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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"developing communities"”.
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Wireless local loop and packet radio technology for developing communities
In developing countries there is an increasing demand for telecommunications and Internet access. The major hurdle for most of these countries is the lack of adequate telephone network infrastructure. The current problem, especially in Africa, is to find solutitlns which can provide underdeveloped …
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Selected technology options for sanitation provision to developing communities in urban South Africa
… evaluation of sanitation systems for developing urban areas in South Africa". The research project was undertaken jointly by Palmer Development Group and the University of Cape Town. The project culminated in 26 reports submitted under the collective title "Urban Sanitation Evaluation" …
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Exploring the Role of Fiscal Policy and Sovereign Debt Shocks on Economic Growth among Southern African Developing Communities
… on economic growth in the Southern African Developing Communities (SADC). Over the years, fiscal policy and austerity measures have triggered a deterioration in the fiscal position of these member countries primarily due to the relatively high budget deficits, inducing even further sovereign …
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Development and use of an integrated systems model to design technology strategies for energy services in rural developing communities
… these diverse, complex, and highly-localized communities, the most effective strategies to provide clean energy are not clear; and success of programs to provide technologies such as biomass cookstoves or subsidize fuels such as LPG or electricity has often been limited. This is because an …
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Towards appropriate, accessible information networks in developing communities : an assessment of selected information literacy projects and programmes in South Africa and Namibia
… study revolves around information delivery in a developing community. The notion of appropriate, accessible information networks is scrutinised. The Okavango region in Namibia is used as a case study of a developing, rural community. The region is underdeveloped in important spheres such as …
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Community work as practised by the Valley Trust
… to the practice of community work in a newly developing rural community. The Valley Trust, a social welfare organisation engaged in a health promotion scheme in a rural community is used for the purpose of the analysis and*evaluation. The study report consists of nine chapters which will be …
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An exploratory study of the experiences of young people in becoming agents of social change in Cape Town
… young agents of social change from seven developing communities in Cape Town. It adopted a qualitative and exploratory research approach, using a semi-structured interview schedule for the face to face interviews with the young changemakers. The sample was purposively selected: the …
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Exploring the interactions between schistosome eggs and the human host
… parasitic blood flukes that inhabit tropical and developing communities throughout Africa, Asia and South America. Infection with Schistosoma flukes causes the disease schistosomiasis, which results in approximately 200,000 deaths per year in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. Three schistosome species are …
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A community-based approach to new medium integration in South African education : a combination of ICT4D process approach and ethnographic action research techniques
… information and communication technologies into developing communities. Work done by Heeks et al. (Heeks & Molla, 2009) (Walton & Heeks, 2011) identified the Process approach as a contributing factor towards successful Information and communication technologies for development projects. We …
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Gender, Power and Local Water Governance in Rural Uganda
… natural resource and water governance in developing communities. This thesis investigates the gendered politics of access to water and participation in water governance, using a case study of Makondo Parish in rural Uganda. It empirically explores the micro political and institutional …
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Location specific technoeconomic analysis and life cycle assessment of an emerging sanitation technology
… burdensome for low-income households and small communities. Building off a preliminary technoeconomic analysis (TEA) that elucidated specific technological pathways for improvement, this study integrates country-specific parameters into TEA and life cycle assessment (LCA) to investigate how …
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Sessile Invertebrate Colonization on Rocky Outcrops at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
… (GRNMS) to address the predictions that (i) developing sessile invertebrate communities in this system do not exhibit a predictable pattern of succession and (ii) recolonization patterns for small patches of open space that become available are influenced by the composition of the …
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Building communities and sharing knowledge: a study into teachers working together across national boundaries
… dissertation explores the types of professional communities that are built when teachers work in initiatives that, in various forms, link them to teachers from other countries. In doing so it explores the types of knowledge that may be exchanged by the building of these communities and the value …
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THE IMPACT OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
… learning outcomes; and secondly, how to develop communities of practice to ensure effective transfer of tacit knowledge to improve student learning. An effective knowledge management system must address both the creation and transfer of explicit as well as tacit knowledge. This research set forth …
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Building communities and sharing knowledge: a study into teachers working together across national boundaries
… dissertation explores the types of professional communities that are built when teachers work in initiatives that, in various forms, link them to teachers from other countries. In doing so it explores the types of knowledge that may be exchanged by the building of these communities and the value …
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Integrating contextmapping and interaction design: designing with and for small-scale urban farmers in Soweto
… to co-design digital products with and for developing communities. A Design as research methodology is applied in this study within the specific contexts of a co-design project involving small-scale urban farmers in Soweto. The final design outcomes of the project are the interaction design …
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Forum Theatre as Theatre for Development in East Africa
… is on identifying and combatting oppression; in developing communities, what oppressions can theatre projects initiated from the top down by USAID actually address in practice? This study is a multi-sited exploration of the organizations and individuals involved in the funding, planning, and …
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A public health conflict : traditional medicinal practise and the bio-medical health norms and values at a time of HIV and AIDS in Swaziland
… in southern Africa as in the rest of the developing world. How do the different systems or practices interact? How does the dual systems of healing impact on the HIV and AIDS national mitigation programmes. The study assumes that the existence of different kinds of medical practices in the …
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'n Maatskaplikewerkmodel vir ondersteuningsdienste aan misdaad-geaffekteerdes in die Noordwes-Provinsie
… provided clear guidelines for support systems in developing communities. The formation of a h e support network and the provisioning of compensation to victims are some of these guidelines. In Article 3, 'An investigation into support available to survivors of crime in the North-West Province' it …
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Antiplasmodial/Antipyretic activity of some Zulu medicinal plants
… to gain resistance to presently used drugs. In developing communities where malaria is prevalent, people depend strongly on traditional medicine as a source of inexpensive treatment for this disease. Gardenia thunbergia T.A Sprague, Siphonochilus aethiopicus (Schweif.) B.L Burtt, Schotia …
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