DVA1502
EXAM PACK
, UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
September – December 2021
DVA1502
DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS AND INSTITUTIONS
100 Marks
Duration 48 Hours
This paper consists of 3 pages.
Instructions:
This is a portfolio examination conducted on the myExams platform. As this is an open-book
examination, you must use your study guide and prescribed reading material (articles, e-
reserves, marked assignments and feedback). You should also consult and integrate material
from additional sources into your essays.
This module is NOT using the invigilator app. Please note that your answer will be submitted
to the Turnitin (a plagiarism detector) platform automatically.
Follow the guidelines in Tutorial Letter DVAALLD/301 for essay writing, citation and
referencing. You must provide evidence-based arguments and acknowledge the sources of
your information by means of consistent and correct in-text citations. Direct quotations must
be placed in inverted commas (“…”) with a page reference as explained in Tutorial Letter
DVAALLD/301. All sources cited in your text should also be listed in the list of references at
the end of each answer. NB Each answer must have its applicable reference list, do not
consolidate it into one list. Please keep this tutorial letter (DVAALLD/301) at hand and read it
carefully. You can download the tutorial letter from the module site on myUnisa. It is available
in English, Sepedi, and isiZulu.
Plagiarism will be severely penalised. Your essays must be your own work, in your own
words. Group work will be equally penalised as will any form of copying from any student, or
any attempt to commit academic dishonesty. No hand-written scanned-in exam answer
scripts will be accepted in this exam. Only submit word-processed, PDF-converted scripts.
You will be guided on completing a Departmental Honesty Declaration when downloading the
examination paper. For your convenience, we have attached the Honesty Declaration as
Annexure A. Please complete it and add it to your portfolio.
You have 48 hours in which to submit your portfolio on myExams.
Answer any TWO questions below. Each essay should be a minimum of 1 000 words,
excluding the cover page, honesty declaration, table of contents, and list of references. Use
Arial 12 point, 1.5 spacing. Your answer to both questions must be submitted as a single
document in PDF format. Each answer must have an introduction, a body with applicable sub-
headings, a conclusion, and a list of references.
Create a cover page with the following information:
• Your full name
• Your student number
• The module code
• The module name
• List the two questions you answered (for example, Question 2 and Question 3)
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, • The date of the exam
Answer any TWO of the following questions:
QUESTION 1
The health situation in developing countries is dire. Identify and discuss the factors that
affect the health situation in developing countries.
(50 marks)
QUESTION 2
Discuss the relationship between participation and empowerment. Then explain how lack
of women empowerment hinders development in the global South. Use examples to
substantiate your discussion.
(50 marks)
QUESTION 3
Analyse dominant theoretical perspectives that have been used to describe the evolution
and role of education in development.
(50 marks)
QUESTION 4
Discuss the ways in which Gender Based Violence and HIV and AIDS affect women’s
participation in Development and the role that NGOs play in combatting these pandemics.
(50 marks)
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, Annexure A: HONESTY DECLARATION: 2021
1. I know that plagiarism means taking and using the ideas, writings, works, or inventions
of another as if they were one’s own. I know that plagiarism not only includes verbatim
copying, but also the extensive use of another person’s ideas without proper
acknowledgement (which includes the proper use of quotation marks). I know that
plagiarism covers the use of material found in textual sources and from the Internet.
2. I acknowledge and understand that plagiarism is wrong.
3. I understand that my portfolio must be accurately referenced.
4. This portfolio is my own work. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s assignment
or portfolio, or part of it, is wrong, and that submitting identical work to others constitutes
a form of plagiarism.
5. I have not allowed, nor will I in the future allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention
of passing it off as their own work.
6. I understand that my answer will be submitted to Turnitin for checking and that I can be
awarded 0% if I have plagiarized.
7. I confirm that I have read and understood UNISA’s Policy for Copyright and Plagiarism -
https://staff.unisa.ac.za/static/intranet/Content/Policies/Teaching,%20Learning%20Comm
unity%20Engagement%20and%20Student%20Support/Documents/copyrightinfringement
_and_plagiarism_policy_16nov05.pdf
Name……………………………………………… Student No: ..............................
Signed ……………………………………………. Date ………………………………………..
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