Up-to-date, nationally representative household income/expenditure data are crucial to estimating poverty during the … COVID-19 pandemic and to policy-making more broadly, but South Africa lacks such data. We present new pandemic poverty …-loss-induced poverty: a headcount ratio increase at the upper-bound poverty line of 5.2 percentage points (3.1 million people/13 per cent …

of fiscal policy on income redistribution, and poverty in South Africa. We find, in accordance with previous research …, that direct taxes and cash transfers are overall progressive and reduce inequality and poverty. Our disaggregated analyses …

of fiscal policy on income redistribution, and poverty in South Africa. We find, in accordance with previous research …, that direct taxes and cash transfers are overall progressive and reduce inequality and poverty. Our disaggregated analyses …

Up-to-date, nationally representative household income/expenditure data are crucial to estimating poverty during the … COVID-19 pandemic and to policy-making more broadly, but South Africa lacks such data. We present new pandemic poverty …-loss-induced poverty: a headcount ratio increase at the upper-bound poverty line of 5.2 percentage points (3.1 million people/13 per cent …

poverty. Many households above the poverty line are food insecure; many below are not. We investigate a lack of financial …

Despite some improvements in recent years, poverty and food insecurity remain widespread and the main challenges in …

We survey the latest research on the linkages between international trade, regional integration, poverty and food … extensive literature on the impacts of trade reform on poverty outcomes, research on the actual and potential effects of trade …

Distribution System (PDS) and the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM) - on poverty outcomes and on nutritional intake. This paper offers a … the significant impact of the PDS and MDM in terms of poverty reduction and calorie intake. While there are large … also contributed significantly to poverty reduction. Almost half of the poverty reduction in the distribution …