- Title
- An analysis of the role of a community-based project on poverty alleviation: a case of Daantjie Bakery in the Mbombela municipaty, Mpumalanga Province
- Creator
- Mbontsi, Dunyiswa Koliswa
- Subject
- Economic development projects -- Evaluation
- Subject
- Economic development -- South Africa -- Mpumalanga
- Date Issued
- 2010
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPA
- Identifier
- vital:8195
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1339
- Identifier
- Economic development projects -- Evaluation
- Identifier
- Economic development -- South Africa -- Mpumalanga
- Description
- The South African policy framework on Local Economic Development encourages the establishment of community-based projects in an attempt to address the challenges posed by poverty in local communities. It appears that community-based projects have a role to play in poverty alleviation. Municipalities are supposed to encourage and support the establishment of projects aimed at poverty alleviation in their jurisdictions. The Mbombela Local Municipality has played its role in this regard by supporting the establishment of the Daantjie Bakery Project in 2000. In an attempt to evaluate the impact of community-based projects on poverty alleviation, this study investigated the role played by the Daantjie Bakery Project in local economic development of the Daantjie local community in the Mbombela Local Municipality. Participants included community members of Daantjie, employees of the bakery, and the project manager. The study found that, indeed community-based projects play a role in local economic development since they contribute towards employment creation and poverty alleviation.
- Format
- v, 62 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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