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Title: Formal private sector housing finance institutions and low-income groups in Zimbabwe : peculiar requirements, operations and realities
Creator: Kamete, Amin Y.
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Private sector housing finance institutions have a mandate given to them by investors. They have to make a profit This means safeguarding against risks and avoiding decisions that endanger profitability and investors' funds. In pursuing this mandate, housing finance institutions are often seen as unrealistic, inflexible and insensitive capitalist organisations which do not understand the special circumstances of the low- income groups, most of which cannot meet their stringent eligibility...
Show morePrivate sector housing finance institutions have a mandate given to them by investors. They have to make a profit This means safeguarding against risks and avoiding decisions that endanger profitability and investors' funds. In pursuing this mandate, housing finance institutions are often seen as unrealistic, inflexible and insensitive capitalist organisations which do not understand the special circumstances of the low- income groups, most of which cannot meet their stringent eligibility criteria and rigid lending terms. This study wishes to highlight the situation in Zimbabwe by focusing on the peculiar needs and circumstances of private sector housing finance institutions and appraising their lending performance so far.
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Title: Book review : Decolonization and African society by Frederick Cooper
Creator: Hall, Nigel
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Frederick Cooper. Decolonization and African society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Title: An outcome study of graduates from the School of Social Work, Harare, Zimbabwe, 1988-1992
Creator: Kiire, Ruth
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Social work practice in Zimbabwe is in the midst of change, moving away from its colonial legacy of social work as an instrument of social control to a model that is increasingly developmental with a focus on social change (Kaseke. 1991). As a result of such changes, assessing the outcome of social work education and training in Zimbabwe becomes particularly critical at this time. The outcome study reported here is a follow-up of work completed by Brand (1983) of the employment and...
Show moreSocial work practice in Zimbabwe is in the midst of change, moving away from its colonial legacy of social work as an instrument of social control to a model that is increasingly developmental with a focus on social change (Kaseke. 1991). As a result of such changes, assessing the outcome of social work education and training in Zimbabwe becomes particularly critical at this time. The outcome study reported here is a follow-up of work completed by Brand (1983) of the employment and educational experiences of Diploma students between 1971 and 1981 at the School of Social Work in Harare.
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Title: List of books received, advertisements
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa

Title: Book review : The design and management of poverty reduction programs and projects in Anglophone Africa
Creator: Tevera, Daniel S.
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Michael Bamberger, Abdullahi M. Yahie, George Matovu (eds.). The design and management of poverty reduction programs and projects in Anglophone Africa. Washington D.C.: World Bank, 1996

Title: Book review : Justice in Zimbabwe by African Rights
Creator: Hall, Nigel
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: African Rights. Justice in Zimbabwe. London: African Rights, 1996

Title: Assessing Sub-Saharan Africa's structural adjustment programmes : the need for more qualitative measures
Creator: Bar-On, Arnon
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: The view that Africa's structural adjustment programmes have largely failed for not decreasing income inequalities has become commonplace. This thesis is correct, however, only if these programmes sought greater income equality and defined equality as their critics do. Basing its argument on the origin of the structural adjustment programmes, this article suggests that this assumption is incorrect, and suggests criteria by which to assess these programmes' success or failure on their own...
Show moreThe view that Africa's structural adjustment programmes have largely failed for not decreasing income inequalities has become commonplace. This thesis is correct, however, only if these programmes sought greater income equality and defined equality as their critics do. Basing its argument on the origin of the structural adjustment programmes, this article suggests that this assumption is incorrect, and suggests criteria by which to assess these programmes' success or failure on their own terms. It is argued, however, that this latter exercise is critically impeded by our reliance on quantitative indicators which are rarely sufficiently sensitive to capture the essence of such success or failure. Alternate indicators and how they may be collected are suggested. From their inception, sub-Saharan Africa's structural adjustment programmes have been criticised, mainly on the grounds that they more distort their constituents' development than advance it. Such distortions set in, it is suggested, because such economic development as these programmes achieve is not accompanied by an attendant degree of social progress, defined usually in terms of more egalitarian income distribution (Bourguignon, de Melo & Suwa, 1991; Sahn, 1994; Walkins, 1995). Armed with this thesis, analysts then assemble much convincing data to prove their point, such as the financial enrichment of the business, political and administrative elite at the expense of the majority, an ever-increasing proportion of who are relegated to living in poverty. This paper assesses the thesis that sub-Saharan Africa's structural adjustment programmes were introduced, among other reasons, in the name of egalitarianism. Its main argument is that to prove that these programmes fail to distribute income progressi vely, it is necessary first to show that they sought greater income equality and, second, that they define equality as their critics do.
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Title: Editorial
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa

Title: Farmer participation in research : implications for agricultural development
Creator: Monu, Erasmus Dziewonu
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Recently, there has been a great deal of attention devoted to the notion of farmer participation in agricultural research. In this connection, there has been a challenge to the conventional research model which conceives of the farmer as a passive partner so far as the identification of the problem, the conduct of the research and the development of the solution is concerned. This paper reviews a number of models suggested for agricultural research, noting the strengths and weaknesses of the...
Show moreRecently, there has been a great deal of attention devoted to the notion of farmer participation in agricultural research. In this connection, there has been a challenge to the conventional research model which conceives of the farmer as a passive partner so far as the identification of the problem, the conduct of the research and the development of the solution is concerned. This paper reviews a number of models suggested for agricultural research, noting the strengths and weaknesses of the models. Based on the author's experiences and other case studies, the implications of farmer participation in the development and dissemination of agricultural technologies are examined.
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Title: Cover, publication data, notes for contributors, content, advertisement
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa

Title: Book review : Political economy of information on development, democracy and security in Southern Africa
Creator: Nkhata, Bright
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Maurice Chimfwembe Lundu (ed). Political economy of information on development, democracy and security in Southern Africa. Harare: SAPES Books, 1996

Title: Social work and social development : a partnership in social change
Creator: Dominelli, Lena
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Poverty, both relative and absolute is increasing worldwide. War, natural disasters and environmental degradation have exacerbated economic deprivation, social exclusion and political marginalisation for many of the earth's people. Into this bleak picture comes social development to offer a beacon of hope. What role can social work educators and practitioners play in social development to reverse the pessimism portrayed by this view of reality? This article examines this question by looking...
Show morePoverty, both relative and absolute is increasing worldwide. War, natural disasters and environmental degradation have exacerbated economic deprivation, social exclusion and political marginalisation for many of the earth's people. Into this bleak picture comes social development to offer a beacon of hope. What role can social work educators and practitioners play in social development to reverse the pessimism portrayed by this view of reality? This article examines this question by looking at the processes and policies that social workers must bring to the attention of governments - in order to convince them to follow these in the interests of enabling people, whether as individuals, groups or communities to develop to their full potential. The situation in Britain is used as a case example, but the author points out that the changes brought about there through structural adjustment provide lessons to be learnt elsewhere in the world.
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Title: Strategies for poverty alleviation in Zimbabwe
Creator: Chinake, Hazel
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Developing countries have now become increasingly aware of the importance of implementing development plans that are based on the aspirations of people, if poverty is to be significantly reduced. This paper thus proposes a broad, appropriate and practical strategic approach which aims to alleviate poverty in Zimbabwe through a reorientation of conventional development strategies. Emphasis is placed on basic needs fulfilment as an indispensable prerequisite for socioeconomic development. The...
Show moreDeveloping countries have now become increasingly aware of the importance of implementing development plans that are based on the aspirations of people, if poverty is to be significantly reduced. This paper thus proposes a broad, appropriate and practical strategic approach which aims to alleviate poverty in Zimbabwe through a reorientation of conventional development strategies. Emphasis is placed on basic needs fulfilment as an indispensable prerequisite for socioeconomic development. The core of the paper is a realistic analysis of structural inequalities which must be tackled at national and global levels to ensure that 'Growth with Equity,' whilst safeguarding the environment. The role of social work education and practice in meeting the exigencies of the moment is also outlined.
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Title: Book review : Structural adjustment and the working poor in Zimbabwe
Creator: Derges, Anne
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Peter Gibbons (ed). Structural adjustment and the working poor in Zimbabwe. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1995

Title: Gender and politics : a note on gender inequality in Lesotho
Creator: Makoa, Francis K.
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Lesotho Women led by Lesotho's 70-member Federation of Female Lawyers, are waging a vigorous campaign against sex and other forms of discrimination based on gender. This campaign is directed, in particular, at the country's laws, customs, traditions and social norms that govern the relationship between men and women. They are calling for radical legal and social reforms that will end gender inequality and thus ensure their full participation in and contribution to the process of development....
Show moreLesotho Women led by Lesotho's 70-member Federation of Female Lawyers, are waging a vigorous campaign against sex and other forms of discrimination based on gender. This campaign is directed, in particular, at the country's laws, customs, traditions and social norms that govern the relationship between men and women. They are calling for radical legal and social reforms that will end gender inequality and thus ensure their full participation in and contribution to the process of development. But have the root causes of the problem been identified? For example, can we expect gender inequality to disappear without addressing its politics? This paper serves as a contribution to the emerging debate in Lesotho about the causes and consequences of gender inequality. It argues that any struggle against gender inequality is essentially a political struggle and must, therefore, be directed at changing the existing political structure.
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Title: Community development journal
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Advertisement for the Community development journal

Title: Book review : How to choose a UN Chief - and how not to by Erskine Childers & Brian Urquhart
Creator: Hall, Nigel
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Review of: Erskine Childers & Brian Urquhart. How to choose a UN Chief - and how not to. Uppsala: Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, 1996

Title: Some new titles from Hans Zell Publishers - 1996
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Advertisement about new books from Hans Zell Publishers

Title: Studies in comparative international development
Date: 1997
Collection: Journal of Social Development in Africa
Description: Advertisement for the journal Studies in comparative international development

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