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Goldman, I. & Pabari, M. (2021) Lessons for using evidence in policy and practice. In: Goldman, I. & Pabari, M. (eds).Using evidence in the policy and practice: lessons from Africa. London: Routledge. 224-241. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15433
This final chapter draws together findings and lessons from this study with reference to the analytical framework described in Chapter 3. We...
Goldman, I., Olaleye, W., Ntakumba, S.S., Makgaba, M. & Waller, C. (2021) Mere compliance or learning: M&E culture in the public service of Benin, Uganda and South Africa. In: Goldman, I. & Pabari, M. (eds).Using evidence in the policy and practice: lessons from Africa. London: Routledge. 54-74. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15432
This chapter builds on research on the performance monitoring and evaluation (M&E)culture in Benin, Uganda and South Africa conducted throug...
Simelane, T., Chikozho, C., Mutanga, S.S., Managa, L.R., Tshililo, F. & Dabata, T. (2021) Status of water security in inland South African cities. Journal of Digital Food, Energy & Water Systems. 1(1):34-64. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15653
Most cities in South Africa are in dire need of water security. Intervention measures to reduce the risk of water shortages now and the near...
Mathentamo, Q. & Lunga, W. (2021) Happiness inequality and income inequality: theories, measurement, and trends. In: Filho, W.L. (ed).Reduced inequalities: encyclopedia of the UN sustainable development goals. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Online. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15652
Happiness is self-reported by individuals and people report different levels of happiness. Some people report high levels while others repor...
Download this reportSoudien, C. (2021) Ontological well-being and the effects of race in South Africa. In: Swartz, S., Cooper, A., Batan, C.M. & Kausa, L.K. (eds).The Oxford handbook of global south youth studies. New York: Oxford University Press. Online. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15649
The concept of ontological insecurity draws attention to uncertainty, instability, and threats to autonomy, as these relate to people' s ide...
Adams, R. & Soudien, C. (2021) Viral life: Covid-19s destabilisation of our thinking. TRANSFORMATION: Critical perspectives on Southern Africa. 104:1-10. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15648
The question of life is and has been one of the most important and keenly contested questions of the modern era. What constitutes life? When...