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QUALIFICATIONS:

BACHELOR OF REGIONAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

BACHELOR OF TOWN ANDREGIONALPLANNING

QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BRAR & 07BTAR LEVEL: 6

COURSE: RURAL DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND

TECHNIQUES

COURSE CODE: RDT620S

DATE: NOVEMBER 2018 SESSION: 1

DURATION: 3 Hours MARKS: 100

FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER

EXAMINER(S) Mr. Laudika J. Kandjinga/061 207 2672/ Ikandjinga@nust.na

MODERATOR Ms. Jennilee Kohima /061 207 2984/ jkohima@nust.na

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THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 3 PAGES

(Including this front page)

INSTRUCTIONS

Please write clearly andlegibly.

Numberthe answersclearly.

Read the entire question paper before answering the questions.

AnswerALL the questions (you may start with any question of your choice).

Make sure your Student Numberis on the EXAMINATION BOOK(s).

Rural Development Tools and Techniques RDT620S

Question 1

(a) Explain why Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is conducted in developmentplanning? (6)

(b) Outline the characteristics of a good facilitator in a PRA. (6)

[12]

Question 2

(a) Demonstrate your understanding of the summative questionsin a social survey and provide one

example. (4)

(b) Discuss the sampling issues to consider whenselecting a survey method? (8)

[12]

Question 3

Read the scenario below and answerthe questionsthat follow:

Kalkfeld settlement — Land of Promise!

Kalkfeld settlementis situated in the Otjozondjupa region.It has a total population of about 2000

people (characterised by diverse socio-economic conditions). The Ministry of Urban and Rural

Development (MURD)throughthe regional council has availed a total amount of NS 380,000.00

for six projects under the Micro Finance Programmenamely: Garden, Water Point, Goat Farming,

Salon, Bakery and Sewing project. While NS 50, 000.00 is availed for the Food Security

Programme. These projects were identified to be suitable based on the following criteria:

economic, social, and environmental.

Oneofthe influential governmentofficial has detected in-fighting among the community due to

their diverse interests as some of the members want specific projects to be implementedfirst

withoutvalid reasons.

(a) You have been asked to facilitate a meeting and determine the sequence of the project

implementation in a fair manner. Using a diagram, demonstrate how you would carry out the

Pairwise Ranking Exercise for the above scenario. (10)

(b) Based on the result in (a) above, which of the projects will you implement fourth? (1)

(c) Provide a clear definition of the exercise to be used to ensure poor members of the community

are the only beneficiaries of the Food Security Programme. (4)

(d) Explain the purposeof the exercise identified in (c) above. (4)

(e) Distinguish between the various steps for conducting the exercise identified in (c)? (8)

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Rural DevelopmentTools and Techniques RDT620S

(f) Describe three main steps involved in developing a logical framework/modelfor planning and

development. (12)

(g) By making use of an annotated logical framework diagram, develop and plan the Food Security

Programmebeforeit is implemented. Please be specific, and provide brief information about the

programme. (9)

(h) Outline the disadvantagesof a logical model for planning. (3)

[51]

Question 4

(a) Explain the use of stakeholder analysis in the project design phase. (5)

(b) Provide eight key questions to consider whenassessing stakeholder’s importance and influence

(stakeholder profiling). (7)

[12]

Question 5

(a) Give reasons whyit is necessary to conduct workshops? (5)

(b) Discuss the ‘implementation phases’ of conducting a workshop. (8)

[13]

TOTAL = 100

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