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          As part of a larger re-organization of academic schools in 2012, the School of Development Studies has been incorporated into the School of Built Environment and Development Studies together with the schools of Community Development, Architecture Planning and Housing. ...
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 Focus on Africa

     Population Studies and Development Studies have a commitment to contribute to African scholarship in a sustained and meaningful way, and in a variety of forms.
       
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Annual Report 2010 [Annual Report] Print


       
       

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 Independent Views and Comments on the School and the Centre for Civil Society

     A comment made by Dr Miles Larmer, University of Sheffield.
       
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School of Development Studies Newsletter: June/July 2011 [Newsletter] Print

School of Development Studies Newsletter June/July, 2011.

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 Student Exchange

Congratulations go to Simon Halvey, Mary Msowoya and Jackie Shandu, three of our students who have been selected to go for a period of six months to the University Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany, from September 2012 to February 2013.

 Poverty: Building the Research Agenda for Impact Assessment, 4-6 June, 2012

     The South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI) in Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment is to hold an international workshop entitled 'Poverty: Building the Research Agenda for Impact Assessment' in Stellenbosch on 4-6 June, 2012. to see the full programme, click on 'Resource' ...
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 International Study on Informal Economy

     An international study of the informal economy is being undertaken over the period 2012-14 in 10 cities around the world - Ahmedabad, Pune, Lahore, Bangkok, Bogota, Lima, Belo Horizonte, Durban, Accra and Nakuru. It is the first ever panel study of work in the informal economy. A research and ...
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 Congratulations to PhD graduate, Mike Rogan

       
      Congratulations go to Michael Rogan (pictured here with Professor ...
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 Graduation 2012

     
      Congratulations to Development Studies and Population Studies Masters graduates!


 Recent Seminars 2012 and 2011

     
      On 16th May, 2012 Mark Hunter presented a seminar entitled Circuits of Schooling and the Production of Space: the Household, Education, and Symbolic Struggles after Apartheid.
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 Latest Working Papers

     Posel, D. and Rudwick, S. (2011) Marriage and ilobolo [Bridewealth] in contemporary Zulu Society, Development Studies Working Paper No. 60
      Rossouw, J. and Breytenbach, A. (2011) ...
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 Latest Research Report

     Valodia, I.(ed.) (2011) South Africa's informal economy: reflections from a second Exposure Dialogue in Durban. School of Development Studies Research Report, 90.
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 Reorganization of structures in 2012

     
Please note that as part of a larger re-organization of academic schools at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the School of Development Studies has been incorporated into the School of Built Environment and Development Studies together with the schools of Community Development ...
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 Our Graduates Work or Study in Far-flung Places

     Our graduates land up working or studying further in far-flung parts of the world. For more information (derived from what our graduates tell us) see Where are they after qualifying? (As this information is supplied on an ad hoc basis, ...
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