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  Large-scale social transfer and labor market outcomes: the case of the South African pension program

  AgEcon Search, 2016

  Social transfer programs in low- and middle-income countries have been increasing. According to World Bank (2015), there are about 20 social safety net programs in an average developing country, and among various types of safety net programs, cash transfers are particularly becoming more prevalent. In Africa, for example, 40 countries, out of 48, offered unconditional cash transfers in 2014.
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  Social cash transfers and financial inclusion: evidence from four countries

  Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 2012

  In a number of countries, two separate, but potentially complementary policy agendas have emerged in the past five years: governments have sought to increase the use of electronic means for government payments and to promote greater financial inclusion.
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  Informality and inclusive growth

  Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2015

  This paper is a working document, and the first stage in the conduct of a joint research in the topic of informality and inclusive growth. The research will study the cases of Colombia and South Africa and analyse to what extent these lessons can be applied to other countries in Africa and Latin America.
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  Preparation of a master plan for the national development and implementation of labor market information system for employment promotion in Libya

  Korea Development Institute, 2013

  The revolution in Libya ended with the death of Gaddafi, but Libya still struggles with territorial tension amongst the different tribes and adapting to a new form of government, where many social, political, and financial challenges await.
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  Raising the quality of project selection and efficiency of implementation of public sector infrastructure investment activity in South Africa

  Korea Development Institute, 2013

  The purpose of this study is to propose policy makers and experts in South Africa for the improvement measures of project selection and efficiency used in the investment activities for the infrastructures in public sector, which were implemented in the progress of economic growth in Korea.
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  South African Futures 2035: Can Bafana Bafana still score?

  Institute for Security Studies, 2015

  It is evident that, as much as the country has made progress, South Africa has made an incomplete transition to inclusive politics and an incomplete transition towards inclusive economics.
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  Recalibrating South Africa’s role in global economic governance: a Nigerian perspective on some strategic challenges

  Global Economic Governance Africa, 2015

  A Nigerian perspective on South Africa’s position in global economic governance, particularly in relation to its role in the BRICS grouping and the G-20, provides critical insights into the potential benefits of a reinvigorated Nigerian–South African partnership.
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  The Middle Classes of India, Kenya and South Africa

  Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014

  This report on the middle class is the outcome of a fruitful collaboration between three leading think tanks from emerging democracies. They are:
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  An assessment of opportunities for local production of construction and building materials using the South African public housing delivery programme as a procurement lever

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2014

  The objective of this study is to review challenges and opportunities in the delivery of the public housing programme. The focus is on assessing opportunities for local production and manufacturing of construction materials.
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  Inequality and economic marginalisation: How the structure of the economy impacts on opportunities on the margins

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011

  In 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.

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