How and why do social and sustainable initiatives scale? A systematic review of the literature on social entrepreneurship and grassroots innovation

M van Lunenburg, K Geuijen, A Meijer - VOLUNTAS: International Journal …, 2020 - Springer
Social and sustainable initiatives generally start small and need to scale to create
substantial impact. Our systematic review of 133 articles develops a better understanding of …

The role of land-based strategies in rural livelihoods: the contribution of arable production, animal husbandry and natural resource harvesting in communal areas in …

CM Shackleton, SE Shackleton… - Development Southern …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
The majority of South Africa's rural population resides in the former homelands. Although
cash from urban and government sources is the mainstay of the rural economy in many …

Household wealth status and natural resource use in the Kat River valley, South Africa

CM Shackleton, SE Shackleton - Ecological Economics, 2006 - Elsevier
Much work has demonstrated the significant role and value of non-timber forest products
(NTFPs) in the livelihoods of rural people in southern Africa and elsewhere. The findings …

Beyond the development impasse: the role of local economic development and community self-reliance in rural South Africa

T Binns, E Nel - The Journal of Modern African Studies, 1999 - cambridge.org
The failure of successive generations of imported, Western development strategies and
projects to deliver meaningful reductions in poverty and achieve basic needs in Africa, has …

Nongovernmental organizations," grassroots," and the politics of virtue

D Mindry - Signs: journal of women in culture and Society, 2001 - journals.uchicago.edu
n the course of conducting fieldwork in 1993-94 in Durban, South Africa, I attended a training
workshop for Zenzele field-workers.'Zenzele was a black women's organization that focused …

[图书][B] Development geography

R Hodder - 2005 - taylorfrancis.com
Development Geography is an informative and vibrant introductory level text, with a wealth
of contrasting case-studies and illustrations. Written to stimulate critical thought and …

[图书][B] The borders of race in colonial South Africa

R Ross - 2014 - books.google.com
This book provides a detailed narrative of the Kat River Settlement in the Eastern Cape of
South Africa during the nineteenth century. The settlement was created by the British to use …

Community‐based development, non‐governmental organizations and social capital in post‐apartheid South Africa

E Nel, T Binns, N Motteux - Geografiska Annaler: series B …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Community‐based development strategies are gaining in credibility and acceptance in
development circles internationally and notably in post‐apartheid South Africa. In parallel …

Blood and Blood: Anti‐retroviral Therapy, Masculinity, and Redemption among Adolescent Boys in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

L Gittings, CJ Colvin, R Hodes - Medical anthropology quarterly, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV are among the first generation in South
Africa to grow up with anti‐retroviral therapy and democratic freedoms. In this article, we …

Farming against the odds: an examination of the challenges facing farming and rural development in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa

E Nel, J Davies - Applied Geography, 1999 - Elsevier
Recent political transformation in South Africa has laid the basis for significant
socioeconomic change. One area in which the greatest socioeconomic disparities are …