Search Results - subject:"social grants"

Efficiency and equity effects of social grants in South Africa

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 …

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Bridging the gap: The impact of home visiting programs for orphans and vulnerable children on social grant uptake in South Africa

Thurman, Tonya R.; Kidman, Rachel; Taylor, Tory M. - In: Children and Youth Services Review 48 (2015) C, pp. 111-116

effective at linking families to social grants for children. Controlling for important covariates, at follow-up participants in …

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Household food security status in South Africa

Altman, M.; Hart, Tim G.B.; Jacobs, Peter T. - In: Agrekon 48 (2009) 4

. While deep chronic hunger has fallen with the expansion of the social grants, under-nutrition is a very serious and …

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Poverty in South Africa: A profile based on recent household surveys

Armstrong, Paula; Lekezwa, Bongisa; Siebrits, Krige - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2008

of social grants since 1999 has significantly reduced extreme poverty. …

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How invariant is South African child poverty to the choice of equivalence scale or poverty measure?

Streak, Judith; Yu, Derek; Berg, Servaas van der - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2008

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 poverty profile based on the Income and Expenditure Survey 2005/06. Setting the poverty line at the 40th percentile of households calculated with...

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Towards identifying the causes of South Africa's street homelessness: Some policy recommendations

Cross, Catherine; Seager, John - In: Development Southern Africa 27 (2010) 1, pp. 143-158

not protecting the street homeless. Although subsidised housing and social grants seem to head off homelessness in many …

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