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Albert Luthuli Municipality community-based labour-intensive IRMA infrastructure provision: Findings of an impact study

Author: Mashiri, M ; Dube, S ; Chakwizira, J Date: Aug 2010 This paper briefly describes the community-based labour-intensive construction of the Integrated Rural Mobility and Access (IRMA) transportation infrastructure projects using selected beneficiary villages in Albert Luthuli local municipality ... Read more
Climate change handbook for North-Eastern South Africa

Author: Davis, C Date: Apr 2010 In many countries, decision-makers are seeking information from a wide range of disciplines on the potential impacts of climate change on environmental and socio-economic systems. This handbook is designed to present future climate change ... Read more
Co-creating an ICT artefact with elderly rural women in Mafarafara: A social structuration account

Author: Smith, R ; Turpin, M ; Herselman, Martha E Date: Apr 2019 In South Africa, elderly rural women is the most socio-economically disadvantaged group: their age, gender and rural location all contribute to their disempowerment. For this reason, an ICT4D project was undertaken by the CSIR with the aim ... Read more
Connecting transport, agriculture and rural development: Experiences from Mhlontlo local municipality integrated infrastructure atlas

Author: Chakwizira, J ; Nhemachena, C ; Mashiri, M Date: Aug 2010 This paper establishes the connection between transport, agriculture and rural development. The paper achieves this purpose by drawing from the experiences of the Mhlontlo municipality integrated infrastructure atlas project. The connection ... Read more
Exploring business models for open innovation in rural living labs

Author: Schaffers, H ; Cordoba, MG ; Hongisto, P ; Kallai, T ; Merz, C ; Van Rensburg, J Date: Jun 2007 Living Labs are user-centric environments for open innovation characterized by early and continuous involvement of users and by user-driven rapid prototyping cycles. Establishing sustainable partnerships of stakeholders with a shared set of ... Read more
Options for suitable biofuel farming: Experience from Southern Africa

Author: Von Maltitz, Graham P Date: Apr 2017 Southern African countries’ interest in biofuel is due of its rural development potential. Finding models to optimize this benefit is therefore paramount. High-energy-density crops with low perishability allow farmers to grow small quantities ... Read more
Preparedness of South African deep rural SMMEs to deliver e-government services to local communities

Author: Dlodlo, N ; Krause, C ; Mathaba, SU ; Mvelase, PS ; Kabanda, SK Date: Oct 2009 This paper reports on a research to assess the readiness of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) to deliver e-government services to deep rural communities through information dissemination by the SMMEs. This research was conducted as ... Read more
Re-impact: forest based bioenergy for sustainable development in developing countries

Author: Amezaga, JM ; Harrison, J ; Von Maltitz, Graham P ; Tennigkeit, T ; Tiwari, S ; Windhorst, K Date: Jun 2009 Re-Impact "Rural Energy Production from Bioenergy Projects" is a project funded by the European Union Aid Cooperation office which is promoting a sustainability assessment framework for bioenergy projects focussed on rural development in ... Read more
Stretching the concept of the expanded public works programme in South Africa: Tracing the footsteps and gauging the footprints - the unfinished rural development transformation story

Author: Chakwizira, J Date: Aug 2010 This study is an attempt at drawing policy attention and debate to the complex inter-relationship between gender relations, income and productive assets through an analysis of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in South Africa's rural ... Read more
Sustainable development criteria for Built Environment projects in South Africa (CSIR)

Author: Gibberd, Jeremy T Date: Jan 2010 This paper is based on work undertaken for the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) developing a set of sustainable development criteria for built environment projects requiring environmental impact assessments. ... Read more
Using the integrated rural mobility and access (IRMA) approach in prospering rural South Africa

Author: Chakwizira, J ; Mashiri, M ; Nhemachena, C Date: Nov 2008 This paper presents an examination and analysis of rural development struggles facing contemporary South Africa. An analytical transportation approach is used to tease out current theory, practice and obstacles to rural development sustainability. ... Read more
Women, participation and design in ICT4D: Addressing barriers using a co-creation approach

Author: Smith, R Date: Nov 2015 Rural middle-aged women are the backbone of their communities despite their being the most disadvantaged population group in South Africa and in other developing countries. Uplifting and empowering these women can positively influence a whole ... Read more

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