Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SUMMARY OF PAPERS PRESENTED

2.1 Some Perspectives on Poverty and Land Degradation on Swazi
National Land

2.2 Poor Environmental Management: A Cause of Rural Poverty in Swaziland

2.3 The Concept of Poverty: Its Analysis and Application to Swaziland

2.4 Children and Holistic Strategies to Reduce Poverty in Swaziland

2.5 Poverty and Raising a Child in Mental Retardation: Experiences of a Family

2.6 Revisiting Divine Providence in a Monetary Economy

2.7 New Dimensions in Understanding Poverty

2.8 Adult Education for Sustainable Development and Alleviation of Poverty: A Case for Swaziland

2.9 Poverty and Agency in the Narratives of Women: The Case of Domestic Workers in Swaziland

2.10 Adult Education and Poverty Alleviation in Swaziland

2.11 Problems Facing Women in Poverty Eradication Efforts in Swaziland

2.12 Poverty and Food Problems in Swaziland

2.13 The Poverty of Femaleness and of Blackness in Swaziland

ANNEX I: ACTING VICE-CHANCELLOR's OPENING SPEECH

ANNEX II: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS