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Uncover the lives of 20 real-life spies who made it their mission
to uncover the truth and collect secret information from their
enemies... This book presents personal accounts and testimonies
from spies all over the world and throughout history and brings key
moments in history to life for young readers. This book journeys
around the world and delves back and forth in time to introduce
readers to a host of incredible spies who dedicated their lives to
world of espionage. Meet Alan Turing whose work cracking the Enigma
code helped shorten World War II by a number of years and save
countless lives, and let Hedy Lamarr prove to you that looks can be
deceiving as she put her Hollywood glamour on hold to help advance
radio technology. With accounts told through first person
narrative, readers will feel like they're meeting some of the most
infamous spies of all time. From those involved in reconnaissance,
planning and logistics, espionage and development of new
technology, this authentic retelling uncovers the secret life of
spies in a unique and engaging way. With stylish illustrations from
the wonderfully talented Alexander Mostov and informative and
compelling text from Michael Noble, this is the secret life of
spies.
This paper presents findings from a module in the HSRC's 2006 South
African social attitudes survey that was designed by the Centre for
the analysis of South African social policy at the University of
Oxford. Respondents were asked for their views on issues relating
to the importance of work and the relationship between social
grants and employment. The findings demonstrate a strong attachment
to the labour market among the unemployed, support for more
financial assistance for poor people including those who are unable
to find work, and no evidence that social grants in South Africa
foster a 'dependency culture'. The human sciences research
council's urban, rural and economic development research programme
(URED) uses a multi-disciplinary approach to promote integrated
urban and rural development in southern Africa and across the
continent. Poverty reduction is the unifying, overarching theme and
purpose of URED's work, and the programme's activities coalesce
around the themes of - poverty and rural development;
infrastructure and service delivery; urban change and migration;
and human development, tourism, and climate change. The analysis
presented in this monograph is part of an ongoing collaboration
between URED and the Centre for the analysis of South African
social policy at the University of Oxford in relation to poverty
and social policy in contemporary South Africa.
The detrimental impact of poverty on child development, educational
outcomes, job prospects, health and behaviour is well known, and
governments worldwide have committed themselves to eradicating
child poverty as well as the intergenerational transmission of
poverty. Yet more than 60% of South African children live in
households with annual incomes below $1360 (2006 value) and
mortality and maltreatment rates remain high. In order to realise
the rights of all children and tackle child poverty, it is critical
that robust measures are developed to quantify the nature and
extent of social deprivation experienced by children at
sub-national level and thereby accurately identify the areas of
greatest need and the most deprived areas. It is also essential
that these measures focus specifically on children; separating
children out from household level data or data presented for the
total population and foregrounding deprivation from a child
perspective. This report is a first attempt to generate data of
this nature, to map child deprivation at municipal level, in order
to inform local level policy and intervention in South Africa.
Making use of information available from the 2001 Census about
different aspects of deprivation, such as income, employment,
education, health and living environment, the authors have combined
these domains to form an overall index of multiple deprivations.
The model which emerges is of a series of uni-dimensional domains
of deprivation which can be combined, with appropriate weighting,
into a single child-focused measure of multiple deprivations. This
title is a valuable resource for policymakers, NGOs, scholars and
other stakeholders monitoring the situation of children in South
Africa.
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