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
- Redressing health inequalities in South Africa
- D. McIntyre; D. Muirhead; L. Gilson; V. Govender; S. Mbatsha1; J. Goudge; H. Wadee; P. Ntutela / EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2000
- This research project explores the potential use of small geographic areas as a unit of analysis for identifying communities with high levels of deprivation or relative disadvantage. It also considers the usefulness of such small area...
- Outline of methodology for writing a pro poor tourism case study
- C. Ashley / Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2002
- This document provides the methodology for writing a case study of a pro poor tourism (PPT) initiative. The method looks at 2 key questions: What strategies are being used to enhance impacts on the poor? What i...
- A comparison of five South African tourism enterprises' efforts to address poverty
- A. Spenceley; J. Seif / Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2003
- This paper describes strategies devised by five private sector tourism enterprises in South Africa to address poverty and development issues in neighbouring communities. The enterprises include land-based safari operations, a diving o...
- Consequences of South African urbanisation
- J. Beall; O. Crankshaw; S. Parnell / Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2002
- The main findings from this study sheds new light on the dynamics of state control over African urbanisation in Johannesburg and its consequences for social differentiation. It reveals that , in spite of state control to limit ...
- A review of the issues surrounding land use, HIV/AIDS and poverty
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2002
- Series of country papers on HIV/AIDS and land in Lesotho, Kenya, South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, with concluding paper on methodological and conceptual issues. The key questions addressed include: The impact on and cha...
- Experiences with poverty mapping
- H. Henninger; M. Snel / Poverty Mapping, 2002
- This document reports on the use of poverty mapping as an instrument for investigating and discussing social, economic, and environmental problems. Within the context of this report, Poverty Mapping is defined as the spatial represent...
- Does the basic income grant address the need for social security reform in South Africa?
- M. Samson; O. Babson; C. Haarmann; G. Kathi; K. MacQueneand; I. van Niekerk; D. Haarmann / Economic Policy Research Institute, South Africa, 2002
- This paper reviews several research papers that address social security reform in South Africa, with an emphasis on the proposal for the basic income grant. It argues that there are three mechanisms through which the basic income gran...
- Are poor South African women more likely to have risky sex than women from more affluent households?
- F Booysen; J Summerton / Centre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State, South Africa, 2002
- This paper explores the relationship between poverty, knowledge about HIV/AIDS and risky sexual behavior. Household wealth is measured using the asset index approach, while inequalities in health are measured with the aid of the conce...
- How and why is wildife important to the livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable?
- J. Elliott / Department for International Development, UK, 2001
- Report aimed at producucing recommendations to DFID on an appropriate strategy for interventions which link rural livelihoods to wildlife and common natural resources. The report assesses the key linkages and underlying policy and ins...
- Quality of poverty statistics in Southern Africa
- A. Whiteford / Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2001
- Explores the issue of poverty measurement in selected countries in the Southern African region, considering data availability, data requirements and the capacity of statistical bodies to collect and analyse information. The discussion...
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