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Title: Book review : No child's play by Caesarina Kona Makhoere
Creator: Jackson, Helen (UNFPA Country Technical Advisor)
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Caesarina Kona Makhoere. No child's play. London: Women's Press, 1988

Title: Book review : Agroforestry in SubSaharan Africa
Creator: Wilson, John (Of Fambidzanai Training Centre)
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Agroforestry in SubSaharan Africa. Washington DC: IBRD/World Bank, 1989

Title: Book review : Women race and class by Angela Davis
Creator: Win, Everjoyce
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Angela Davis. Women race and class. London: Women's Press, 1981

Title: Book review : Zimbabwe: a revolution that lost its way? by Andre Astrow, and Zimbabwe: politics, economics and society by Colin Stoneman and Lionel Cliffe
Creator: Pape, John
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Reviews of: Andre Astrow. Zimbabwe: a revolution that lost its way? London: Zed Pressn, 1983, and Colin Stoneman and Lionel Cliffe. Zimbabwe: politics, economics and society. London: Pinter, 19899

Title: Economic Policy, Equity and Health Network
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Advertisement for the Africa Network on Economic Policy, Equity and Health

Title: Social work practice in Zimbabwe
Creator: Kaseke, Edwin
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: The development of social work in Zimbabwe is closely tied to the country's colonial history, its orientation reflecting a wholesale transfer from the British experience. Social work in Zimbabwe developed as a response to urban social ills such as crime, prostitution and destitution. The philosophy of the colonial policy makers was that such social ills, if unattended, would undermine order and stability. Social work was, therefore, seen primarily as an instrument of social control, and never...
Show moreThe development of social work in Zimbabwe is closely tied to the country's colonial history, its orientation reflecting a wholesale transfer from the British experience. Social work in Zimbabwe developed as a response to urban social ills such as crime, prostitution and destitution. The philosophy of the colonial policy makers was that such social ills, if unattended, would undermine order and stability. Social work was, therefore, seen primarily as an instrument of social control, and never seriously addressed itself to the root causes of social problems. Since Zimbabwean Independence there has been a gradual shift towards developmental social work aimed at promoting social change. The Ministry of Community and Cooperative Development and a cross section of Non Government Organisations (NGOs) are involved in empowering rural communities and building their capacity for self reliance. However, the Department of Social Welfare, a major setting for social work practice in Zimbabwe, continues to be basically curative in orientation.
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Title: Book review : The role of community participation in development planning and project management by Michael Bamberger
Creator: Midgley, James
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Michael Bamberger. The role of community participation in development planning and project management. Washington DC: World Bank, 1988

Title: Book review : Trends in world social development by Richard J. Estes
Creator: Mohan, Brij, 1939-
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Richard J. Estes. Trends in world social development. New York: Praeger, 1988

Title: Not seeing the wood for the trees : searching for indigenous non government organisations in the forest of voluntary self help associations
Creator: Salole, Gerry
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: This paper argues that the self help or mutual aid association is an ideal partner for small scale development agencies. Indeed this African institution is the quintessential Non Government Organisation (NGO). It is embedded in the social fabric of the every day life of the poor. The self help voluntary association is the ordinary African's own response to the stresses and difficulties they face, part and parcel of their repertoire of coping mechanisms and adaptive strategies. This paper...
Show moreThis paper argues that the self help or mutual aid association is an ideal partner for small scale development agencies. Indeed this African institution is the quintessential Non Government Organisation (NGO). It is embedded in the social fabric of the every day life of the poor. The self help voluntary association is the ordinary African's own response to the stresses and difficulties they face, part and parcel of their repertoire of coping mechanisms and adaptive strategies. This paper discusses the selfhelp voluntary association in the context of the Ethiopian situation, but this institution exists throughout the continent and much of what is discussed applies equally to self help associations that exist outside Ethiopia. The paper begins with a brief review of the literature concerning self help voluntary associations and then goes on to describe the evolution, adaptation, function androleofthis institution inEthiopia. In the second partof the paper some suggestions are made about the potential of the institution as a developmental agent or partner. Both International and Indigenous NGOs have, unfortunately, been unwilling or unable to find ways in which to model themselves on, or find mechanisms to assist, self help voluntary associations.
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Title: Company policy on AIDS in Zimbabwe
Creator: Jackson, Helen (UNFPA Country Technical Advisor)
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: This paper examines current and potential AIDS policy, and its orientation, at the workplace in Zimbabwe, and looks at the degree of concern that commercial companies have about AIDS. All 94 companies studied expressed some concern about AIDS, but only one third had developed a specific AIDS policy, and two thirds had begun AIDS education programmes. Major concerns expressed by the companies included the recruitment of skilled labour; rising insurance, health and pension costs; loss of time...
Show moreThis paper examines current and potential AIDS policy, and its orientation, at the workplace in Zimbabwe, and looks at the degree of concern that commercial companies have about AIDS. All 94 companies studied expressed some concern about AIDS, but only one third had developed a specific AIDS policy, and two thirds had begun AIDS education programmes. Major concerns expressed by the companies included the recruitment of skilled labour; rising insurance, health and pension costs; loss of time and productivity; and lowered morale. Twenty two per cent of them had some form of HIV screening in place, and 41% thought preemployment screening was justified. The paper notes current educational initiatives and makes recommendations for supportive and coordinated policy development.
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Title: Social policy and administration
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Advertisement for the journal Social policy and administration

Title: Book review : Agricultural extension in Africa
Creator: Matarirano, Livai Chenjerai
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Nigel Roberts (ed). Agricultural extension in Africa. Washington DC: World Bank, 1989

Title: Sociological Abstracts, Inc.
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Advertisement for Sociological abstracts (SA) and Social planning/policy & development abstracts (SOPODA)

Title: Book review : Social security policies in industrial countries by Margaret S. Gordon
Creator: Kaseke, Edwin
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Margaret S. Gordon. Social security policies in industrial countries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988

Title: Social development issues
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Advertisment for the journal Social development issues

Title: Scandinavian journal of development alternatives, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Advertisement for the Scandinavian journal of development alternatives

Title: Sociological Abstracts, Inc.
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Advertisement for Sociological abstracts (SA) and Social planning/policy & development abstracts (SOPODA) databases

Title: Book review : Social development in Africa 1950-1985 by Arega Yimam
Creator: Kaseke, Edwin
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Arega Yimam. Social development in Africa 1950-1985. London: Avebury, 1990

Title: Editorial
Creator: Willmore, Brigid
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Editorial

Title: AIDS and social work in Africa
Creator: Jackson, Helen (UNFPA Country Technical Advisor)
Date: 1991
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: This paper describes the intensifying AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, and identifies a range of emergent needs in this connection. It examines existing social work involvement in AIDS and finds that social workers in Africa are currently considerably under utilised in this field. The paper explores potential social work roles and argues for the inclusion of AIDS issues in all social work training, and for closer coordination between medical and social aspects of care, to engage social...
Show moreThis paper describes the intensifying AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, and identifies a range of emergent needs in this connection. It examines existing social work involvement in AIDS and finds that social workers in Africa are currently considerably under utilised in this field. The paper explores potential social work roles and argues for the inclusion of AIDS issues in all social work training, and for closer coordination between medical and social aspects of care, to engage social workers and others in meeting growing needs more effectively. The author argues for the mobilisation of widespread community resourcesfor the prevention of HIV, to provide support for people with HIV or AIDS and their families, and to recognise AIDS as a critical development issue demanding an urgent response.
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