Browsing Case Study by Subject "Cost of Living"
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April 1995 Case Study: Effect of Structural Adjustment Programmes on African Families
(1995-04-30)During 1994, two significant events occurred that focused attention on the family as the center of human society. The first was the commemoration by the United Nations of the "International Year of the Family" (IYF). The ... -
Auguest 1997 Case Study: Opting for the Poor in Our Catholic Schools
(1997-08-30)While the phrase, "option for the poor," may be of fairly recent origin, its foundation is as old as the Scriptures. The God of Israel showed special concern for the poor and took up their cause (see Psalm 103:6; Proverbs ... -
August 1992 Case Study: The Social Context of the Amecea Countries on the Eve of the African Synod
(1992-08-30)What seems to me to be very important to focus or) in both the First and the Second Independence is the role of the church. Correct me if I am mistaken, but is it not true to say that the church especially the official ... -
January 1996 Case Study: The Pastoral Circle: Background and Use
(1996-01-30)For several decades, church pastoral workers have followed the "see, judge, act" methodology introduced by the Cardin-related movements (e.g., Young Christian Workers* Young Christian Students), This method is a popular ... -
January 1997 Bulletin: SAP: Is it the Solution or the Problem? the Case Study of Zambia
(1997-01-30)When the Bishops of Eastern and Southern Africa issued their "Message" at the close of the 1994 African Synod, they reflected on the serious sociology-economic suffering experienced by so many of their people in various ... -
January 1998 Case Study: A Continent on the Margins
(1998-01-30)Contemporary Africa can be compared to the man who went down from Jerusalem to Jericho; he fell among robbers who stripped him, beat him and went away, leaving him half-dead (cf. Lk 10:30-37). Africa is a continent where ... -
January 2000 Case Study: Grassroots Analysis: The Emphasis on Culture
(2000-01-30)First, there was an intellectual moment Here acknowledge the insight and emphasis of my colleague for many years at the Center of Concern in Washington DC, Joe Holland. Writing in the "Preface" of the revised and enlarged ... -
June 1996 Case Study: Zambia's Church Toward the Year 2000
(1996-06-30)The Catholic Church in Africa has been given a profound challenge for moving into the Third Millennium. This challenge has come from the African Synod and is expressed by the question raised by one of the Synod leaders: ... -
May 1997 Debt and Structural Adjustment: A Case Study of Zambia
(1997-05-30)Many of the international campaigns to support cancellation of foreign debt in poor countries use a particularly disturbing statistic from Zambia as an example of the impact of debt: Between 1990 and 1993, the government ... -
May 1998 Case Study: What to do About Poverty in Zambia?
(1998-05-30)Poverty in Africa is big in the news these days. But will it be big in the policy decisions here in Zambia? The recent regional meeting in Windhoek, Namibia, highlighted the extremely serious depth and dimensions of poverty ... -
September 1995 Case Study: The Role of the Church in Delivery of Sustainable Health Care: Reflection on Basic Theology and Ethical Principles
(1995-09-30)Health care has long been associated with the mission of the church to evangelize, to bring the Good News to all nations. In Mark's account of the mission of the first disciples after the Resurrection, Jesus promises that ...
