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Covid-19 and South Africa’s small, medium and micro enterprises: Challenges and recommendations
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) have a major role to play in sustainable development. SMMEs create incomes through employment and help to reduce poverty and income inequality, and to spur economic growth. ...
Factors influencing the comparability of poverty estimates across household surveys
(Taylor & Francis group, 2016)
The South African existing literature on poverty mainly adopted the
money-metric approach to examine poverty levels and trends since
the advent of democracy. In general, poverty increased until the end
of the 1990s, ...
Establishing an economically and biologically sustainable and viable inland fisheries sector in South Africa – pitfalls of path dependence
(Water Research Commission, 2022)
Small-scale fisheries play a significant role in livelihoods and food and nutrition security for millions of people
around the world. However, these benefits are under threat, especially in developing countries such as ...
The home environment and parental involvement of preschoolers in Philippi, a low-income area: Do they hinder or support early learning?
(AOSIS, 2022)
Successful interventions targeting families can only occur through informed research findings. It is important that policymakers understand the unique household dynamics that low-income households face and the kinds of ...
Rights and representation support justice across aquatic food systems
(Nature Research, 2022)
Injustices are prevalent in food systems, where the accumulation of vast
wealth is possible for a few, yet one in ten people remain hungry. Here,
for 194 countries we combine aquatic food production, distribution
and ...
Survey methodology in violence-prone Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Couth Africa
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009)
This article discusses the methodological challenges of a service delivery survey in Khayelitsha, atownship in Cape Town, South Africa. The survey aimed to gain a better understanding of the relationshipbetween citizen ...
Smallholder Aagriculture and land reform in South Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2005)
How canland reformcontribute toa revitalisationof smallholder agriculture inSouthernAfrica?Thisquestion remains important despitenegativeperceptions of land reformas a result of the impactofZimbabwe’s “fast-track” resettlement ...
Employed yet poor: Low-wage employment and workingpoverty in South Africa
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2020)
Working poverty exists worldwide and has shown an increase inprevalence over the past few decades. Over the years, there hasbeen an increase in the number and severity of low-wageemployment, which in turn contributes ...
Status of living standards in Nigeria between 2010 and 2013
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2020)
Nigeria experienced a drop in the poverty rate to an average of56.1% between 1999 and 2007. This could be attributed to themeasures taken by the civilian government against adminis-trative corruption, increased domestic ...