- Title
- The effectiveness of poverty alleviation initiatives in Buffalo City Metropolitan municipality
- Creator
- Benya, Zoliswa (Nqolase)
- Subject
- Poverty -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Economic development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Poverty -- Government policy -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Economic assistance, Domestic -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Squatter settlements -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Poor -- Services for
- Date Issued
- 2011
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9048
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1613
- Identifier
- Poverty -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Economic development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Poverty -- Government policy -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Economic assistance, Domestic -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Squatter settlements -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Poor -- Services for
- Description
- The South African democratic government has, since 1994, implemented various programs that aim to alleviate poverty through policy interventions. The Provincial Growth and Development Plan (Eastern Cape 2004-2014) commit its self to halving poverty by 2014. The research seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of poverty alleviation initiatives in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM), East London; focussing in Nompumelelo informal settlement. The study applied quantitative and qualitative approaches for biographical and socio economic information; and for in-depth understanding and verification respectively. Data collection was through structured interviews and survey questionnaires. The findings reveal that there are random, short-term poverty alleviation initiatives taking place in Nompumelelo informal settlement area. Projects that could have been self-sustaining collapsed due to lack of skills and training. The study indicates that the level of unemployment is high at 68 percent.
- Format
- xii, 60 leaves : col. ill. ; 31 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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