Author: Sarah Maria VogesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community development
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Critical Success Factors Enabling the Financial Sustainability of South African Donor-funded Community Music Development Proagrammes
Author: Sarah Maria VogesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community development
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Critical Success Factors for a South African Company Doing Projects in Other Developing Countries
Author: Phinda VilakaziCommunity Participation & Financial Sustainability
Author: Dirk MaraisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The book "aims to capture the wealth of development knowledge and experience built up by development fieldworkers. The lessons and case studies, with facilitator's notes, provide an invaluable resource for effective training and facilitate ongoing learning from experience." Includes a chapter on how to develop and write your own case studies.
Communicating Social Return on Investment with Investors in South African Community Music Development Programmes (CMDPs)
Author: Yvonne-Marié BrandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic dissertations
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
South African community music development programmes -- Corporate social investment -- Social return on investment -- Funding -- Social development.
Critical Success Factors for a South African Company Doing Projects in Other Developing Countries
Author: Phinda Mphiwa VilakaziPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The main purpose of this research was to establish the critical success factors that impact project success for major projects in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. The motivation was that South African companies were geographically well positioned to expand into this region which holds some of the world's untapped natural resources with potential for high returns. However the business environment presented unique challenges due to lack of institutional capacity, infrastructure and a weak private sector. This resulted in a dominant role of government as well as community concerns in project execution. Sasol's project, commissioned in 2004, to bring natural gas from Mozambique to South Africa was selected as a case study. The project team, business clients, contractors and independent consultants were interviewed on what were the critical project success factors. The results indicated that the leadership role of the sponsor and an experienced and committed team were critical to project success. The roles of the country manager and the performance of contractors were also highlighted. External to the business organisation were the role of government and the involvement of the community. Government's role on institutional and physical infrastructure development was highlighted. The importance of alignment of all project stakeholders was emphasised as critical. Further, additional time and resources spent on alignment and the initial planning phase were critical to an efficient implementation phase.
Moving Towards a New Service Development (NSD) Framework for Sustainable Financial Service Offerings for the Second Economy
Author: Prithesh RagoobeerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In South Africa the second economy continues to be marginalised in certain areas. This marginalisation exacerbates disparities in wealth. These ills have to be reduced for South Africa to prosper. A key driver for poverty reduction is ensuring all folds of society contribute to economic activity and are included within financial systems. A fundamental step in the process is for organisations to provision financial service offerings for the second economy. Whilst this has occurred, the majority of offerings have failed or have been met with limited success. There is a requirement to understand the customer and their needs hence providing a framework with which an organisation can create sustainable offerings for the second economy. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twelve experts in financial service organisations. These persons had various roles from product managers to managing directors. The respondents hailed from research and non-governmental organisations. Using content and thematic analysis the researcher analysed data from the interviews. This data was used to transform a de jure new service development (NSD) framework created from the literature to a de facto NSD framework. This framework encompasses critical success factors and criteria required for sustainable offer development in South Africa. The research highlighted financial services organisations are not performing the basic processes and those performed, are performed ineptly. There is a dire need for a mind shift change, currently hindered by industry arrogance, to effect new process, to effect radical innovation, to effect new business models, to create sustainable service offerings for the second economy. Finally it's evident a tool such as the de facto NSD framework, or similar, is essential in organisations to start perpetuating this change and supporting leaders in this drive.
Critical Success Factors Determining the Effective Expansion of South African Financial Services Firms Into Sub-Sahara Africa
Author: Finhai Hilary MunzaraPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Financial institutions
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Innovative Financing for Development
Author: Suhas KetkarPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 082137706X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Developing countries need additional, cross-border capital channeled into their private sectors to generate employment and growth, reduce poverty, and meet the other Millennium Development Goals. Innovative financing mechanisms are necessary to make this happen. 'Innovative Financing for Development' is the first book on this subject that uses a market-based approach. It compiles pioneering methods of raising development finance including securitization of future flow receivables, diaspora bonds, and GDP-indexed bonds. It also highlights the role of shadow sovereign ratings in facilitating access to international capital markets. It argues that poor countries, especially those in Sub-Saharan Africa, can potentially raise tens of billions of dollars annually through these instruments. The chapters in the book focus on the structures of the various innovative financing mechanisms, their track records and potential for tapping international capital markets, the constraints limiting their use, and policy measures that governments and international institutions can implement to alleviate these constraints.
Shaping the future we want
Author: Buckler, CaroleePublisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 9231000535
Category : Environmental education
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
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