Common Country Assessment - Swaziland, 1997

Contents | Introduction | Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Livelihoods | Advancement/Empowerment of Women | Child Rights/Child Development/Child Protection | Education | Population | Environment | Health | STD/HIV/AIDS | Food Security/Nutrition | Governance and Participation | Institution Building | Summary and Conclusion

By McDermott, M.D., 1997. Mbabane.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter One - Introduction

1.1 Physical
1.2 Historical Background
1.3 General
1.4 Social
1.5 Economic Indicators
List of Indicators

Chapter Two - Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Livelihoods

2.1 Poverty
2.2 Employment/Sustainable Livelihoods
2.3 Labour and Occupational Profile
List of Indicators

Chapter Three - Advancement/Empowerment of Women

List of Indicators

Chapter Four - Child Rights/Child Development/Child Protection

List of Indicators

Chapter Five- Education

List of Indicators

Chapter Six - Population

List of Indicators

Chapter Seven - Environment

List of Indicators

Chapter Eight - Health

Reproductive Health
List of Indicators

Chapter Nine - STD/HIV/AIDS

List of Indicators

Chapter Ten - Food Security/Nutrition

Food Security
Nutrition
List of Indicators

Chapter Eleven - Governance and Participation

List of Indicators

Chapter Twelve - Institution Building

Chapter Thirteen - Summary and Conclusion

List of Indicators

Acronyms

FOOTNOTES

Chapter One

  1. West, G. 1996. An Assessment of Economic Performance 1968-1995 and Economic Prospects 1995-2000. (Draft). MEPD. Mbabane. p.148
  2. Remmelzwaal, A. 1993. Physiographical Map of Swaziland. MOAC. Mbabane.
  3. West, 1996, p.6.
  4. MEPD.1997. Swaziland: Poverty Assessment by the Poor. (Draft). MEPD. Mbabane. p.14.
  5. Whiteside, A. & Wood, G. 1993. Socio-Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in Swaziland. (Draft). MEPD. Mbabane. p.92.
  6. West, p.196.
  7. Whiteside & Wood, p.91.
  8. West, p. 137.
  9. WHO. 1996. The Kingdom of Swaziland: A National Health Profile. (Draft). Mbabane. p.9.
  10. GOS. 1997(1). The Economic and Social Reform Agenda. Mbabane. pp. 7-8.
  11. CSO. 1997. Education Statistics 1996. Mbabane.
  12. CSO. 1995. Swaziland Household Income and Expenditure Survey. MEPD. Mbabane. p.13.
  13. CSO. 1996. Swaziland Annual Agriculture Survey 1995-1996. Mbabane.
  14. MHUD. 1995. Swaziland National Physical Development Plan. Mbabane. p.2-6.
  15. Ernst & Young's 1995 Survey of 230 of the 1,000 largest global companies. 89% regarded political instability as the major barrier to investment, and 85% financial risk.
  16. Central Bank of Swaziland 1996-97 Annual Report.
  17. CSO. 1995. p.1.
  18. MEPD, 1997. Also see SHIES, 1995, and the CSO's 1996 Agricultural Survey, p.136.
  19. CSO, 1996, p.136
  20. MEPD, 1996. Development Plan 1996/97-1998/99. Mbabane. p.11.
  21. CSO.1995. Annual Statistical Bulletin. p.30.
  22. MHUD, 1995, p.p. 7-5 to 7-7.

Chapter Two

  1. GOS. 1997(2). National Development Strategy (NDS): Twenty -Five Year Vision. (Draft). MEPD. Mbabane.
  2. UNDP. 1997. Human Development Report 1997. Oxford University Press. New York. p. 147.
  3. Ibid., p.5
  4. Ibid., p.18
  5. Ibid, pp. 6-14 (rephrased and edited).
  6. MEPD, 1997, p.5.
  7. Central Bank, 1997
  8. CSO, 1995.
  9. Ibid.
  10. GOS, 1997, p.100

Chapter Three

  1. Bekker, J.C. 1983. Marriage, Money, Property and the Law. Butterworths. Durban. p. 23.
  2. MHUD, 1997. Land Rights in Swaziland: Gender Perspectives. (Draft). Mbabane.
  3. CSO, 1997, pp. 24-25.

Chapter Four

  1. GOS/UNICEF, 1994. Programme of Cooperation 1996-2004. Mbabane.
  2. Ibid, pp.2-6.

Chapter Five

  1. West, 1996, pp. 133-134; WHO, 1996, pp. ix, 9; MEPD, 1993. Assessment of Economic Performance Since Independence. Food Studies Group, Mbabane.
  2. MHUD, 1995, p. 5-7.
  3. West, 1996, p.134; MHUD, 1995, p.5-8; CSO documents and estimates as detailed in text.

Chapter Six

  1. MTEC. 1997. The Swaziland Environmental Action Plan (Draft). Two Vols. Mbabane. Vol. 1, p.2.

Chapter Seven

  1. MTEC, 1997, Vol 1, p.40.
  2. WHO, 1996, p.xi
  3. GOS/UNICEF, 1994, p.107.
  4. C/- MHUD, 1990. Children and Women in Swaziland: a Draft Situational Analysis. Mbabane. p.vi.
  5. WHO, 1996, pp. xi and 35.
  6. GOS, 1997(2), p.43.
  7. C/- MHUD, 1990, p.30.
  8. WHO, 1996, pp.37-39.
  9. This section relies heavily, but not exclusively, upon the consolidated information in MEPD, 1996, pp. 169-170.

Chapter Eight

  1. SNAP, 1996. Fifth HIV Sentinel Survey: Final Report - 1996. MOH. Mbabane.
  2. West, 1996, p.142.
  3. MHUD, 1996, p.5-5.
  4. James Chin, Maria-Antonia Remenyi, Florence Morrison & Rudolph Bulutao. The Global Epidemiology of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic and its Projected Demographic Impact in Africa. WHO, World Health Statistics Quarterly 45, 1992. Quoted in Whiteside and Wood, 1993, p.17.

Chapter Nine

  1. GOS/MEPD/MOAC. 1996. National Development Strategy, Swaziland: The Agriculture, Land and Rural Development Sector. (Draft). Mbabane. p.27.
  2. Refer CSO, 1995. Swaziland Household Income and Expenditure Survey. Mbabane. p.4.
  3. Ibid., p. 43-44.
  4. MEPD, 1997, p.5.
  5. For example, refer Remmelzwaal & Mc Dermott (Eds), 1997: Towards Sustainable Production and Land Rehabilitation in Swaziland. (Draft). MOAC/UNDP/FAO. Mbabane.
  6. MEPD, 1997, p.14.
  7. Ibid, p.21.
  8. C/- MHUD, 1990, p.56.
  9. GOS / UNICEF, 1994, p.4
  10. MEPD, 1996, .171.
  11. MEPD, 1996, p. 170.

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