Estimating a poverty line: An application to free basic municipal services in South Africa. Cape Town: Development Policy Research Unit.Bhorat, H., & van der Westhuizen, C. (2010). Estimating a poverty line: An application to free basic municipal services in South Africa. South Africa: ...
Income is used for thethree national poverty linesdeveloped in South Africa. These are thefood poverty line(set atR531per person per month in April 2017), the lower-bound poverty line (R758) and the upper-bound poverty line (R1,138). ...
South Africa, a middle income country, has amongst the most extreme disparities in wealth in the world. Although the extent of poverty depends on the poverty line and methodology employed, analyses by the national statistical office suggests that 52% of households were living in poverty in 1996....
In recent years, a large body of international literature has developed concerning the choice of an appropriate poverty line and the construction of more appropriate poverty measures. This article uses two of these recent developments ‐ the concept of a poverty critical range in place of a single...
in South Africa (in thousands) (2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015) Figure 2.3: Proportion of population living below the lower-bound poverty line (LBPL) by sex (2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015) Figure 2.4: Proportion of population living below the lower-bound poverty line (LBPL) by population group...
South Africa, a middle income country, has amongst the most extreme disparities in wealth in the world. Although the extent of poverty depends on the poverty line and methodology employed, analyses by the national statistical office suggests that 52% of households were living in poverty in 1996....
Poverty is recognized as a social problem in most European countries. However, figures showing the size of poverty are far from unquestioned. One reason for controversy is how the poverty line should be determined. The approach taken here is to start from the fundamental property of the welfare...
This study analyzed the prevalence of household food poverty in a township of Kwakwatsi, South Africa. A household was defined to be in food poverty when its monthly food spending is less than the cost of a basic food basket. A proxy food poverty line was used a measure of food poverty ...
摘要: Mumbai They live in slums, all below the poverty line. Today they have got jobs that will pay between Rs 4,500 and Rs 5, 500 a month, at places such as Kentucky Fried Chicken and Landmark, and at a time employees everywhere live in fear of pink slips.收藏...
Standard methods of poverty measurement assume that an individual is poor if he or she lives in a family whose income or consumption lies below an appropriate poverty line. Such methods can provide only limited insight into male and female poverty separately. Nevertheless, there are reasons why ho...