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The 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.DocumentFormal and informal social protection in Iraq
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012This paper studies formal and informal insurance in Iraq, using empirical data from a household survey. In this respect, the document examines the types of risks that Iraqi households face, demonstrating the coping mechanisms they use to deal with them.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.DocumentCurrent issues and debates in industrial policy – some reflections for the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011This paper forms part of a broader research project TIPS has been involved in around common regional industrial policies. It provides an overview of key issues in global industrial policy literature.DocumentA re-examination of SADC industrial development policies & lessons for SACU
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011The absence of growth in intra-SADC trade in industrial products since the tariff phase-downs were initiated prompted by the ratification of the SADC Protocol on Trade in 2000 continues to generate interest amongst policymakers and other stakeholders as it appears that removal of market access constraint alone is not a sufficient panacea.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.DocumentManufacturing employment and equality in South Africa
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2014In 2014, South Africa remained one of the most unequal countries in the world, an outlier by global standards in terms of both overall inequality as measured by the Gini coefficient and levels of joblessness. For proponents of industrialisation as central to long-term development, this situation raises two questions.DocumentInequality, unemployment and poverty in South Africa
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2008It is well-known that the levels of both inequality and unemployment in South Africa are amongst the highest in the world. While some relationship between inequality and unemployment would be expected, it is unclear a priori quite how these affect each other, and how this relationship has changed over time.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