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Searching with a thematic focus on Social protection, Poverty, Livelihoods social protection, Livelihoods in South Africa

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    Basic Income Grant: there is no alternative!

    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).
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    Do cash transfers enable the very poor to save?

    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 to what one might assume, evidence increasingly points to the fact that poor people are able to and do save.
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    REBA case study brief

    Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2008
    Cash transfers are increasingly being used to address hunger and vulnerability in Sub Saharan Africa – often as an alternative to food aid. Such interventions have been informed by different models of social protection.
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    Is there a rationale for conditional cash transfers for children in South Africa?

    School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2008
    This paper assesses the rationale behind Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) in South Africa. It looks at evidence of the reach and impact of major CCT programmes, particularly in Latin America, and the Child Support Grant (CSG) in South Africa.
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    The impact of unconditional cash transfers on nutrition: the South African Child Support Grant

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    This paper estimates the impact of South Africa’s Child Support Grant (CSG) on child nutrition as measured by child height-for-age. It finds that large dosages of CSG treatment early in life significantly boosts child height.
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    Baseline survey of the 21 ISRDP and URP nodes

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2006
    This report is the third in a sequence that gives qualitative and quantitative data from socio-economic and demographic baseline studies in 21 South African areas (nodes) making up the Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Programme (ISRDP) and Urban Renewal Programme (URP).
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    Reducing child poverty with cash transfers: a sure thing?

    Consortium for Street Children, 2006
    Can cash transfer programmes targeted at children be effective in reducing childhood poverty? This article examines the effectiveness of three types of cash transfer programmes.
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    Education access and retention for educationally marginalised children: innovations in social protection

    Mobile Task Team on the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Education, 2005
    This report looks at the effectiveness of social protection programmes for educationally marginalised children (EMC) in Eastern and Southern Africa.
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    Gender and social security in South Africa

    Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2006
    This paper attempts to lay the basis for a gendered analysis of the scope, coverage and impact of the main components of social assistance in South Africa.
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    Empowering women to achieve food security

    2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
    This briefing outlines what safety nets are and how they work. Examples of safety nets in Mexico, South Africa and India are also summarised. It is argued that safety nets can strengthen marginalised people’s access to economic and social assets. Social differences can occur along gender, generational, and ethnic characteristics.

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