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Searching with a thematic focus on Finance policy, Poverty in South Africa

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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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  The impact of growth and redistribution on poverty and inequality in South Africa

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007

  The authors evaluate the experience of the South African economy with respect to growth, poverty and inequality trends since democracy in 1994. They argue that while it remains contested whether there are fewer people in poverty today, there is greater consensus among analysts that inequality has increased since 1994.
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  Budget 2007: poverty amidst plenty

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2007

  This latest report from the Budget Information Service at the Institute for Democracy in South Africa examines the government budget for 2007 and proposes future policy options.
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  Country study: an employment-targeted economic programme for South Africa

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  At the 2003 Growth and Development Summit, South African President Thabo Mbeki singled out "more jobs, better jobs and decent work for all" as one of the country's key economic challenges. With the pledge to cut the unemployment rate by half by 2014, difficult policy changes are inevitable.
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  Perpetuating poverty in sub-Saharan Africa: how African political elites undermine entrepreneurship and economic development

  International Policy Network, 2005

  This paper argues that Africa's political elites have driven their countries' economies backwards, by misusing the economic surplus generated by the continent over the past 40 years.
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  Linking policies and budgets: implementing medium term expenditure frameworks in a PRSP context

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This briefing paper focuses on the effectiveness of Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks (MTEFs) in offering a more practical approach to the implementation of the strategies laid out in the PRSPs (Povery Reduction Strategy Papers). It is based on nine country case studies which investigated the experience of implementing MTEFs in a PRSP context.
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  Nine African budget transparency and participation case studies

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005

  The findings from this study explore budget transparency from the ordinary citizen's perspective. It sheds some light on information required to engage meaningfully with budgetary and other decisions involving public resources from the ordinary citizen's perspective.
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  Gender and budget 2005

  International Budget Partnership, 2005

  This paper examines gender equity within the 2005 South African budget. The authors highlight that women and girls are often most vulnerable to conditions like HIV/AIDS and poverty, but that programmes to address these conditions will fail without a significant earmarking of funds.
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  Financial diaries: investigating the financial lives of the poor in South Africa

  Financial Diaries, 2005

  This brief presents findings from a study into the financial lives of the poor in South Africa. It aims to contribute to understanding how formal and informal financial instruments are used in the struggle against poverty.
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  Productivity, wages and employment in South Africa’s manufacturing sector, 1970-2002

  Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2004

  This paper investigates the relationship between labour productivity, average real wages and employment in South Africa’s manufacturing sector, using cointegrating VAR and VECM econometric techniques.The author found a long-run equilibrium relationship between real wages and productivity, with an elasticity of 0,38 – indicating that productivity has grown more rapidly than wages.

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