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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Socio-economic issues"”.
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Socio-economic issues in rural afforestation in Kenya
… population density, infrastructural development, economic scarcity and social values within the rural and household socio-econom ic context. Within a short period, smallholder farm forestry has shown impressive developments which only differ by degree across the country, mostly on the biophysical …
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Socio-economic issues in rural afforestation in Kenya
… population density, infrastructural development, economic scarcity and social values within the rural and household socio-econom ic context. Within a short period, smallholder farm forestry has shown impressive developments which only differ by degree across the country, mostly on the biophysical …
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Exploring Factors Contributing to Female Students Dropout Rates in Community Secondary Schools in Tanzania: A case of Mbinga District.
… dropout rates include school facilities and socio- economic issues had an adverse influence on the school dropout rate of the female students. Insufficient school facilities influenced more female students to dropout from school. Some female students who wanted to leave school for marriage …
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Implementation in Reality: Magistrates and the Domestic Violence Act
… date at court. This study also acknowledges that socio-economic issues, such as drug addiction and gang violence play a role in the rise and perpetuation of domestic violence. President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed himself and the government to combatting domestic violence at both the 2018 and …
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The flattening of the COVID-19 pandemic curve and the legal paradox of socio-economic rights in South Africa
Major public health and socio-economic issues have been brought on by COVID-19, an infectious respiratory virus that causes symptoms similar to those of pneumonia. This study seeks to interrogate the implications of the legal approaches taken to address COVID-19 pandemic issues on the …
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People, profits, and politics in the Eastern Cape chokka squid fishery: the socio-economics of an unstable resource
This study examines socio-economic issues confronting the chokka squid fishery in South Africa's Eastern Cape, particularly in the towns of St Francis Bay, Humansdorp and Jeffreys Bay. It examines the implications of two key issues challenging the industry: the volatility of chokka squid catches, …
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A Clarion Call for Decolonisation of Curriculum in South Africa: The Struggle Left Unattended
… educational curriculum's responsiveness towards socio economic issues and market demand. The paper proposes the need for the decolonising of the inclusive and well-resourced education in South African educational contexts. The clarion call for decolonisation of curriculum in South African …
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Nonprofit Continuum: Brazilian-centered Organizations in the Bay Area of San Francisco
… the host country, Brazilians experience the same issues inherent in any immigrant community, such as immigration status, education, health, and socio-economic issues. To address these issues and ease immigrants’ stay in the host country, nonprofit organizations and community groups are created. …
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An analysis of the presentation of Namibian history in the Namibian secondary school history textbooks
… international organisations to the detriment of socio-economic issues, the work of civil organisations and the history of the ordinary men and women and are henceforth not inclusive. The narrative structure of the textbooks is mainly a third person one-dimensional narrative and do not include …
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The Role of Rural Roads Construction in Reducing Rural Poverty in Tanzania : The Case Study of Mwandiga- Manyovu Road Network in Kigoma Region
… of the income poverty, investigation of socio-economic issues associated rural roads building and finally the study measured rural people thinking on the values the rural roads construction. Findings shows, roads built in rural areas have impacts on agricultural products market …
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Exploring Household and Social Cultural Factors contributing to Students Truancy and Dropout in Community Secondary Schools: A case of selected schools in Kinondoni Municipality
… second was to assess parents/guardian’s social economic factors contributing to student truancy and school dropping and third was to find out social cultural issues among families relating to students truancy and school dropping. Several research instruments were used to collect data including …
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The political values present in the Presbyterian church in Canada's response to social problems, 1925-1975
… to social problems (and particularly to socio-economic problems) are analyzed because they embody certain attitudes and assumptions about how society functions, thus revealing political values. Different aspects of the Church's response are taken into consideration: the nature and extent …
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A new approach to public housing : redesigning the Mission Hill housing projects
… and private spaces throughout the project. Socio-economic issues and the future demographics of the public housing as well as the surroundings, should also be addressed as part of the redesign of the units and the programming of the buildings in and around the site. A new urban plan for the …
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Exploring the Service Providers' and Former Service Users' Perceptions of the Effect and Impact of Living Hope Community Based Substance Abuse Rehabilitation of South Peninsula, Cape Town
… impacting health, crime, exacerbating socio-economic issues, and the spread of HIV/AIDS. In South Africa, the prevalence of substance use, involving alcohol, cocaine, and dagga, is a major concern. The Western Cape, particularly in Cape Town, struggles with unique challenges, marked by …
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Ideology in Modern Hebrew Literature in A Post-ideological Age
… the Jewish memory and historiography, and the socio-economic issues in Israel. Each topic is chronologically researched by the periodisation of pre-Zionist, Zionist, post-Zionist, and neo- Zionist age. The chronological research shows interconnected literary traits that commonly prove the …
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Representations of Iran in British Documentary, 1920s – 2006
… however, the focus of films shifts from Iran’s socio-economic issues to its political ones. Iran and its relations with the outside world are seen increasingly through the prism of the discourses of democracy and Islamic-fundamentalism in the films of this ear. British media coverage of Iran …
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The analysis of water availability indicators and access to available water in the developing, semi-arid, rural setting
… water at the local level. Also discussed are the socio-economic issues of access that are missing from current indicators. For water access indicators to work at the local level, they must use data beyond water quantity and quality measured at the national or regional scale. Water access …
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From Shock to Awe: The Awe of Organisation: How do Community-Based Festivals do Institutional Work?
… and international case studies. The present socio-economic development discourse and practice prevalent in South Africa, and the developing South more generally, has been bounded and constrained by strategies that fail to address a milieu of institutionalised issues. If people cannot exercise …
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Smallholder sugarcane growers, indigenous technical knowledge, and the sugar industry crisis in Fiji
… sugar industry in Fiji. To explore these complex issues, the thesis adopts a cross-disciplinary, mixed-method approach. Participant observation, focus group discussions, and informal interviews with smallholder sugarcane farmers were used to elicit their views, feeling, thoughts and opinions on …
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Role players in the South African mining industry's perceptions of their contribution to the country's energy transition agenda
… of energy security, energy justice, and the socio-economic dichotomies between different actors over the institution, regime, and technology deployment, and the impact on the environment. The research considered the energy user of the mining sector, energy suppliers, and OEMs. This research …
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