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dc.contributor.authorDawa, Gabriel L.
dc.coverage.spatialAfrica.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-08T15:50:59Z
dc.date.available2016-06-08T15:50:59Z
dc.date.issued1993-02-22
dc.identifier.citationDawa, G.L. (1993) Urban poverty, intervention strategies and the role of social work in the framework of structural adjustment: concepts, approaches and experiences. In: Hall, N. (ed.) Social development and urban poverty: papers presented at a workshop on urban poverty held at Kentucky Hotel, Harare, 22nd - 26th February, pp. 17-25. Harare: SSW.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/11659
dc.descriptionA workshop paper on the impact of structural adjustment programmes on urban poverty reduction initiatives in Africa.en
dc.description.abstractStructural adjustment and economic reform have been at the centre of the policy agenda in many African countries since the early 1980s. In an era of scarce resources, African policy-makers have the task to reconcile what their citizens need with what countries can afford. Although this dilemma must be confronted in any economy, the gravity of the African situation has made the process of political and economic accommodation particularly difficult and painful. Although some of the programmes of development include social aspects, they seem to be inefficient due to their social welfare and safety-net orientation. This situation particularly affects urban populations whose conditions of life are decreasing day-by-day. This paper, on the one hand, analyses the implications of structural adjustment programmes for urban poverty and the policies and strategies for urban poverty alleviation. On the other hand it gives general approaches for innovative policies and social work within the process of urban poverty alleviation.en
dc.description.sponsorshipOverseas Development Administration, British Development Division (Central Africa) (The British Council)en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSchool of Social Work (SSW) (UZ)en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectDevelopment Policyen
dc.subjectEconomic Developmenten
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.titleUrban poverty, intervention strategies and the role of social work in the framework of structural adjustment: concepts, approaches and experiencesen
dc.typeBook chapteren
dc.typeConference paperen
dc.rights.holderSchool Of Social Work (SSW), University of Zimbabwe (UZ)en


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