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Using input vouchers for improving access to agricultural in-puts - who are the winners and losers?
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2008Emerging from the worst harvest in a decade, the Government of Malawi implemented one of the most ambitious and successful assaults on hunger in the history of the African continent. Through a national input subsidy programme, coinciding with better rainfall conditions, maize production doubled in 2006 and almost tripled in 2007 and 2008.DocumentThe role of targeting in service delivery to vulnerable populations – the FANRPAN Household Vulnerability Index (HVI) - a synthesis of three country reports
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2009The objective of the Household Vulnerability Index (HVI) pilot study, conducted in Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, was to further develop and test the HVI as a statistical tool for quantifying household vulnerability resulting from shocks such as HIV and AIDS. Key outputs from the study were a refined method for constructing the HVI and a computerised tool for its computation.DocumentTowards a green economy: exploring the potential of forestry in Tanzania through the Green Growth Platform
UONGOZI Institute / Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development, 2013Economic growth is needed across Africa to tackle poverty, but countries cannot disregard the adverse impact of growth on the environment. Green growth aims to eliminate the dichotomy that traditionally exists between the economy and the environment.DocumentAn empirical assessment of the impact of trade liberalization on employment in South Africa
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2010This study seeks to model the effects of trade on employment in South Africa in a Labour Demand framework. The study uses aggregated data, as opposed to a number of studies that have used either factor content or growth accounting approaches.DocumentInertia, equity and ingenuity: mapping opportunities in South Africa's green economy
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2010As with preceding notions of economic opportunity such as “industrial conglomeration”, “local economic development” and the “digital economy”, the “green economy” runs the risk of becoming a fad, especially if viewed as something distinct from conventional economic theory.DocumentInequality and economic marginalisation: How the structure of the economy impacts on opportunities on the margins
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011In the face of a long-standing unemployment crisis that increasingly threatens social and economic stability, employment has at last taken centre stage in South African policy, and with this, focus is shifting to the structural constraints on employment creation within the economy. The New Growth Path, approved by Cabinet in November 2010, starts to tackle these issues.DocumentBotswana’s export and competitiveness policy and non-traditional exporting firms
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011The paper considers whether there is anyhing in the current competitiveness strategy that will assist firms in meeting the challenges of production in a small landlocked country like Botswana.DocumentAn appraisal of local economic development impact assessment methodologies in the Context of the Community Work Programme (CWP)
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2013The Community Work Programme (CWP) aims to provide an employment ‘safety net’ that provides access to a minimum level of regular work on an on-going and predictable basis for those who require it the most unemployed and underemployed people at the local community level.DocumentPredicted poverty impacts of expanding the Community Work Program me in South Africa: an analysis of income poverty and inequality
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012The Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS), which guarantees low-skilled work to poor, unemployed individuals and in the process contributes to the creation of productive community assets and services.DocumentDevelopment of the urban development component for a second economy strategy: overview analysis
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2008Both in research and in practice there have been many ideas and interventions aimed at restructuring cities. In South Africa various programmes have been implemented to combat apartheid city form and address the needs of the urban poor. Amongst these the big projects and flagship programmes have had considerable success.Pages