South Africa and Poverty
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- The BLDS poverty collection
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- Search for the latest poverty-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Land reform policy: contributing to rural poverty alleviation and rural development?
- E. Lahiff / Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003
- This paper examines the experiences of implementation of land reform policies in the Eastern Cape through a series of case studies. It looks at how attempts at redistribution, restitution and land tenure reform have resulted in...
- Decentralisation and poverty reduction: the reality in Africa
- Richard C. Crook / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Although decentralisation is often heralded as a means to promote democracy and poverty reduction, there is little reliable evidence to prove these claims. In fact, ruling parties and ethnic elites in Africa have used decentralisation...
- Researching democracy, governance and social inequality in South Africa
- R. Calland; B. Mattes / Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2002
- These papers represent research commissioned to support the development of the Idasa Democracy Index, South Africa. The Idasa publication “In the Balance?” which debates the state of democracy in South Africa, uses the Idasa...
- Poverty and gender: the limits of microfinance
- Helen Pankhurst / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
- Credit and savings schemes are hailed as blueprints for tackling poverty but their benefits are exaggerated. They fail to address the way gender effects relations of power and inequality within families. Frequently unsustainable, they...
- Children ill-served by HIV/AIDS interventions
- G. A. Cornia / UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2002
- This first chapter from the overall study ‘AIDS, public policy and child well-being’ offers an overview of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and desirable policy responses. It reviews the community and public policy interve...
- How-to kit on strengthening local government reponses to HIV/AIDS
- World Bank, 2003
- This handbook is written for local government authorities (LGA) that are interested in developing or strengthening local responses to HIV/AIDS. It provides information, examples and illustrative tools that guide users through the step...
- Redistribution key to poverty eradication in South AFrica
- D. Everatt / Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003
- This essay reviews the status of poverty and inequality i South Africa before exploring the contestation over how to lessen both. It argues that they are (at least partly) fuelled by the fact that ‘poverty’ has many meanings...
- Linking accountability and pro-poor policies
- C. Allan / Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003
- This paper argues that in failing to effectively uphold principles of transparency and accountability, government departments ought to be subject to public scrutiny by social activists and advocacy groups. The authors add that this wo...
- Supporting the urban poor to become development actors: a Thai experience
- Somsook Boonyabancha / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- How can local institutions contribute to urban poverty reduction? Can housing and loan schemes strengthen community organisations and boost their capacity to negotiate with urban authorities? Can community savings and credit activitie...
- Evaluating post - apartheid government policy in South Africa since 1994.
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003
- This review sets out to assess the extent to which the new democratic dispensation since 1994 has redirected the purpose and content of government policy and seeks to describe the impact of these changes on South African society. The ...
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