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Devine, Jonathan Hugh. "Rural Community Attitudes Towards Tourism." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2006. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/DevineJH2006.pdf.

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Lowndes, Theresa Maria. "Privatisation, rural railways and community development." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/2178.

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This thesis examines two separate, but interrelated, issues, namely rail privatisation and rural dependency on the availability of rail transport. The thesis was based on the proposition that rural accessibility permits the development and sustainability of the social and economic lives of a community and that this interrelationship is currently threatened by rail privatisation and the associated risks of line closures or service cutbacks. To test this proposition a thorough investigation into the theory and practice of privatisation was completed, together with a comprehensive survey of the t

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Cobbinah, J. E. "Barriers in community participation and rural development." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5263.

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The concept of participation seems to reflect in most development programmes that involve people at the grassroots level. In Ghana, the introduction of the decentralization programme in the late 1980s that aimed at promoting effective, comprehensive and rapid development, more especially in the rural areas also adopted participatory approach. The approach led to the introductory of district assembly system which was to enhance the involvement of people at the grassroots in participatory activities. However, since the introduction of the decentralisation system to promote grassroots level parti

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Hopkins, Grant Camden. "Would an asset-based community development approach counteract a community deficit mindset in Leliefontein?" Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1009316.

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This research report aims to explore the potential of an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) approach in Leliefontein. Through the ABCD process, an inventory of the individual capacities of a sample group will be undertaken, as well as an inventory of the significant local associations, organisations and institutions, as well as their capacities. The objective will be to use the asset-mapping process to challenge negative community self-perceptions, enabling them to build new, positive images that empower and release latent potential. The information gathered will also be made available t

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Hazell, Peter, and n/a. "Community title or community chaos : environmental management, community development and governance in rural residential developments established under community title." University of Canberra. Resource, Environment and Heritage Science, 2002. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050415.124034.

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This thesis contends that; in mainstream rural residential development around the Australian Capital Territory, use of community title guidelines for sub-division should consider social processes and environmental considerations along-side economic imperatives and interactions. Community title is a form of land tenure that allows for private freehold ownership of land as well as community owned land within the one sub-division. In New South Wales, community title was introduced in 1990 under the Community Land Development Act 1989 (NSW) and the Community Land Management Act 1989 (NSW). Since t

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Gunawan, Prayitno. "Temporal Migration and Community Development in Rural Indonesia." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/199292.

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Bassolé, Léandre. "Rural infrastructure, community-driven-development and child anthropometrics." Clermont-Ferrand 1, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008CLF10001.

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Oncescu, Jacquelyn. "The impact of a school's closure on rural community residents' lives." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/24094.

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In this dissertation, I use a single qualitative case study methodology, participant observation, focus groups, and semi-structured interviews to explore how a rural school’s closure influenced the lives of residents in one rural farming community: Limerick, Saskatchewan, Canada. Three “stand alone” papers comprise this dissertation. In the first paper, I investigate the impacts of the school’s closure on rural families. In the second paper, I explore the ways Limerick School’s closure affected adults without school-aged children. In the final paper, I assess school closure’s impact on gendere

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Coetzee, Ilse-Marí. "The assessment of a rural community's needs and expectations regarding a community association." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50468.

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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Community associations and community centres have become a common phenomenon throughout South Africa. The aims of these associations and centres are closely linked to community development. Research has found that activities related to development programmes at such centres come to an end when facilitators hand the programmes over to the community. This was indeed the case at the Darling Focus Association and Centre in Darling. A possible reason for this was that the community's needs and expectations were not being met.

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Williams, Dale. "A participatory approach to evaluating voluntary rural community-based organizations is an effective tool from organizational learning and ensuing rural community development, as evidenced in the participative evaluation of the Southern Riverina Rural Advisory Service /." View thesis View thesis, 1995. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030603.110449/index.html.

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Msutu, Ntombethemba Lungisa. "Evaluation of community participation in a rural development project." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1665.

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People have their own different understanding of the meaning of participation. Thus cannot put one meaning to participation. As a woman who grew up in the rural areas for most of my life, I have witnessed the problems in most of the rural development projects. I have first ‐ hand experience of how the unavailability of these projects has affected the rural communities at large, at the same time, I have witnessed how those who have managed to get some of these projects started have benefitted more ways than one way in these rural development projects. Some of these projects have become a succes

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Murphy, Samantha J. "Rural planning and community development in Prince Edward Island." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ63543.pdf.

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Poomkaew, Pimolporn. "Leadership, social capital and community development in rural Thailand." Thesis, University of York, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.428462.

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Walsh, Kathleen Mary. "The potential of participatory evaluation for rural community development." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/6544408e-dc4b-4849-afba-3f4e6dc27336.

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Thompson, William Thompson. "Outcomes of Professional Development for Rural Community College Leaders." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2897.

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To mitigate the loss of experienced administrators, community college leaders create internal grow-your-own (GYO) leadership development programs. Although the purpose of these programs is to ensure institutional efficacy by developing a pipeline of administrative and faculty leaders, little attention has been given to learning about the participants' post-program career advancement over time. Consequently, the value of GYO leadership training for participants is not well known. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the post-program professional development of a group of pa

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Mamburu, David Nyadzani. "The evaluarion of the impact of a community empowerment programme on rural communities." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2000. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03122007-133235.

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Molapo, Maletsabisa. "Designing with community health workers: feedback-integrated multimedia learning for rural community health." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27977.

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Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an integral part of the rural health system, and it is imperative that their voices are accommodated in digital health projects. In the mobile health education project discussed in this thesis (The Bophelo Haeso project), we sought to find ways to amplify CHWs' voices, enabling them to directly influence design and research processes as well as technological outcomes. The Bophelo Haeso (BH) project equips CHWs with health videos on their mobile phones to use for educating and counselling the rural public. We investigated how to best co-design, with CHWs, a f

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Boakye-Agyei, Kwame. "Fostering civic engagement stakeholder participation in rural projects in Ghana /." Fairfax, VA : George Mason University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1920/4543.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--George Mason University, 2009.<br>Vita: p. 233. Thesis director: Susan Crate. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science and Public Policy. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed June 10, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-232). Also issued in print.

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Chatindo, Annah. "Community development and rural poverty in Zimbabwe : a policy perspective." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/6092.

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There is persistence of rural poverty in African countries despite efforts by governments to implement community development projects to curb poverty in impoverished rural communities. Zimbabwe adopted the Poverty Alleviation Action Plan (PAAP) under which community development programme was initiated. Community development projects by NGOs and government did not manage to meet the needs of the impoverished communities in Mvuma rural communities. More so, the incremental approach to policy making adopted by the government of Zimbabwe failed to embrace the principles of community development, f

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Jamieson, Martin. "Creating space to understand school-based community development within a rural Malawian community." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2018. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/17471/.

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The setting for this research is a rural community in the central region of Malawi. As a qualitative case-study it explores attitudes towards development as well as the processes school-based community development might go through to achieve a permanent increase in adaptability (Taylor, 2005). This adaptability is the ability of local communities to finance and maintain interventions and then adapt to changes in the social and economic environment. This thesis explores opportunities the community may develop to avoid dependence on outside control as they become increasingly self-sustaining. Th

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Tung, Chi-fat. "Developing a strategic plan for rural community development in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42574390.

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Akorede, Muideen Oluwafemi. "Translating development : an ethnographic study of community-driven development in rural Nigeria." Thesis, University of East London, 2010. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/2599/.

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This thesis focuses on the dynamics of donor-funded policy and projects in rural Nigeria, bringing out the contending understandings and uses of Community Driven Development (CDD). CDD in an approach to localizing development resources adopted by the Community-Based Poverty Reduction Project (CPRP), a partnership involving the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the Nigerian government in 2001. The study investigated what meanings those described as beneficiaries attach to CDD and associated projects, especially in terms of how they interact in the latter spaces. Also, the study explo

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McGehee, Nancy Gard. "Effects of tourism-related cooperatives on community development in Appalachia /." This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06232009-063350/.

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Liem, Kok-ie. "Redevelopment of Tai O." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25944897.

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Saíde, Eusébio M. "Community building for economic empowerment in rural Mozambique : an exploratory study in the Maganja da Costa District /." Link to the online version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/1187.

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Broadaway, Sally. "Bicycle tourism and rural community development: an asset based approach." Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13651.

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Master of Science<br>Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional Community Planning<br>Stephanie A. Rolley<br>As bicycle tourists seek interesting experiences along low traffic roads, rural communities are poised to embrace bicycle tourism as a community development strategy. Asset based community development provides a methodology for communities to utilize assets that already exist within their communities to meet the needs of these tourists. The community capitals framework then provides a platform for analyzing and discussing the existing assets, as well as helping hone in on ways comm

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Bobillier, Claude Walter. "Education for community participation in rural development in the Sahel." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1986. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020162/.

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Alpaugh, Amanda Danielle. "A systematic approach to project portfolio selection for economic development in municipalities: a case study in Vienna, Missouri." Diss., Rolla, Mo. : Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2008. http://scholarsmine.mst.edu/thesis/pdf/Alpaugh_09007dcc8050aaa7.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2008.<br>Vita. The entire thesis text is included in file. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed May 29, 2008) Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-77).

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Tung, Chi-fat, and 董志發. "Developing a strategic plan for rural community development in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42574390.

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Chimbera, Admire Phineas. "Impact of apostolic beliefs and practices on community development in rural community in Zimbabwe : implications for social work practice." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1962.

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Kennealy, Patrick Joseph Bailey L. Conner. "Community capacity and rural housing in the Black Belt." Auburn, Ala., 2005. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2005%20Summer/master's/KENNEALY_PATRICK_35.pdf.

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BESINGI, TIMOTHY BESINGI. "COMMUNITY PLANNING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE CASE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN CAMEROON 1961-2004." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1132188333.

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Mangokwana, Andries Mphoto. "Makgotla : a vehicle for development in rural communities?" Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14278.

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Bibliography: leaves 136-141.<br>This is an exploratory study using a qualitative approach. This study attempts to explore the nature of makgotla found in the rural community of Ramokgopa. It examines the structure and operation, nature of services rendered, successes, areas of concern as well as the role of makgotla played in community development. The primary objective was to assess the viability of makgotla as a vehicle for development in rural communities. Data was collected via in-depth interviews, and using a community-forum approach. Eleven headmen/key members and five consumers of serv

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Lentswane, Moloko Peter. "The impact of development funding on community development : a case study of the National Development Agency in Makhuduthamaga Municipality in the Limpopo Province." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1448.

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Thesis (M.DEV.) -- University of Limpopo, 2013<br>The study aims to provide insights into the nature and extent of development funding provided to various poverty eradication projects by the National Development Agency (NDA) and its subsequent impact on reducing poverty in the predominantly rural communities of the Makhuduthamaga Municipality in the Limpopo Province. It examines in detail the impact made by the NDA on community development through the disbursement of funds to poverty eradication projects. It also provides insights into the total number of the NDA-funded projects and the total

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Williams, Dale, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, and School of Agriculture and Rural Development. "A participatory approach to evaluating voluntary rural community-based organizations is an effective tool for organizational learning and ensuing rural community development, as evidenced in the participative evaluation of the Southern Riverina Rural Advisory Service." THESIS_FAH_ARD_Williams_D.xml, 1995. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/69.

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The central argument of this thesis is that participative approaches to evaluating voluntary rural community-based organisations are an effective tool for organisational learning and ensuing rural community development. This proposition is explored through the evaluation and strategic planning of the Southern Riverina Rural Advisory Service, a community-based counselling organisation. The Service works with families experiencing financial hardship and associated stress. The thesis is multi-faceted and generic issues included: the importance of commitment by rural communities and organisations

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Rawana, Yolisa. "Primary education and rural community development in King William's Town District." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1007750.

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The focus of this research was to investigate the lack of access to primary education in King William's Town district in Eastern Cape which is inhibiting rural community development. The aim of the study was to determine whether geographic location have effects on attendance of school, to perceive gender discrepancy in primary education, to investigate what cost as a factor that contributes to a child's access and attendance to a primary education and to make recommendations to improve the situation. The study followed a descriptive research method. Data was collected by studying relevant exis

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Espanol-Echaniz, I. M. "Policies for the development of remote rural communities - a comparative study : The highlands and islands of Scotland and Eastern Andalusia in Spain." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.382313.

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Miller, Mark Alan. "Exploring rural community readiness for participation in community and natural resource development extension education programs." Connect to resource, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1261410028.

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Redd, David Allen. "Yoruba migrants : a study of rural-urban linkages and community development." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ50561.pdf.

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Stanley, Lois A. 1961. "Community asset building in rural development : an analysis of military-base redevelopment in rural host communities." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8518.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2002.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 158-164).<br>This dissertation is about opportunities in rural development. Often we think of development as a function of location. In the pursuit of economic development, analysts and practitioners tend to consider the advantages--economic, geographic, and institutional--of one location over another. Rural areas often weigh in toward the bottom of such analyses because they enjoy few of the traditional, i.e., location-dependent, resources for develo

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Jones, Geraldine Schulyer. "Community planning in Hampshire County, West Virginia a landowner's motivation to subdivide /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2003. https://etd.wvu.edu/etd/controller.jsp?moduleName=documentdata&jsp%5FetdId=1.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2003.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 180 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-81).

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Ewart, Sande. "Mutual aid as community development : accessing potable water in rural El Salvador /." Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2008.

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Lentswane, Moloke Peter. "The impact of development funding on community development : a case study of the National Development Agency in Makhuduthamaga Municipality in the Limpopo Province." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1012.

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Thesis (M.Dev.) -- University of Limpopo, 2013<br>The study aims to provide insights into the nature and extent of development funding provided to various poverty eradication projects by the National Development Agency (NDA) and its subsequent impact on reducing poverty in the predominantly rural communities of the Makhuduthamaga Municipality in the Limpopo Province. It examines in detail the impact made by the NDA on community development through the disbursement of funds to poverty eradication projects. It also provides insights into the total number of the NDA-funded projects and the total

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Tarekegn, Tefera Alemu. "Challenges of development in Nibgee Village, Ethiopia : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Development Studies /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/639.

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Barton, Julia Allison. "Agricultural and Food System Development at the Rural-Urban Interface." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1284742419.

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Sabran, Mohammad Shatar. "Leadership the success of community development projects in Malaysia : two case studies /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9946293.

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Mukozho, Delight. "Prospects and challenges of the rural non-farm economy in Zimbabwe: a case of Seke rural district." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/568.

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The Rural Non-Farm Economy (RNFE) is a concept that has gained significance quite recently. Its significance has been prompted by the realisation that agriculture alone cannot sustain the poor subsistence farmers in Zimbabwe. This realisation comes amid the growing concern over increased hunger and poverty in the country‟s rural areas due to a decline in agricultural production. Drawing on the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) this study postulates that RNFE is a livelihood strategy that can address rural poverty and social transformation in Zimbabwe. Such an approach to rural development

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Lackey, Douglas Eugene. "Participation in rural health development : a case study in Kenya." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1997. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2479/.

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Achieving active participation of community members in community-based health care programmes (CBHC) is a challenging and complex task. It is also a criterion for successful programming and is promoted as a universal truth and requirement for primary health care development. Nevertheless, most CBHC programmes admit that more needs to be done to achieve satisfactory levels of community involvement. Thus, a better understanding is required as to why success in community involvement has been in most part, elusive. The thesis uses a historical perspective to examine the emergence of participation

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McGehee, Nancy G. "Effects of tourism-related cooperatives on community development in Appalachia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43444.

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Rising poverty rates, increases in joblessness, and the depletion of traditional means of livelihood (such as agriculture and large industry), are all forces working to diminish the ability for the rural Appalachian to make a living (Appalachian Regional Commission, 1993). Many rural development professionals interested in cultivating new options are including the concept of the cooperative as a tool for economic development. However, there is some controversy over whether the cooperative form of organization is an optimal method of economic development for rural America. The same had been sai

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Mbulayi, Shingirai P. "Energy and sustainable development: the case of Dewedzo rural community in Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/866.

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Energy poverty is a concept that has gained significance quite recently. Its significance has been prompted by the realization that without sustainable modern energy alternatives for the rural poor, prospects for rural transformation remains low. The recognition of modern energy as one of the missing link in rural transformation comes amid the growing concern about the negative effects of relying on traditional energy services and the increasing forecasts that most developing countries are likely to miss their MDG targets by 2015. Drawing on the Modernization and the Sustainable Development Ap

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