South Africa and Poverty
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- Child poverty impact of South African budget limited by government structures and capacity
- J. Streak / Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2003
- This budget brief assesses the extent to which the 2003 South African Budget addresses widespread child poverty and the delivery of children's socio-economic rights. It looks at both indirect channels (tax and spend proposals that are...
- Does investing in education reduce poverty? Evidence from Ghana, Uganda and South Africa
- Simon Appleton; Geeta Kingdon; John Knight; Måns Söderbom; Francis Teal / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- Three broad facts about education have emerged from recent research. Firstly, almost universally education is found to lift people out of poverty. Secondly, when a comparison is made between investing in education and other forms of i...
- Extent, distribution and nature of poverty among the elderly in South Africa
- J. May / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2003
- This report includes a comprehensive review of existing research, both published and unpublished on the old in South Africa. Quantitative datasets were examined, and a new database containing information related to 26,918 people, 50 y...
- Will world poverty increase or decrease in by 2015?
- S. Bracking / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2003
- This paper argues that far from globalisation providing widespread opportunities for the poor in the short to medium term, the level of global poverty is likely to increase in absolute terms, in terms of incidence and depth. It presents th...
- Can informal social security mechanisms be sustained in the long term?
- A. Dekker / International Social Security Association, 2003
- This paper gives a brief overview of the current formal social security provisioning in South Africa with regards to old age and retirement benefits. It then investigates issues impacting on the ageing population namely unemployment, ...
- Impact of HIV/AIDS on public health, home care, employment, gender and poverty: a household survey in South Africa
- M. Steinberg; S. Johnson; G. Schierhout; D. Ndegwa / Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002
- This report summarises the results of a survey of 771 AIDS-affected households in different parts of South Africa. It documents the impoverishing impact of HIV/AIDS on households and the inordinate burden of caring for AIDS-sic...
- Plans for reforming social security systems in South Africa
- J. Thurlow / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
- This paper assesses the economy-wide impact of implementing and financing a universal or basic income grant (BIG) in South Africa ( a grant recommended by the Taylor Committee investigating the current system's merits and shortcomings...
- Regulating the informal economy
- M. Alter Chen; F. Lund; R. Jhabvala / International Labour Organization, 2002
- This paper argues that the informal economy is here to stay and requires appropriate regulations, laws and policies to correct biases in the existing regulatory, legal, and policy environment that favour formal enterprises and workers...
- The mixed successes of Norwegian funding to South Africa
- E.N. Tjønneland; P. Pillay / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2003
- The study provides an overview and an assessment of the Norwegian development assistance to South Africa since the first democratic elections in 1994. The report finds that nearly one billion Norwegian kroner were disbursed fro...
- Gender bias and poor targeting in public works programmes in South Africa
- M. Adato; L. Haddad / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
- This paper examines the performance of seven programs in Western Cape Province at involving community participation and at targeting the poor and women. It analyses the role of government, community-based organisations, trade unions, ...
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