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"I can't carry on like this": a feminist perspective on the process of exiting sex work in a South African context - summary report

Author: Hakala, Suvi ; Keller, Marike Date: Oct 2011 Research on exit strategies for street workers as well as documenting and identifying support strategies for the self-help groups. Read more c b n a
"I can't carry on like this": exiting sex work in South Africa: a feminist perspective

Author: UCT Knowledge Co-op Date: Nov 2011 This is a feminist study that looked at prostituted women and the challenges they face when trying to leave prostitution. Considering the high prevalence of gender based violence in South Africa, the researchers wanted to understand: - the ... Read more c b n a
'I know this person. Why must I go to him?' Techniques of Authority Among Community Health Workers in Cape Town

Author: Vale, Elizabeth Date: 2012 This paper forms part of a larger research project that explores how community health workers negotiate between the prescribed 'manual' for care and the realities of their field - re-appropriating prescriptions of public health policy through ... Read more c b n d
ICTs in Higher Education: Current issues for African universities

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura Date: Oct 2011 This presentation gives an overview of African Higher education and research in the technology context, including mobile phones. Digital content is growing and there is a shift to openness. Why Open education? Answers: Access to knowledge, ... Read more c b a
Identifying the Opportunities and Challenges that Exist for Cape Town's Smart City Development

Author: Boyle, Luke Date: Nov 2019 In today’s urban environment, local governments have to deal with increasingly complex mandates, social inequalities and economic growth in a context of increasing environmental and economic uncertainty (Baud et al., 2014). In Africa, these ... Read more
Ideological background to alternative conceptions of social policy: A case study of housing

Author: Hendrie, D. Date: 28 May 2015 Housing Read more
Illiteracy and adult basic education in South Africa

Author: Wedepohl, L. Date: 28 May 2015 Illiteracy, adult basic education Read more
Illustrating Impact: Applying Altmetrics to Southern African Research

Author: Neylon, Cameron ; Willmers, Michelle ; King, Thomas Date: Feb 2014 Universities are under growing pressure to illustrate the "impact" of research they produce, perhaps especially institutions in the developing world, which are expected to balance social responsiveness with the rigours of a competitive ... Read more c b
Illustrative outputs of the age-structured model of African penguin populations for linking to the pelagic OMP testing process

Author: Robinson, William M L ; Plagányi, Éva E ; Butterworth, Doug S Date: 2008 Given the move towards adopting an ecosystem approach to fisheries in the pelagic sector, the new joint OMP needs to be tested in the light of not only the risk parameters as considered previously, along with catch statistics, but also ... Read more
The ILO and Social Protection in the Global South, 1919-2005

Author: Seekings, Jeremy Date: 2008 The International Labour Organisation (ILO) played an important role in developing institutions of social protection – i.e. in promoting welfare statebuilding – outside of the earlier industrialising societies of north-western Europe and North ... Read more c b n d
Immigrant earnings growth: Selection bias or real progress?

Author: Picot, Garnett; Piraino, Patrizio Date: 28 May 2015 We use longitudinal tax data linked to immigrant landing records to study the effect of selective attrition on the estimated earnings assimilation of immigrants to Canada. Contrary to findings in the existing international literature, we show ... Read more
Impact Beyond Citation: An Introduction to Altmetrics

Author: Neylon, Cameron ; Willmers, Michelle ; King, Thomas Date: Feb 2014 A fundamental concern for higher education institutions worldwide is improving their efectiveness and efficiency. #is is often expressed as a need to maximise the "impact" of funded research. "Impact" is intended to mean the e!ects of ... Read more c b
The impact of climate change on small municipal water resource management: The case of Bredasdorp, South Africa

Author: Mukheibir, Pierre Date: 2007 In response to the recent reports on climate change impacts, especially on the water supply sector, a methodology that incorporates climate change impacts in to water resource planning at small municipal level is proposed. The introduction ... Read more
Impact of electrification on small-scale farming. A field study in the electrification process at Nhlangwini in Southern KwaZulu/Natal

Author: Auerbach, Raymond Date: 1997 Read more
The impact of emotional ‘affect’ on municipal budget transparency in South Africa: a randomised control trial using PAIA requests

Author: Van der Mey, Stephanie ; Eyal, Katherine Date: 2014 This paper aims to assess the effectiveness and transparency outcomes of an access to information mechanism in South Africa enshrined in the Protection of Access to in Information (PAIA) Act of 2000. A randomized control trial is conducted ... Read more c b
Impact of Fertility on Objective and Subjective Poverty in Malawi

Author: Mussa, R. Date: 28 May 2015 The paper uses data from the Second Malawi Integrated Household Survey (IHS2) to investigate the impact of fertility on poverty in rural Malawi. We use two measures of poverty; the objective and the subjective. After accounting for endogeneity ... Read more
The Impact of Growth and Redistribution on Poverty and Inequality in South Africa

Author: Pauw, Kalie ; Ncube, Liberty Date: Aug 2007 This country study evaluates the experience of the South African economy with respect to growth, poverty and inequality trends since the advent of democracy in 1994. Read more c b n a
The impact of HAART on the reproductive decision making process of HIV positive people in Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Author: Ndlovu, Vezumuzi Date: 2006 This article explores how the advent of HAART has impacted the fertility plans of people with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe. It argues that HAART has had a significant impact on the outlook that HIV-positive people have on reproduction and health in ... Read more c b
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Democracy in Southern Africa: What do we Know, What we Need to Know, and Why?

Author: Mattes, Robert ; Manning, Ryann Date: 2003 Statistics about the devastating impact of the HIV virus on the African continent, where more than 23.5 million people are infected (Poku, 2001), are widely known, and are bandied about in both social and academic speak. Within mainstream ... Read more c b n d
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Local-Level Democracy: A Case Study of the Ethekwini Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Author: Manning, Ryann Date: 2003 The aim of this paper is to provide a preliminary analysis of how the HIV/AIDS epidemic already does and increasingly will impact on local-level democracy, and to recommend areas for future research and analysis on this topic. Many people ... Read more c b n d