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Seen, heard and counted: rethinking care in a development context
Development and Change Journal, 2012This is a diverse collection of contributions covering various aspects of care from around the world, from Chinese women’s burdens under economic reform, to the political and social organisation of childcare in Argentina.DocumentEscaping poverty Can policy reach the chronically poor?: id21 insights, issue 46
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003The past few years have seen remarkable consensus on and commitment to poverty reduction from governments around the world. This has resulted in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which seek to reduce global absolute poverty by 50 per cent by 2015 and to reduce other forms of human deprivation. Articles included:DocumentImagining the city: memories and cultures in Cape Town
Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2007What is Cape Town? This book explores the apartheid legacies of Cape Town and demonstrates that cultural life flourished through people’s resilience in spite of adversity. It weaves oral texts and visual images of Cape Town to provide a historical, and a socially and culturally pluralistic perspective of the city. It contains 11 chapters divided into two sets.DocumentExploring the links between trade openness and employment in South Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Supporters of globalisation argue that it boosts economic growth and creates jobs in poor countries. During the 1990s South Africa became increasingly integrated with the global economy. At the same time unemployment became a big problem. Has increased trade openness caused South Africa’s employment problem?DocumentIs cash the best way to assist poor and vulnerable people?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006In the face of chronic poverty, food insecurity and increasing HIV and AIDS in eastern and southern Africa, there is growing recognition of the importance of cash transfers for reaching vulnerable children and households. A variety of cash transfer schemes are being piloted. Should they be scaled-up?DocumentThe link between migration and poverty in Gauteng cities
Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2005It is widely assumed that rural migrants arriving in South Africa’s cities create areas with a high concentration of poverty. This paper looks at the characteristics of urban areas which can be designated as poverty pockets – that is, localities in which the share of the population in poverty is significantly higher than what is found in the surrounding areas.DocumentInternal migration to the Gauteng Province, South Africa
Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2005This study aims to quantify and describe migration to and migrant labour in Gauteng Province, South Africa, with a view to gaining some insight into special challenges that in-migrant households may present.DocumentCoordination failure and employment in South Africa
Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2004This paper examines the phenomenon by which South Africa lost more than 890,000 jobs from 1989 to 1999, but still had an increase in the number of skilled workers over that period. The authors construct a model to explain this phenomenon.DocumentPoverty and gender: the limits of microfinance
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004Credit and savings schemes are hailed as blueprints for tackling poverty but their benefits are exaggerated. They fail to address the way gender effects relations of power and inequality within families. Frequently unsustainable, they seldom manage to cover their running costs.DocumentThe political economy of chronic poverty
Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2003This paper argues that far from globalisation providing widespread opportunities for the poor in the short to medium term, the level of global poverty is likely to increase in absolute terms, in terms of incidence and depth.