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What are we promoting? A case study of the introduction of a new milling technology in a rural area in Zimbabwe
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Creator
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MacGarry, Brian
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Date
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1990
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Collection
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Journal of Social Development in Africa
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This case study looks at the introduction to Zimbabwe of a new sorghum milling technology developed in Botswana. This technology, it was assumed, would, by making the processing of small grains less laborious, encourage increased production of these grains. In the analysis of what actually happened in the milling project in one community focus is on the mill as a business enterprise and on issues of community organisation and management Thecase study concludes with the view that while there...
Show moreThis case study looks at the introduction to Zimbabwe of a new sorghum milling technology developed in Botswana. This technology, it was assumed, would, by making the processing of small grains less laborious, encourage increased production of these grains. In the analysis of what actually happened in the milling project in one community focus is on the mill as a business enterprise and on issues of community organisation and management Thecase study concludes with the view that while there may be a number of non-monetary benefits accruing from the milling project, there has not been a noticeable increase in sorghum production nor is the financial self-sustainability of the mill clear.
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Editorial
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Date
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1990
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Collection
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Journal of Social Development in Africa
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Hygiene in three communities. A case study of behaviour related to hygiene
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Creator
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Bourdillon, M. F. C.
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Date
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1990
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Collection
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Journal of Social Development in Africa
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Description
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The purpose of the sociological study was to look at behaviour related to hygiene in some detail. Because of the difficulties of obtaining information about something as private as hygienic practices, the study could focus only on a few families, looking for descriptive qualitative, rather than quantitative, data - even in the few cases studied, there were severe limitations to what could be observed. This article describes what was observed, and relates it to some of the data collected in...
Show moreThe purpose of the sociological study was to look at behaviour related to hygiene in some detail. Because of the difficulties of obtaining information about something as private as hygienic practices, the study could focus only on a few families, looking for descriptive qualitative, rather than quantitative, data - even in the few cases studied, there were severe limitations to what could be observed. This article describes what was observed, and relates it to some of the data collected in the microbiological study.
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Sociological Abstracts, Inc.
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Date
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1990
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Collection
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Journal of Social Development in Africa
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Advertisement of Sociological abstracts (SA) and the Social planning/policy & development abstracts (SOPODA) databases
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Equity in health : Zimbabwe nine years on
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Creator
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Sanders, David, 1945-
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Date
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1990
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Collection
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Journal of Social Development in Africa
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Description
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This paper summarises Zimbabwe's legacy in both health (or disease) and health services. It then examines the changes in the economic environment which have taken place in Zimbabwe since independence in April 1980, concentrating on those which are relevant to health. It also describes the post independence restructuring of the health sector itself. Access to health care and some aspects of the functioning of the referral system are also briefly dealt with. The questions of community...
Show moreThis paper summarises Zimbabwe's legacy in both health (or disease) and health services. It then examines the changes in the economic environment which have taken place in Zimbabwe since independence in April 1980, concentrating on those which are relevant to health. It also describes the post independence restructuring of the health sector itself. Access to health care and some aspects of the functioning of the referral system are also briefly dealt with. The questions of community participation in health and accountability of health workers, both central to the Primary Health Care (PHQ approach, are addressed by a brief discussion of the Village Health Worker (VHW) programme. The relevance of this example for the health sector as a whole is briefly examined. Finally, the paper considers some changes which have taken place in health status since independence and attempts to analyse the sources of these.
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Nigerian students and political mobilisation
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Creator
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Olugbade, Kola
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Date
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1990
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Collection
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Journal of Social Development in Africa
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Description
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This paper is an attempt to contribute to the debate on the role of students in political development and nation-building. Specifically, it is an analysis of the evolutionary and dynamic trends in the Nigerian student movement vis-a-vis the Nigerian state. It deals with the role that youth, and students in particular, could play in nation-building and political integration in a multiethnic, culturally heterogeneous, socially diversified and politically fragmented Nigerian state. The paper...
Show moreThis paper is an attempt to contribute to the debate on the role of students in political development and nation-building. Specifically, it is an analysis of the evolutionary and dynamic trends in the Nigerian student movement vis-a-vis the Nigerian state. It deals with the role that youth, and students in particular, could play in nation-building and political integration in a multiethnic, culturally heterogeneous, socially diversified and politically fragmented Nigerian state. The paper focuses on the role students should play in political mobilisation, especially during the current Nigerian transition programme and beyond.
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Issues of equity in and access to health care in Zimbabwe
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Creator
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Agere, Sam
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Date
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1990
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Collection
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Journal of Social Development in Africa
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Description
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The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyse, within the health care delivery system in Zimbabwe, certain categories of people or social groups who may or may not have access to health care. An attempt will also be made to give the reasons for the maldistribution of health resources and the implications this has for the population of Zimbabwe. Brief and appropriate solutions are proposed within the socioeconomic and political context of the Zimbabwean stage of development and its...
Show moreThe purpose of this paper is to identify and analyse, within the health care delivery system in Zimbabwe, certain categories of people or social groups who may or may not have access to health care. An attempt will also be made to give the reasons for the maldistribution of health resources and the implications this has for the population of Zimbabwe. Brief and appropriate solutions are proposed within the socioeconomic and political context of the Zimbabwean stage of development and its historical past.
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