- Title
- An evaluation of urban poverty and its alleviation in the Nelson Mandela Metro with special reference to prostitution as an income generator
- Creator
- De Bruin, Mbulelo Douglas
- Subject
- Economic conditions -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality
- Subject
- Poverty -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality
- Subject
- Prostitution -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality
- Date Issued
- 2012
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9001
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1011663
- Identifier
- Economic conditions -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality
- Identifier
- Poverty -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality
- Identifier
- Prostitution -- South Africa -- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality
- Description
- This paper is set to evaluate the factors leading to prostitution and provide the understanding of the hardships that are experienced by prostitutes in their pursuit for income generation. However, this will be preceded by the background to the study. Secondly, this paper will lament or touch on the strategies employed by the Nelson Mandela Metro and other countries in an attempt to alleviate poverty. Thirdly, the views of academics and other experts in the fields of both the prostitution and poverty will be put into perspective. The relevant research methodology used to this study was found to be a descriptive study. The concluding remarks and recommendations on what is needed in order to improve the situation in the Nelson Mandela Metro are provided for the purpose of this study. Towards the end of this study, bibliography has been provided followed by the relevant annexures which will serve as evidence that inform this study.
- Format
- 69 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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