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Improving policy coherence for food security and nutrition in South Africa: a qualitative policy analysis
(Springer Netherlands, 2018)
Like most other low and middle-income countries, South Africa must address a rising burden of diet-related chronic disease in a
situation of persistent food insecurity and undernutrition. Supply-side policy interventions ...
Determinants of business intelligence system acceptance in an emerging country
(Virtus Interpress, 2018)
In today’s highly competitive and cumulative uncertainty in the business domain, access to organizations’ business intelligence (BI) can mean not only the difference between profit and loss but also the difference between ...
Countering testimonial injustice: The spatial practices of school administrative clerks
(University of KwaZulu-Natal on behalf of the South African Education Research Association, 2018)
In this article we discuss the phenomenon of how people's voices or opinions are taken up in relation to their professional status. We focus on administrative clerks in school contexts, people who occupy a professional ...
Measuring quality gaps in TB screening in South Africa using standardised patient analysis
(MPDI, 2018)
This is the first multi-district Standardised Patient (SP) study in South Africa. It measures
the quality of TB screening at primary healthcare (PHC) facilities. We hypothesise that TB screening
protocols and best practices ...
The role of family in the township informal economy of food and drink in KwaMashu, South Africa
(Emerald, 2018)
The purpose of this paper is to provide a qualitative investigation of family employment
dynamics in the KwaMashu township economy.
Using a small area census research method, the researchers identified
1,556 businesses ...
Policy, politics and leadership in slum upgrading: A comparative analysis ofHarare and Kampala
(Elsevier, 2018)
Slum upgrading is one of the preferred options in dealing with ubiquitous informality in cities across the world.Drawing on experiences in two African cities namely Harare and Kampala; the article focuses on the role ...
A comparative analysis of socioeconomic inequities in stunting: A case of three middle-income African countries
(BCM, 2018)
: Despite increased economic growth and development, and existence of various policies and
interventions aimed at improving food security and nutrition, majority of countries in sub-Saharan Africa have very
high levels ...
The moving line between state benevolence and control: Municipal indigent programmes in South Africa
(SAGE, 2018)
free in South Africa. Having registered as municipal indigents, the poor not only gain access to free basic
services but also embark upon a voyage into a bureaucratic underworld where policies are changed and
eligibility ...
The politics of youth participation in social intervention programmes in Ghana: Implications for participatory monitoring and evaluation (pm&e)
(Lifescience Global Canada Inc., 2018)
Participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) in project evaluation has gained impetus in recent literature.
This paper interrogates youth participation in intervention programmes in Ghana with special reference to ...
Keystones affecting sub-Saharan Africa's prospects for achieving foodsecurity through balanced diets
(Elsevier, 2018)
Socio-economic dynamics determine the transition from diets characterized by the risk of famine, to thosecharacterized by the risk of diet-related non-communicable disease (DR-NCD). This transition is of particularconcern ...