ISSN 1012-108q JOUENALOF SOQALDEVELOME IN AFRICA Editorial Morbidity and mortality in Zimbabwe's urban areas: policy implications for social protection Gladys Bindura-Mutangadura. High fertility and development in Cameroon Stella Nana-Fabu Audience responses to a film in rural Zimbabwe Kimani Cecau Keeping a foot in the village. Masvingo urban women Victor Ngonidzashe Muzvidziwa The impact of socio-economic factors on the performance of community projects in western Kenya Philip K. Rono and Abdillahi A. Aboud Globalization and democracy with reference to eastern and southern Africa Francis K. Makoa Secondary school teachers and the emotional abuse of children: a study of three secondary schools in Gaborone, Botswana Kwaku Osei-Hwedi and Alice Hobona Book Review Volume 16 No 1 2001 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA School of Social Work P Bag 66022 Kopje Harare Zimbabwe The Journal publishes analyses of social development issues as they affect the poor and marginalized. It deals especially with concerns relevant to sub Saharan Africa and is addressed to development and social workers, planners, policymakers and academics in a variety of fields. Published twice annually, the Journal seeks to enhance understanding of the social development processes that contribute to the planning and implementation of appropriate intervention strategies at different levels. Its goal is to discover how best to target relevant and successful projects to those most in need and how to maximize popular participation, thereby creating egalitarian and productive communities. SUBSCRIPTIONS PER ANNUM (2 ISSUES PER YEAR)* ZS300 Z$150 US$35 US$45 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (students) Developing world Rest of world EDITOR CAROLE PEARCE EDITORIAL BOARD EDWIN KASEKE (CHAIRPERSON), PRINCIPAL, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, HARARE. RODRECK MUPEDZISWA, DEPUTY PRINCIPAL, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, HARARE. PERPETUA GUMBO, LECTURER, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, HARARE. JOSPHAT M MATHE, REDD BARNA, HARARE. 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Journal of Social Development in Africa Vol 16 No 1 2001 Contents EDITORIAL i ARTICLES Moroidity and mortality in Zimbabwe's urban areas: policy implications for social protection Gladys Bindura-Mutangadura 5 High fertility and development in Cameroon Stella Nana-Fabu 25 Audience responses to a film in rural Zimbabwe Kimani Gecau 45 Keeping a foot in the village: Masvingo urban women Victor Ngonidzashe Muzvidziwa 85 The impact of socio-economic factors on the performance of community projects in western Kenya Philip K. Rono andAbdillahi A. Aboud 101 Globalization and democracy with reference to eastern and southern Africa Francis K. Makoa 125 Secondary school teachers and the emotional abuse of children: a study of three secondary schools in Gaborone, Botswana Kwaku Osei-Hwedie and Alice K. Hobona 143 BOOK REVIEWS 165 BOOKS RECEIVED 168 SUPPLEMENTARY PUBLICATIONS OF JSDA General Ageing and the Elderly: Report of an In-Service Training Programme 1982. Joe Hampson SJ (ed.) 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US$6 Z$300 (A5 57 pp) Uprooted: Refugees and Social Work in Africa 1990 Rodreck Mupedziswa US$20 Z$1000 (A5 220pp) Directory ofNGOs Involved with Mozambican Refugees in Zimbabwe and Malawi 1993. Research Unit/SATARI US$6 Z$300 (A5 124 pp) Social Development and Urban Poverty 1993. Nigel Hall (ed.) US $16 Z$ 800 (A4 153 pp) Fieldwork Training: Proceedings of a Workshop held at Lake View Inn, Kariba 1993,1994. Nigel Hall (ed.) US$6 Z$300 (A5 55pp) Fieldwork Training: Proceedings of a Workshop held at Bulawayo Sun Hotel June 1994 Nigel Hall (ed.) US$4 Z$200 (A5 30pp) Rural Social Security Needs: The Case of Zimbabwe 1995. Edwin Kaseke. US$16 Z$1200 (A5 98pp) Social Policy and Administration in Zimbabwe 1995. Nigel Hall & Rodreck Mupedziswa (eds.) US$24 Z$1200(A5 2l2pp) The Case of Social Safety Nets in Zimbabwe 1998. Edwin Kaseke; Perpetua Gumbo, Jotham Dhemba, US$16 Z$800 (A5 87pp) The State and Dynamics of Social Policy Practice and Research in Zimbabwe 1998. Edwin Kaseke; Jotham Dhemba & Perpetua Gumbo. US$16 Z$80 (A5105 pp) AIDS in Africa. The Social Work Response 1998. Rodreck Mupedziswa. US$24 Z$1200 (A5 220 pp) Research Unit Series Skilled Manpower Needs ofNGOs in Zimbabwe 1992 Researched & complied by Perpetua Gumbo & Jotham Dhemba US$6 Z$300 (A4 27pp) Student Health Services at the School of Social Work: A Survey 1992. Researched & compiled by Stella Makana & Jotham Dhemba (US$6 Z$$300 (free to students) A5 29pp) AIDS Home Care: A Baseline Survey in Zimbabwe 1992. Researched and compiled by Helen Jackson & Kate Mhambi US$8 Z$400 (A4 48pp) Family Coping and AIDS in Zimbabwe A Study 1994 Researched & compiled by Helen Jackson S Diana Civic US$10 Z$500 (A4 72 pp) Services Available to Street Children in Zimbabwe 1995. Complied by Ruth Kiire S Christine Marlow US$10 Z$500(A4 5lpp) The Prevention of Unwanted Adolescent Pregnancies: Attitudes of Black Zimbabweans in Harare 1995. Compiled by Ruth Kiire. US$10 Z$500 (A4 28pp) Occasional Paper Series: The Informal Sector and Employment in Zimbabwe 1994. Rodreck Mupedziswa. US$10 Z$500 (A4 53pp) A Situation Analysis of the Social Development Fund 1994. Edwin Kaseke. US$10 Z$500 (A4 39pp) A Survey of Fieldwork Practice in the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka, with Implications for Social Work Training in Zimbabwe 1995. Nigel Hall US$10 Z$500 (A4, 48pp)