acceleration of inflation to levels above 1000% generally associated with printing money to finance large fiscal deficits due to wars, revolutions, and the end of empires ...

The impact of small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMESs) on poverty alleviation through employment creation : a case study of the tourism services sector in the township of Umlazi, Durban.

Dlamuka, Sikhulile Nombuso. (2009)

Poverty alleviation through employment creation is the focus of the South African government and other developing economies. The SMME sector has been identified as the leading vehicle for the creation of employment op ...

The 'managed' co-operative : a case study into the social and economic benefits of participating in rural co-operatives in KwaZulu-Natal.

Elliott, Lucy M. (1999)

The primary goal of development is to alleviate poverty, and thus improve people's lives. Co-operatives around the world are becoming used more regularly as a vehicle for such development. However, as a result of ...

NEPAD, narrative and African integration.

Knott, Jessie Lazar. (2009)

The untenable inequalities and suffering experienced by Africans blatantly exposes that a lot more than simple developmental ‘lag’, lack of economic ‘growth’, ‘governance’, or a shaky ‘investment climate’ inhibits Africa’s ...

Not just for the kicks! Football for development : stakeholder perceptions of the WhizzKids United football programme in Durban, South Africa.

Azzopardi, Julian. (2010)

The study attempts to assess the capacity of football development programmes to help bring about development at the individual and societal levels. It is concerned with understanding the needs of underprivileged communities ...