Rural Livelihoods and Community Development
QUESTION 1
a Provide detail definition/description the following terms:
a. Absolute poverty
b. Relative poverty
c. Relative deprivation
d. Combine Income Deprivation Measure
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QUESTION 2
Discuss why it is important for planners to understand the concept of rural livelihood.
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QUESTION 3
a. Outline ten (10) criteria for defining a community.
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b. Describe all the principles of community development.
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QUESTION 4
a. Rural livelihood characteristics are said to be structural in nature. Based on this statement
discuss in detail seven (7) different rural livelihood characteristics.
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b. Cavaye {2006) asserts that "Rural community development is a process where local people can
not only create more jobs, income, and infrastructure, but also help their community become
fundamentally better and able to manage the change". Discuss what is meant by rural
community development.
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QUESTION 5
a. Most rural households use a range of activities after the occurrence of natural disaster such as
drought as means of coping strategies. Outline nine of these coping strategies that are used. (9)
b. The Ministry of Urban and Rural development formulated the National Rural Development
Strategy- (NRDS) in 2013 that aims at dealing with complex rural issues. This strategy was based
on four different themes. Identify these four different themes as well as their respective
objectives as highlighted in the NRDS.
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First Opportunity Examination Question Paper
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June 2023