JOURNAL OF 
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 
INAFRiA 
EDITORIAL 
RURAL GROWTH POINTS IN ZIMBABWE 
K II Wekwele 
URBANISATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
IN ZIMBABWE 
Diana Pa lei 
SOCIAL SERVICES TO RURAL AREAS 
PJ Muzaale 
GRASSROOTS PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPMENT 
Francis W Mulwa 
REVIEW ARTICLES 
BOOK REVIEWS 
LIST OF BOOKS RECEIVED 
Volume 3 No 2 1988
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA 
School of Social Work 
P/Bag 66022 Kopje 
Harare, Zimbabwe 
The journal will publish critical analyses of social development issues as they 
affect the poor and marginalised in society. It deals with concerns especially 
but not exclusively relevant to Southern Africa, and is addressed to 
development practitioners, social workers, planners and policy makers, 
academics in a variety of fields such as economics, geography, politics, 
sociology, psychology, social administration and to other concerned 
individuals. 
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 maximise popular participation, thereby creating 
egalitarian and productive communities. 
Editor 
Fr J Hampson, SJ School of Social Work, Harare 
Editorial Board 
Professor G Chavunduka Dean, Faculty of Social Studies, University of 
Zimbabwe 
Dr S Agere Ministry of Youth, Sport & Culture, 
Zimbabwe 
Mr N Hall School of Social Work, Harare, Zimbabwe 
Mr R Mupedziswa School of Social Work, Harare, Zimbabwe 
Ms B Willmore Editorial Assistant 
Editorial Advisors 
Dr S Selassie Dean, College of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa 
University, Ethiopia. 
Dr P Muzaale Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. 
Dr J Midgley Dean, School of Social Welfare, Louisiana 
State, USA. 
Dr D Sanders Professor, School of Social Work, University of 
Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA. 
Dr J Safari University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 
Dr J Jones Dean, Graduate School of Social Work," 
University of Denver, USA 
Subscriptions per annum* 
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Editorial 
Articles 
Diana Patel 
Review Articles 
Book Reviews 
Journal of Social Development in Africa 
Vol S No 2 1988 
Rural Growth Points in Zimbabwe — prospects for the future 
K H Wekwete 
Some Issues of Urbanisation and Development in Zimbabwe 
Organisation and Delivery of Social Services to Rural Areas 
PJ Muzaale 
Participation of the Grassroots in Rural Development: The Case of the 
Development Education Programme of the Catholic Diocese of Machakos, 
Kenya 
Francis W Mulwa 
Zimbabwe: The Political Economy of Transition, 1980-1986 
Ibbo Mandaza (editor) — reviewed by Nick Orwood 
Foreign Aid Reconsidered 
Roger C Riddell — reviewed by Nelson P Mayo 
Women and the Law in Southern Africa, Alice Armstrong and Welshman Ncvbe (eds); 
Empowerment and the Law. Strategies of Third World Women, Margaret Schtder 
(ed); Money, Banking and Public Finance in Africa, Ann Seidman; Social Work with 
Rural Peoples. Theory and Practice, Ken Collier; Vocational Rehabilitation for 
Women with Disabilities, Sheila Stace; The Importance of People — Experiences, 
lessons and ideas on rural development training: Hlekweni and beyond, Martin de 
Graafand Brigid Willmore (eds); The Politics of Hunger./oAn W Warnock; How Are 
We Doing? A Framework for Evaluating Development Education Programmes, 
Roland Case (Principal Author); Conflict Management and Problem Solving. 
Interpersonal to International Applications, Dennis J D Sandole and Ingrid' Sandole- 
Staroste (eds); Social Welfare in Africa,/ Dixon (ed); Plantations and Plantation 
Workers, / P Sajhau and J Von MuralL 
List of Books Received
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