South Africa and Poverty
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- The informal settlements in Eastern Cape: the connection between livelihood strategies and sustainable human settlements
- S. Rule; M. Rubin; L. Ntema; U. Pillay / Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2010
- This study investigates the history and nature of the informal settlements or backyard shacks in Eastern Cape, South Africa. It deals with the economic activities, income and tenancy profile of backyard shack residents. Furthermore, i...
- South African housing projects: more “mixed neighbourhoods” will not result in undesirable social outcomes
- J. Seekings; T. Jooste; S. Muyeba / Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2010
- This report states that the adoption of different procedures for allocating new housing in South Africa would result in neighbourhoods that are more diverse in terms of race and other characteristics. Yet, the paper seeks to investiga...
- Disability grant in South Africa: can disability be relegated solely to a social assistance domain?
- C. Johannsmeier / School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2007
- People with disabilities (PWD) face physical and attitudinal barriers to participation in education, the labour market and development processes. In South Africa, there is a need for appropriate social assistance for PWD. Currently th...
- South Africa will fail to halve poverty by 2014: why were “Basic Income Grants” neutered?
- C. Meth / School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2009
- This paper examines the South African government’s mandate to halve unemployment and poverty by 2014, noting the growing evidence of the unlikelihood of this happening. The paper registers the following findings: ...
- Middle Africa model of social protection programmes show a shift from emergency relief towards regular activities
- M. Niño-Zarazúa; A. Barrientos; D. Hulme / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2010
- Interest in social protection has grown rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade. This paper provides an overview of the recent extension of social protection in sub-Saharan Africa. The paper identifies two main ‘model...
- Which is better - conditional or unconditional cash transfers?
- S. Devereux (ed) / Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information, 2009
- In response to the recent food crisis and global financial crisis, the G-20 countries and the World Bank announced increased spending on social protection programmes, including cash-based systems. Cash transfers are an increasingly po...
- Further evidence on the human development impact of unconditional programmes
- M. Samson; C. Heinrich; M. Williams / United Nations Children's Fund, 2008
- South Africa’s Child Support Grant, an unconditional social transfer programme, was originally designed to reduce poverty and promote social development for poor children under the age of seven. This study examines the prog...
- Access to HIV counselling and testing must be improved in rural South Africa
- Karl Peltzer; Gladys Matseke; Thembile Mzolo / BioMed Central, 2009
- With over 30% of women and men in the South Africa's 2005 national HIV household survey indicating that they had previously been tested for HIV (of which 91% were aware of their test results), this paper published by BioMed Centr...
- Expensive funerals cause household hardship
- A. Case; A. Menendez / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2009
- In Southern Africa, funerals are generally considered an individual’s most important rite of passage and households may spend the equivalent of a year’s income for an adult’s funeral. Loans might be taken out w...
- Potential development impact of the 2010 World Cup
- U. Pillay (ed); R. Tomlinson (ed); O. Bass (ed) / Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2009
- The FIFA World Cup is thought to be the biggest sport and media event in the world. It is a hugely profitable event for FIFA through the sale of television rights and sponsorship deals. The same, however, cannot be said of host countr...
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