This paper critically discusses the Basic Income Grant debate in South Africa. It briefly looks at the theoretical framework on poverty as a background. Then it goes on to three major theories that help build a coherent argument. Although it acknowledges the limitations of the Expanded Public Works Programme, nevertheless it uses it as one of the reasons for substantiating the perspective which articulates that Basic Income Grant is not an appropriate social welfare policy framework for a developing country like South Africa. The rationale is that social grants cannot be used as the sole tool for alleviating poverty especially because of the chronic nature of unemployment (which is understood in this paper as causing high rate of poverty). The assumption is that promotion of a universal grant would endorse dependency from the social grant recipients. It argues that the structural nature of unemployment is what has to be dealt with but not exactly through provision of Basic Income Grant but by getting people to work, giving them jobs so they can earn a living and live an independent and decent life. One of the few recommendations brought up (taken from Bhorat. 2002) is the expansion of the State Old Age Pension instead of starting a totally new scheme of the social grant. State Old Age Pension would almost have the same effect in poverty as the proposed Basic income grant. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal (in conjunction with Albert-Ludwigs-Universität), 2005.

This study represents an attempt to answer the question: How can educational administration contribute to the economic and social development plans in developing countries? Although major emphasis must be given to this question, some thought will be given to the educational problems and needs that face developing countries and the new techniques of educational administration which can be used to meet them. Moreover, in an attempt to apply the findings acquired the research will eventually focus on· Egypt, as one of the developing countries, to identify to what extent Egypt's educational administration addresses the needs of the economic and social development plans. Objectives of the Study The purpose of the study was fourfold as follows: 1. To investigate the role of educational administration in the economic and social development plans in developing countries. 2. To delineate the educational problems and needs of developing countries and to determine how educational administration can help to meet them. 3. To identify new trends and techniques in educational administration which may be helpful to the economic and social development plans in developing countries. 4. To develop a case study and some models which will provide direction to educational administrators who wish to contribute to Egypt's economic and social development plans.