Berg, Servaas van der; Siebrits, Krige; Lekezwa, Bongisa - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2010
This paper discusses the nature and effects of social grants programmes in South Africa against the backdrop of … system that significantly reduces extreme poverty, in part because the grants are very well targeted. The review of existing … literature and new evidence presented in this paper suggest that the grants influence the behaviour of recipients and potential …