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Self-reliant local economies 755


 
Module code GSO 755
Qualification Postgraduate
Faculty Faculty of Humanities
Module content

Globalisation, the growth-oriented development model and development of macro-economies: implications for and impact on peripheral communities. Critical review of the self-reliant local economic development model: local level financial alternatives, viability of local currencies, effective utilisation of local renewable energy resources. Livelihood diversification, communal farming, families and households as business enterprise units, the spaza and stokvel industry. Role of women in community-level economic development.
Module credits 20.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week, 1 other contact session per week
Language of tuition English
Academic organisation Anthropology and Archaeology
Period of presentation Semester 2
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