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Impact measurement: Ithuba Trust grantmaking strategy towards poverty eradication and sustainable development
Thesis (DPhil (Social Work))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/28024 Impact measurement: Ithuba Trust grantmaking strategy towards poverty eradication and sustainable development Lombard, A. (Antoinette) Matube, Joyce Mmule Human development Strategy Sustainable development Social work Poverty Partnerships Non-government organizations Impact measurement Grantmaker Globalization Empowerment UCTD Thesis (DPhil (Social Work))--University of Pretoria, 2005. Social work as a science and profession, particularly through its social work research, has always concerned itself with the verification of the impact of its interventions. However, in practice, formal systematic impact studies have lagged behind. Grantmaking, which is fast becoming a career, is also under scrutiny regarding the measurement of its funding impact. The aim of the study was to measure the impact of Ithuba Trust’s financing policy and operations for access to its funds. Data was collected by means of a literature review on poverty and inequality and an empirical study. The empirical study was conducted in two stages. During the first qualitative study, data was collected by means of a series of focus group interviews. Mailed questionnaires and document analysis of the sample files kept at Ithuba Trust offices were used to collect data in the second quantitative phase. The research findings revealed that Ithuba Trust funding policy and operations facilitated access to its funding as a contribution towards poverty eradication. Notwithstanding, the organization was found lacking in narrowing the gap between developed and under-developed communities. This discrepancy was ascribed to Ithuba Trust’s adherence to the past apartheid laws which were in force at the time and favoured developed communities. Poverty eradi-cation is about partnerships. This study concluded that the uneven distribution of Ithuba Trust’s funding is a microcosm of the uneven trade relations in the global poverty eradication initiatives, which involve partnerships between the poor and the rich. Due to barriers such as digital divide, globalization and access to markets, which favour the rich and powerful, poor people become marginalized from such skewed partnerships, reinforcing the increasing levels of poverty as resources get misplaced. The contribution of the study lies in sensitizing development practitioners on the significance of impact studies in intervention programmes in order to ensure that the poor people’s interests are defended and protected for their ultimate development. The outcome of the study was a Community Ownership Market Development Strategy to be presented to the Ithuba Trust Board of Trustees as a recommendation for consideration regarding their intended amendments to the existing funding policy and procedures. Social Work and Criminology Unrestricted 2013-09-07T12:44:28Z 2005-09-19 2013-09-07T12:44:28Z 2005-05-08 2005 2005-09-19 Thesis Matube, J 2005, Impact measurement: Ithuba Trust grantmaking strategy towards poverty eradication and sustainable development, DPhil thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28024 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28024 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09192005-121304/ © 2005, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Human development Strategy Sustainable development Social work Poverty Partnerships Non-government organizations Impact measurement Grantmaker Globalization Empowerment UCTD Impact measurement: Ithuba Trust grantmaking strategy towards poverty eradication and sustainable development |
| title | Impact measurement: Ithuba Trust grantmaking strategy towards poverty eradication and sustainable development |
| title_full | Impact measurement: Ithuba Trust grantmaking strategy towards poverty eradication and sustainable development |
| title_fullStr | Impact measurement: Ithuba Trust grantmaking strategy towards poverty eradication and sustainable development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact measurement: Ithuba Trust grantmaking strategy towards poverty eradication and sustainable development |
| title_short | Impact measurement: Ithuba Trust grantmaking strategy towards poverty eradication and sustainable development |
| title_sort | impact measurement ithuba trust grantmaking strategy towards poverty eradication and sustainable development |
| topic | Human development Strategy Sustainable development Social work Poverty Partnerships Non-government organizations Impact measurement Grantmaker Globalization Empowerment UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28024 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09192005-121304/ |