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How social security policies and economic transformation affect poverty and inequality: Lessons for South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2010)
This article examines how various characteristics of social and economic policy frameworks affect poverty and inequality levels in developing countries, principally in Botswana and Mauritius. The research findings suggest ...
Alleviating urban energy poverty in the informal sector: The role for local government
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2010)
The depth and severity of poverty and inequality persists in South Africa, despite progressive pro-poor policies. Strong evidence also points to the unbridled growth in informality and remaining as a long-term feature of ...
Submission to the department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries on draft preservation and development of agricultural land framework bill and policy As published in the government gazette 38545, No 210 of 13 March 2015
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2015)
PLAAS has read and considered the implications of the Preservation and Development of
Agricultural Land Framework Bill and Policy, and submits the following comments and
recommendations to the Department of Agriculture, ...
Towards a national minimum wage: what do we know about wages and employment in agriculture?
(2014)
• Agriculture is a good sector to learn from when considering a national minimum wage because:
– It is historically a low-wage sector
– It has been shedding jobs
– It is enormously diverse
– A minimum wage was introduced ...
Access to land and rural poverty in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2012-09)
The big picture: some history
• Large-scale land dispossession from 1652 into the late 20th century
• 1913 and 1936 Land Acts: African majority confined to 13% of country
• Forced removals in apartheid years: 2.5 million ...
Towards support for development of guidelines for voluntary guidelines for small-scale fisheries: Malawi process
(2015)
• Malawi used as case to support development of the guidelines
• One of a number of cases worldwide
The political economy of global and regional agro-food system change
(2015)
Changes in the BRICS countries:
What are key similarities/differences between the agrarian structures of Brazil, China and South Africa? What are the dynamics of change within these BRICS countries, in relation to the ...
Joint ventures in agriculture: Lessons from land reform projects in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Recent years have witnessed renewed interest in ‘inclusive business models’ in
agriculture, as part of wider discussions about growing agricultural investment in
lower income countries. Inclusive models aim to include ...
Changing agro-food systems: The impact of big agro-investors on food rights: Case studies in Mozambique and Zambia
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This book presents case studies that offer some insights into
the rapid process of change underway in African agro-food
systems, and in Southern Africa in particular, within the
context of land-based and agricultural ...
Review of land reforms in Southern Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Land, and access to land, is one of the most
important assets for the poor in southern
Africa, both rural and urban, and probably
contributes more than any other factor to their
economic survival and the quality of ...