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dc.contributor.authorNoel Garikai Muridzoen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-11T13:48:04Z-
dc.date.available2024-12-11T13:48:04Z-
dc.date.issued2024-06-30-
dc.identifier.urihttps://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/6439-
dc.description.abstractReal development should be seen as more than just economic growth. Social Workers have important roles in the development of Africa. Mupedziswa, Sewpaul, Lombard, and others have put forward developmental social work as an approach that addresses issues affecting people at the macro level, nipping underdevelopment causal factors in the bud. Developmental social work abandons the reactionary and residual approach to problems. To celebrate Africa Day, the Africa Social Work and Development Network holds annual indabas where social work scholars and practitioners make presentations and discuss identified themes. Answering the questions why, how & why, this article presents one of the presentations delivered at Africa Day Indaba on 25 May 2023 and the ensuing discussion on social work's contribution to the socio-economic development of Africa. The presentation adopted a developmental social work lensen_US
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dc.publisherNational Association of Social Workers-Zimbabween_US
dc.relation.ispartofAfrican Journal of Social Worken_US
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectdevelopmental social worken_US
dc.subjectsocial developmenten_US
dc.subjectsocio-economic developmenten_US
dc.subjectsocial problemsen_US
dc.subjectsocial worken_US
dc.titleSocial work's contribution to socio-economic development–why, how & who?en_US
dc.title.alternativePresentation delivered at Africa Day Indaba, 25 May 2023en_US
dc.typeresearch articleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4314/ajsw.v14i3.4-
dc.contributor.affiliationDirector of the School of Social Work, Midlands University, Harare, Zimbabwe, and President of International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Africa, 2016- 2024en_US
dc.relation.issn2409-5605en_US
dc.description.volume14en_US
dc.description.issue3en_US
dc.description.startpage133en_US
dc.description.endpage139en_US
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