South Africa and Livelihoods
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Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- South Africa's lost opportunity in the management of public pension funds
- F. Hendricks / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2009
- Toward the end of its rule, the apartheid government in South Africa converted its contributory pension system for employees in the public sector from one that effectively functioned as a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) scheme to a fully funded ...
- How to create pension systems in a region where so many are still in the informal sector
- F. Stewart; J. Yermo / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
- In sub-Saharan Africa less than 10% of the older population has a contributory pension. This paper discusses why the development of pension systems is important for the African region. It also looks at the current pension arrangements...
- Designing flexible pensions systems to encompass more workers
- Y. Hu; F. Stewart / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
- Pension reform around the world in recent decades has focused mainly on the formal sector. Consequently, many of those working in the informal sector have been left out of structured pension arrangements, particularly in developing co...
- Rural poor in South Africa face difficulty accessing social protection
- Jane Goudge; Steven Russell; Lucy Gilson / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
- Illness can make already poor households poorer due to the costs of treatment and lost livelihoods. South Africa has introduced social protection measures to reduce the risks of such livelihood shocks, or help households cope better. ...
- Water for productive use through sustainable livelihoods and participatory action approaches
- Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2004
- This file, designed for water sector and rural development practitioners, contains detailed guidelines for implementing a water and livelihoods planning process. Securing water to enhance local livelihoods (SWELL) is an initiative tha...
- Understanding the meaning of vulnerability in the development context in South Africa and Malawi
- M. Casale; S. Drimie; S. Gillepsie / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- This research brief aims to highlight the key purpose, results and arguments from a research study aimed at understanding the meaning of vulnerability in the development context in South Africa and Malawi. Specifically, the study aims...
- The relevance of sustainable livelihoods to water
- S. Smits / Loughborough University of Technology, 2005
- The relevance of water to sustainable livelihoods is connected to problems surrounding its adequate and regulated provision by local municipalities. This overview uses municipal water service provision in South Africa as an example of...
- Addressing mass poverty and unemployment in South Africa
- C. Meth / School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2008
- A basic income grant (BIG) is a universal transfer to all those with the right to be in a country (citizens by birth, by naturalisation, or persons with rights of permanent residence). The purpose of this article is to reflect not so ...
- Increasing poor people's bankability through cash transfer schemes
- A. Carpio; N. Riemenschneider / Oxford Policy Management, 2008
- Experiences from around show that building poor people’s capacities to accumulate assets for the long term is central to poverty reduction. In this process, household savings play a particularly significant role. Contrary t...
- Gender and rural-urban livelihoods linkages in KwaZulu Natal
- Eldis Document Store, 2005
- How important are rural-urban linkages to livelihoods in KwaZulu Natal? What role do women play in mobile livelihoods arrangements? This report to the Provincial Planning and Development Commission, presents the findings of a study which us...
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