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This paper offers evidence on the sensitivity of child poverty in South Africa to changes in the adult equivalence scale (AES) and updates the child povert
The multidimensional index, Statistics South Africa says, should rather be seen as “a complementary measure to these money-metric measures”. How do we fight poverty? South Africa is a capitalist country and one of themost unequal in the world. This is not only inequality of income. As the...
CAPE TOWN, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- South Africa is committed to ending poverty in the country through collective actions and far-reaching social and economic reforms, President Cyril Ramaphosa said here Thursday. He remarked while delivering his annual address to the National Council of Provinces (NC...
poverty and inequality in the first decade of south africas democracy: what can be learnt from panel data? Carter, and J. May. 2007. Poverty and Inequality in the First Decade of South Africa's Democracy: What Can Be Learnt From Panel Data from KwaZulu-Natal? Journal of African Economies,...
Poverty alleviation is a challenge facing most developing countries. This paper reports on one national government strategy, namely the Expanded Public Works Program (EPWP) which was implemented in South Africa (SA) to primarily address poverty and unemployment in rural areas. The paper sketches the...
EVIDENCE given to the Industrial and Agricultural Requirements Commission by Dr. T. W. B. Osborn on March 17, 1941, has now been published under the title "Remedies for Poverty and Malnutrition in South Africa". (Pp. iii+22. Johannesburg: Central News Agency, Ltd., 1941. 2. 6.). Dr...
An average QoL cost of living is constructed using South African General Household Survey data (Statistics South Africa 2021) in conjunction with the life cycle described in Figure 1. This QoL is defined as what would constitute a reasonable SoL concerning basic human needs, such as subsistence,...
South Africans migrate away from poverty to where the jobs are. They move from poorer provinces to the richer ones, and from rural areas to the cities. Gauteng is South Africa’s wealthiest province, mostly a city region and the centre of the country’s economy. It has the largest populati...