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The impact of basic and social infrastructure investment on economic growth and social development in South Africa’s urban and rural municipalities

- Gnade, H., Blaauw, D., Greyling, T.

Authors: Gnade, H. , Blaauw, D. , Greyling, T.
Date: 2017
Subjects: Basic and social infrastructure , Economic growth , Social development
Language: English
Type: Articles
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/241403 , uj:24853 , Citation: Gnade, H., Blaauw, D. & Greyling, T. 2017. The impact of basic and social infrastructure investment on economic growth and social development in South Africa’s urban and rural municipalities.
Description: Abstract: South Africa is characterised by widespread inequality and divided societies, which impede economic growth and social development. Basic and social infrastructure investment can assist in addressing these challenges by promoting economic growth and social development. The aim of this study is to determine if basic and social infrastructure investment differently effect economic growth and social development indicators of urban and rural municipalities respectively. We use a balanced panel data set containing infrastructure, economic, demographic and social indicators for rural and urban municipalities for the period from 1996 to 2012. To address the research question we construct synthetic indices of basic and social infrastructure, using principal component analysis, to be used in panel regression estimations. To estimate our economic growth and social development functions we make use of restricted within LSDV estimation techniques. We use the results on the respective elasticities to evaluate whether the differences between urban and rural municipalities are statistically significant. Our results show that the elasticities of basic and social infrastructure investment generally are more pronounced for economic growth and social development indicators in rural municipalities than in urban municipalities. These findings could potentially influence policy decisions in terms of infrastructure investment in favour of rural municipalities to increase economic growth and social development in these regions, which could contribute to the reduction of spatial inequalities in South Africa.
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Development of social work education in southern and east Africa : research report.

- Hochfeld, Tessa, Selipsky, Lisa, Mupedziswa, Rodreck, Chitereka, Christopher

Authors: Hochfeld, Tessa , Selipsky, Lisa , Mupedziswa, Rodreck , Chitereka, Christopher
Date: 2009
Subjects: Social work education , Social policy , Social development
Type: Report
Identifier: uj:6610 , ISSN 978-0-86970-669-5 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8277
Description: It is widely accepted that a social development paradigm is both appropriate and necessary for the African context, and social development has significantly influenced social work theory, policy and practice on the continent (Cox and Pawar, 2005, Patel, 2005a, Gray and Fook, 2004). However, it is not always clear exactly what is being referred to with this term. What is also unknown is how much of this debate has positively influenced the training of new social workers across the region. Further, no data exists on how the social development approach is actually being used by the individual schools of social work in the region. In fact, very little is known about social work education in Africa at all. This research project therefore aimed to contribute to knowledge development in this field in Southern and East Africa through primary empirical research.
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Developmental social case work : a process model

- Van Breda, Adrian D.

Authors: Van Breda, Adrian D.
Date: 2018
Subjects: Social development , Case work , Micro practice
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/262624 , uj:27727 , Citation: Van Breda, A.D. 2018. Developmental social case work : a process model. International Social Work, 61(1):66–78. , Link to Published Version: https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872815603786
Description: Abstract: Social development has been adopted as South Africa’s social welfare approach and is increasingly being adopted in Africa and other parts of the developing world. The translation of developmental social welfare to social work has, however, been difficult for many social workers. A particularly challenging aspect of this translation concerns the practice of social case work within a social development approach, a topic that has received virtually no attention in the social development literature. This paper constructs a process model for a form of social case work that is informed by social development principles and priorities.
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A Process Model of Social Development Supervision in Social Work

- Ncube, Mpumelelo E.

Authors: Ncube, Mpumelelo E.
Date: 2019
Subjects: Social work , Supervision in social work , Social development
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/405765 , uj:34087 , Citation: Ncube, M.E. 2019. A Process Model of Social Development Supervision in Social Work.
Description: Abstract: Supervision practice in social work is understood as the mainstay of the profession. However, various studies have pointed to the inadequacies of supervision to facilitate quality service provision. The collected data reflects a general misalignment between the approach to supervision practice and social work practice approaches as one inadequacy leading to the failure of supervision practice. Although there are numerous supervision models in the profession, some of which are aligned to certain practice approaches, none is directly identifiable with the social development approach, which should be at the core of a social work orientation in South Africa. Thus, in this article I provide a process model of supervision in social work that aims to establish a dialectical relationship between supervision and social development practice approach. The model is an output of a qualitative study with principles of a phenomenological design. In the study I employed a Research and Design approach to conduct individual interviews and focus group with social workers and social work supervisors, and their comments suggested the need for a social development approach to supervision.
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Conceptualising social development supervision in social work

- Ncube, Mpumelelo

Authors: Ncube, Mpumelelo
Date: 2019
Subjects: Social development , Social work , Supervision in Social Work
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/405717 , uj:34081 , Citation: Ncube, M. 2019. Conceptualising social development supervision in social work.
Description: Abstract: The practice of supervision in social work is understood as the backbone of the profession. This is underpinned by the major functions of supervision that are educative, supportive and administrative. On the other hand, various studies have pointed to the inadequacies of supervision to facilitate the functions that it is set to achieve toward quality service provision. In South Africa, social welfare service provision is underpinned by a social development approach. However, the collected data in a foregoing study pointed to a general misalignment between the approach to supervision practice and social work practice approaches (social development approach in particular). This is one of the inadequacies leading to the failure of social work supervision practice...
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