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Developmental social policies for the poor in South Africa: Exploring options to enhance impacts?
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2010)
Options to enhance the developmental impact of South Africa’s comprehensive suite of social protection policies have attracted considerable research and policy interest. The country’s society safety nets appear to be ...
Review of land reforms in Southern Africa, 2010
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2010)
This book forms part of a learning programme on ‘Land Reform From Below: Decentralised Land Reform in Southern Africa’. Supported by the Austrian Development Agency, the programme was launched in 2007, and has since provided ...
Contesting the food system in South Africa: Issues and opportunities
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Rising food prices have become a growing concern
globally and in southern Africa. In South
Africa, where food availability is not an issue
at present, the response has been to try to improve
access to food, mostly ...
Status report on land and agricultural policy in South Africa, 2010
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Agriculture plays numerous roles in society. The
most obvious is to produce food (and, to a lesser
extent, fibre). While agriculture is the mainstay
of the rural economy, it also shapes social
relations and landscapes. ...
Overcoming inequality and structural poverty in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2010)
Data indicates that between 1994 and 2008 poverty in South Africa declined marginally, but that inequality continues to increase, and the full impact of the rise in unemployment following the global financial crisis has ...
Poverty and inequality trends in South Africa using different survey data
(Stellenbosch University, 2010)
There is an abundance of literature adopting the monetary approach (i.e., using per capita income or expenditure variables) to derive poverty and inequality trends for South Africa since the transition. The most commonly ...