From South-West Africa to Namibia: Subjective Well-Being Twenty-One Years After Independence

Perstling, Martina; Rothmann, Sebastiaan

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“…Their contribution to the cultivation of positive communities is also addressed. The different authors illustrate how citizens' character strengths and well-being may be increased at a macro-level through various means such as festive events (Proyer et al, 2014 ), social reconciliation processes (Perstling and Rothmann, 2014 ; Wissing and Temane, 2014 ), legislation (Perstling and Rothmann, 2014 ), direct democratic participation and local autonomy (Lopes et al, 2014 ).…”

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Fostering Positive Communities: A Scoping Review of Community-Level Positive Psychology Interventions

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Historically, positive psychology research and practice have focused on studying and promoting well-being among individuals. While positive psychology interventions focusing on the well-being of communities and marginalized groups have recently been developed, studies reporting on their nature and characteristics are lacking. The aim of this paper is to examine the nature of community-level positive psychology interventions. It reviews the target populations, intervention modalities, objectives, and desired effects of 25 community-level positive psychology interventions found in 31 studies. This scoping review shows that community-level programs based on positive psychology vary greatly in all these aspects. However, most interventions are aimed at individual-level changes to achieve target group outcomes. Contextual issues such as social conditions, values, and fairness affecting well-being are rarely considered. Discrepancies between community-level positive psychology interventions and community psychology in terms of values and social change are discussed.

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Fostering Positive Communities: A Scoping Review of Community-Level Positive Psychology Interventions

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“…During colonial rule, local inhabitants lost political, economic and social rights through a series of discriminatory colonial laws governing every aspect of their lives (Bauer, 2001;Nangolo, 2018). Blacks and other previously disadvantaged groups in pre-independent Namibia were the groups most discriminated against, facing the short end of the stick ( Matengu et al, 2014;Musabayana & Mutambara, 2022;Perstling & Rothmann, 2013;Tötemeyer, 2007). Hence, the post-independence Namibian government adopted policies and interventions to amend the mistakes of the colonial rulers.…”

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Performance and Efficiency of Public Sector in Independent Namibia

Kumar De,

Shafuda

2023

South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance

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An analysis of the performance and efficiency of the Namibian government’s interventions after the end of the colonial era has been made in this study for the period 1990 to 2015. Using the Afonso et al. public sector performance (PSP) and public sector efficiency (PSE) method and the Stochastic frontier analysis (SFA), the findings reveal a sluggishly improving efficiency in the public sector in Namibia. However, some performance indicators showed significant improvement, while others did not record any substantial improvement. Progress is recorded in government efforts and programmes to reduce inequality and poverty, but the outputs moved at a plodding pace. Programmes and policies to reduce unemployment failed to produce the expected outcomes. Additionally, technical progress has been very slow since independence, as reflected by the technical efficiency parameter. The findings suggest a need to improve the public sector’s performance and efficiency to ensure stability and accelerate growth in the previously colonized economies with the same features as Namibia. JEL Classification: H00, H11, H89, L38

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Positive Psychology in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fadiji

Wissing

2022

The International Handbook of Positive Psychology

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From South-West Africa to Namibia: Subjective Well-Being Twenty-One Years After Independence

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

Fostering Positive Communities: A Scoping Review of Community-Level Positive Psychology Interventions

Fostering Positive Communities: A Scoping Review of Community-Level Positive Psychology Interventions

Performance and Efficiency of Public Sector in Independent Namibia

Positive Psychology in Sub-Saharan Africa

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