- Title
- A critical analysis of the contribution of a poverty alleviatioon programme for youth development
- Creator
- Sinukela, Patuxolo Otto
- Subject
- Youth in development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Economic assistance, Domestic
- Subject
- Economic development projects
- Subject
- Youth -- Services for
- Subject
- Poverty -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2011
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9099
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012081
- Identifier
- Youth in development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Economic assistance, Domestic
- Identifier
- Economic development projects
- Identifier
- Youth -- Services for
- Identifier
- Poverty -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description
- Black youth in South Africa has for decades, been marginalized in development programmes and many young blacks are experiencing poverty. With the advent of the new South Africa in 1994, the government initiated poverty alleviation projects for youth development. These projects offered black youth an opportunity to participate in their own development. The current study aimed at critically analyzing the contribution of a „Poverty Alleviation‟ programme for youth development. The study was conducted at Cala in the Sakhisizwe local municipality in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape. The study utilized qualitative and quantitative research methods and took the form of exploratory research. The study revealed factors that appear to contribute to the ineffectiveness of youth development projects. The identified factors include the lack of participation of project members, lack of a sense of ownership and commitment, insufficient skills and non-use of policy and guiding documents by project members during the implementation stage. Stakeholder participation and sharing of expertise was identified as another important factor in determining the contribution of poverty alleviation projects to youth development. Lastly, the study shows that monitoring and evaluation of the project functions are necessary to ensure that a project like this achieves the desired outcome. A key recommendation made is that project members must be involved and participate fully in all project phases to enhance a sense of ownership and commitment to fellow project members.
- Format
- vi, 119 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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