Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Subject "poverty"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The economic impact of NGOs on the well-being of extended households in Soweto
(UNISA Press, 2016)Extended households, usually in the form of an elder or grandparent, have always provided a safety net for orphaned children. However, the high rates of HIV (AIDS) infection, unemployment and poverty have weakened their ... -
The impact of household size on poverty: an analysis of various townships in the Northern Free State
(University of Stellenbosch, 2016)Poverty is a multi-dimensional socio-economic problem in most sub-Saharan African countries. The purpose of this study is to analyse the relationship between household size and poverty in low-income communities. The Northern ... -
The Nexus of food and housing insecurity in South Africa: the case of Bophelong and Sharpeville townships
(Social Sciences Research Society, 2017)Considered a human right, housing and food security can be viewed as basic to what defines an individual's well-being and is enshrined in the South African Constitution. In any country, affordable housing and food security ... -
The relationship between perceptions of the causes of poverty and household characteristics
(The Social Sciences Research Society, 2016)As pioneered by Feagin (1972), the literature on the theories of poverty focuses on individualistic, structural and fatalistic causes of poverty. The individualistic perception blames individuals themselves for their poverty ...