Browsing Research Output by Subject "poverty"
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A theology of sin related to poverty
(AOSIS, 2016)This article is a literature study and seeks to explore the correlation between sin and poverty. It is an important subject since it helps researchers and policy makers to understand what lies at the root of the persisting ... -
Black theology and its response to poverty in the public sphere: a case for the Africa Inland Church in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Poverty levels in Kenya, as in many other parts of the world, are still unacceptably high. Various responses against poverty since independence, by the government and non-governmental agencies, especially churches, have ... -
The effect of the Lifeplan® programme on the psychological wellbeing of a rural community in South Africa
(Elliott & Fitzpatrick, 2011)This study explored the effect of the Lifeplan® programme on a rural South African community's psychological wellbeing. Participants were adult Individuals (N=99) between 20 and 83 years (mean age = 43 years, SD=13.28). A ... -
Enabling factors for the existence of waste pickers: a systematic review
(Stellenbosch University, 2016)The paper reports on a systematic review research process to determine the enabling factors for waste pickers to operate in the informal economy in South Africa. Twenty-eight South African journal articles, theses and ... -
Exploring the role of sugarcane in small-scale farmers' livelihoods in the Noodsberg area, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
(SciELO, 2014)Participatory, mixed-methods research was conducted to study the role of sugarcane in small-scale sugarcane farmers' livelihoods in the Noodsberg area, KwaZulu-Natal. Thirty-five farmers were visited at their homes and ... -
The impact of tourism on poverty in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)This paper evaluates the potential impact of tourism on poverty in South Africa on the basis of recent survey data on international tourism spending patterns. It looks at three scenarios, using an applied general equilibrium ... -
Phiri, the plight of the poor and the perils of climate change: time to rethink environmental and socio-economic rights in South Africa?
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010)South Africa is a water-stressed country where scarce water resources are unequally available to South Africans. It seems inevitable that climate change will in future severely affect the availability of water resources ... -
Predictors of poverty: a comparative analysis of low income communities in the northern Free State region, South Africa
(The Social Sciences Research Society, 2016)Poverty is a global phenomenon and has proven difficult to resolve. Strategies to address it need to be focused on factors associated with poverty through local research as problems differ from region to region. Poverty, ... -
Satisfaction with life amongst the urban poor: empirical results from South Africa
(Danubius University, 2016)Satisfaction with life is a dynamic factor which merits ongoing research takes into consideration all contextual influences. Objectives: This study assessed the influence of four economic factors, namely employment status, ... -
Sen, subjective well-being and poverty in Namibia
(UNISA Press, 2015)The aim of this article is to analyse and describe the perceptions of poverty and subjective well-being as described by the “poor” in Namibia, using Amartya Sen’s multidimensional theoretical framework of Poverty ...