- Title
- Developing assessment criteria for successful poverty alleviation with special reference to the Nomzamo Special Care Centre
- Creator
- Gidi, Banele Anthony
- Subject
- Poverty -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Economic development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Poverty -- Government policy -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Child care services -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2011
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9050
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1601
- Identifier
- Poverty -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Economic development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Poverty -- Government policy -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Child care services -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description
- While this study is partly theoretical it includes an exploratory case study in which theoretical insights are applied. In the theoretical part of this study, criteria for a successful poverty alleviation project were developed, guided by sustainability theory and complexity theory. It was proposed that researchers could assess existing projects according to these criteria to show where they were successful and where they could improve. The second part of this research consists of a case study, where an actual poverty alleviation project (The Nomzamo Special Care Centre, Peddie, Eastern Cape) was assessed according to the criteria developed in the first part. For this exploratory case study a non-random sample of 9 participants was drawn from the Nomzamo Special Care Centre and other stakeholders in the Ngqushwa Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape. Data was collected using questionnaires, observation and interviews. The results obtained from analysis indicate that project members particularly experience challenges pertaining to financial resources, infrastructure and maintenance. It is recommended that project members receive assistance from the government departments in order for the project to remain sustainable.
- Format
- 28 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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