Prof Derica Kotzé

Qualifications

• Dlitt et Phil Development Studies (Unisa, 2000)

Fields of academic interests

• Gender equality and empowerment
• Food security
• Participatory community-based development

Field of Specialisation

• Food security
• Development project management
• Gender and development
• Development policy and projects
• Participatory research methodology
• Community-based development
• Donor aid

Books

Book chapters:

• Poverty, food security and development, in Swanepoel, H & De Beer, F (eds). Introduction to development studies. Johannesburg: International Thomson Publishing. 1999.
• Human resource development, in Liebenberg, FS & Stewart, P (eds).  Participatory development management and the RDP. Cape Town: Juta. 1997.

Journal articles

• Women’s perceptions and attitudes about recycling in Midstream Estate: a case study in South Africa, in The International Journal of Environmental Sustainability 10, 2015.

• The failure of cross-country regression analysis in measuring the impact of foreign aid, accepted to be published in Journal of Developing Societies, 2014. Co-author: AGP Collodel.

• The impact of non-formal education on skills and knowledge of community development workers: a case study, in Africa Development XXXVII (2) 2012.

• The challenges of accessing information and communication technologies as indicated by women entrepreneurs in Pretoria, South Africa, in The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 6(4), 2012. Co-authors FS Modiba & J Eloff.

• Is community-based participation a key instrument to addressing the plight of child-headed households in South Africa?, in Commonwealth Youth and Development 9(2), 2011.

• Linking human rights, gender equality and the MDGs, in Africanus 39(1), 2009.
• Role of women in the household economy, food production and food security: policy guidelines, in Outlook on Agriculture 23(2), 2003.

• The need for adult education, in Africanus 24(2), 1994.