This policy document was compiled based on the DPRU Working Paper 08/133, Poverty and the ‘Second Economy’ in South Africa: An Attempt to Clarify Applicable Concepts and Quantify the Extent of Relevant Challenges by Dr Vusi Gumede (Chief Policy Analyst in the Presidency’s Policy Co-ordination and Advisory Services in South Africa). This report was made possible by the National Research Foundation for the author’s post-doctoral grant
South Africa’s world revered democratic transition lies more than a decade in the past, a period lon...
The United Nations Millennium Declaration commits to halving extreme poverty between 2000 and 2015. ...
Ten years after liberation, the persistence of poverty is one of the most important and urgent probl...
M. Comm.No country's economy can survive if the majority of its population remains without income, b...
Since 2003, South African policy discourse about persistent poverty has been dominated by the notion...
This paper sets out the methodological issues for the measurement of poverty before presenting a pov...
The dissertation comprises two major parts. The first reviews major theories of poverty and measures...
To fight poverty in South Africa, one must understand the underneath causes, origin, factors and cas...
When measuring poverty in South Africa, much of the theoretical and empirical work has focused on mo...
Poverty and inequality are some of the major developmental challenges that are facing South Africa a...
M.Com. (Economics)The aim of this study was to look at the economic survival problem that has been v...
This paper explores the challenge of understanding chronic and structural poverty in South Africa, a...
This country study evaluates the experience of the South African economy with respect to growth, pov...
M.Com. (Economics)Combating poverty is at the frontier of analyses in South Africa today. The study ...
Poverty is a world-wide phenomenon which is widely prevalent in almost all third-world countries. Th...
South Africa’s world revered democratic transition lies more than a decade in the past, a period lon...
The United Nations Millennium Declaration commits to halving extreme poverty between 2000 and 2015. ...
Ten years after liberation, the persistence of poverty is one of the most important and urgent probl...
M. Comm.No country's economy can survive if the majority of its population remains without income, b...
Since 2003, South African policy discourse about persistent poverty has been dominated by the notion...
This paper sets out the methodological issues for the measurement of poverty before presenting a pov...
The dissertation comprises two major parts. The first reviews major theories of poverty and measures...
To fight poverty in South Africa, one must understand the underneath causes, origin, factors and cas...
When measuring poverty in South Africa, much of the theoretical and empirical work has focused on mo...
Poverty and inequality are some of the major developmental challenges that are facing South Africa a...
M.Com. (Economics)The aim of this study was to look at the economic survival problem that has been v...
This paper explores the challenge of understanding chronic and structural poverty in South Africa, a...
This country study evaluates the experience of the South African economy with respect to growth, pov...
M.Com. (Economics)Combating poverty is at the frontier of analyses in South Africa today. The study ...
Poverty is a world-wide phenomenon which is widely prevalent in almost all third-world countries. Th...
South Africa’s world revered democratic transition lies more than a decade in the past, a period lon...
The United Nations Millennium Declaration commits to halving extreme poverty between 2000 and 2015. ...
Ten years after liberation, the persistence of poverty is one of the most important and urgent probl...