, this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban-rural inequality, and poverty, and … provides further empirical evidence on the role of urbanization and government policies in urban poverty. Several conclusions … can be drawn from. First, urbanization has a significant effect on reducing both poverty of rural residents and poverty of …

1. Livelihoods, resources and land reform / Paul Hebinck and Charlie Shackleton -- 2. Anger, policy, data … : perspectives on South Africa's 'poverty question' / Michael Aliber -- 3. Land reform and poverty reduction in South Africa / Edward … / Ben Cousins -- 5. Land reform and its effect on livelihoods in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa / Alastair …

This paper analyses the channels through which growth reduces poverty by evaluating the relationship between the … sectoral composition of economic growth and the rural-urban composition of poverty.Unlike previous studies, that use single …. Findings show that rural (urban) poverty is highly responsive to agricultural (non-agricultural) productivity growth.The effect …