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Adams, W.J., Aliber, M.A., Cross, R.C., Drimie, S.E., Modiselle, D.S., Randela, R., Tlabela, K.R.U. & Zama, S.B. (2002) The impact of HIV/AIDS on land issues in Kwazulu-Natal province South Africa: case studies from Muden, Dondotha, Kwadumisa and Kwanyuswa. (Report commissioned by the Sub-regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)).
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Aliber, M. (2009) Exploring Statistics South Africa's national household surveys as sources of information about household-level food security. Agrekon. 48(4):384-388.
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This article seeks to contribute to an understanding of household-level food security in South Africa using publicly available household survey data from Statistics South Africa. The two datasets that are used in particular are the General Household Survey,
an annual household survey that began in 2002, and the Income and Expenditure Survey of 2005/06. Because these surveys are not designed fo...
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Aliber, M. & Hart, T.G.B. (2009) Should subsistence agriculture be supported as a strategy to address rural food insecurity?. Agrekon. 48(4):434-458.
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At first glance South Africa's black farming sector appears to contribute rather minimally to overall agricultural output in South Africa. However, despite the complexity involved in this sector and the often marginal conditions in which agriculture is practised it appears to be important to a large number of black households. Furthermore, the significance they attach to subsistence agriculture...
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Aliber, M. & Mosoetsa, S. (2007) Poverty scenarios 2019. (Commissioned by the President's Office).
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Aliber, M. (2007) Poverty scenarios 2019. (Paper presented at the 2019 Scenarios Research Conference, 12 June).
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Aliber, M. (2007) The state of poverty and human development in Limpopo Province. (Paper delivered in August).
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Aliber, M. & Makomane, C. (2006) Poverty trends and poverty reduction in South Africa. (Commissioned by OPMAC to assist with a report to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, June).
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This report provides an overview of South Africa's poverty reduction framework. It summarises what is known (or not known) about inequality trends in South Africa. It aslo summarises findings/arguments from other studies as to the relationship between poverty and inequality and economic growth in South Africa. Finally, it sketches an overview of the impact donor and NGO development initiative .
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Aliber, M. (2005) Addressing the challenges of the second economy in South Africa. (A discussion paper for the Office of the Deputy President, December).
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Aliber, M. (2005) Overcoming underdevelopment in South africa's second economy: 2005 development report. (Prepared for the UNDP, Southern Africa and the DBSA, July).
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The point of departure for this Report is a simple question. Why, if the origins of economic dualism are rooted in the system of heap, forced, migrant labour introduced with the beginnings of the mining industry and reinforced during apartheid, does dualism persist
under democracy when all the relevant laws and many of the practices of the past have been abolished? In addressing this question...
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Aliber, M., de Swardt, C., du Toit, A., Mbhele, T. & Mthethwa, T. (2005) Trends and policy challenges in the rural economy: four provincial case studies. Cape Town: HSRC Press.
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Deepening rural poverty is of great concern. Yet, too little is known about how people survive in the rural areas of South Africa, and in particular how people 's survival strategies are adapting to changing economic circumstances. This study sheds light n the experience of rural dwellers in respect of four areas of economic activity in four provinces, Limpopo, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Kw...
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Aliber, M., du Toit, J., Langa, Z., Msibi, M., Parthab, S., Roberts, B. & Thaba, F. (2004) Poverty on our doorstep: understanding the situation of the individuals who spend the night in front of 134 Pretorius Street and the possible implications of erecting a fence to keep them out.
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Aliber, M. (2003) Chronic poverty and employment. Labour market review. May:19-22.
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The extent of chronic poverty in South Africa is not known with certainty. Whether the statistics we have is representative of the country is difficult to say. What is probable, however, is that much of poverty in South African is indeed chronic.
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Aliber, M. & O'Donovan, M. (2003) The social wage in South Africa. (A review on behalf of the Social Cluster Task Teams on Free Basic Services and the Comprehensive Social Security Framework, Iterim Report, December).
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Aliber, M.A. (2003) Chronic poverty in South Africa: incidence, causes and policies. World development. 31(3):473-490.
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Altman, M., Hart, T. & Jacobs, P. (2010) Food security in South Africa. (March).
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The Human Sciences Research Council led a project to review household food security status in South Africa. This project was aimed at ensuring affordable quality food for poor households and considering the short- and long-term contribution of food
security to the government's poverty and unemployment reduction strategies. This paper offers an overview of the main findings.
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Altman, M. (2010) A national perspective on household food and nutrition security. (Paper presented to The Challenges of HIV/AIDS and Poverty to Development, JEAPP Dissemination Workshop, Sheraton Hotel, 19 May).
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Altman, M., Hart, T.G.B. & Jacobs, P.T. (2009) Household food security status in South Africa. Agrekon. 48(4):345-361.
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The Human Sciences Research Council has established a policy research initiative to monitor household food security and to identify and evaluate policy options. In this special edition, a selection of articles from this project is assembled. While deep chronic
hunger has fallen with the expansion of the social grants, under-nutrition is a very serious and widespread challenge. This special edi...
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Altman, M.A. & Ngandu, S. (2010) Would halving unemployment contribute to improved household food security for men and women?. Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. 86:52-65.
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South Africa faces great challenges with extremely high unemployment and deep poverty. A large proportion of households are challenged to meet minimum required nutrition levels. In 2009, the HSRC prepared employment scenarios to see how unemployment might be reduced by 50% between 2004 and 2014, even in the context of the downturn. These scenarios consider what working people might earn in thes...
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Anderson, B.A., Romani, J.H., Wentzel, M. & Phillips, H.E. (2010) Awareness of water pollution as a problem and the decision to treat drinking water among rural African households with unclean drinking water: South Africa 2005. (Paper presented at the Population Association of America, Dallas, Texas, April).
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Anderson, B.A., Romani, J.H., Wentzel, M. & Phillips, H.E. (2010) Awareness of water pollution as a problem and the decision to treat drinking water among rural African households with unclean drinking water: South Africa 2005. (Commissioned by the Population Studies Center (Report 10-701), May).
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Factors related to household perception of water pollution as a problem, treatment of drinking water and choice of chemical treatment are examined for rural African households in South Africa in 2005 that use an unclean drinking water source. Only 19% of these households ever treat their drinking water. The less clean the water and the more distant the water source, the more likely the househol...
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Anderson, B.A. (2003) Fertility, poverty and gender in South Africa: paper 2. In Fertility: the current South African issues of poverty, HIV/AIDS & Youth: seminar proceedings. Child, Youth and Family Development Research Programme Cape Town: HSRC Publishers. 27-56.
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This paper examines the history of the level and trend of fertility in South Africa in a comparative context. It considers how current fertility levels relate to people's fertility desires. Since people want surviving children rather than simply live births, it also examines the level of, and factors related to, infant survival. Household arrangements and the welfare of children are then exa...
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Andrew, N. & Jacobs, P. (2010) Nutrindo a pobreza rural - Relacoes agrarias inalteradas na Africa do Sul. In: De Briti, L., Castel-Branco, C.N., Chichava, S. & Francisco, A. (eds). Pobreza, desigualdade e vulnerabilidade: comunicacoes apresentadas na II conferencia do instituto de estudos sociais e economicos. Maputo: IESE. 151-184.
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Badroodien, A. (2004) Rac(e)ing poverty and punishment in South Africa, 1920-1970. Safundi: the journal of South African and American comparative studies. 13/14:1-26.
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This paper unpacks the ways in which race and modernity shaped perceptions of crime, disorder, and poverty in South Africa by looking at how aspects of inequality and injustice were inscribed into discourses of disorder in the past. Historically, the issues of race and poverty in South Africa were often used in traditional urban settings to produce numerous images of urban crises.
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Baiphethi, M.N. & Jacobs, P.T. (2009) The contribution of subsistence farming to food security in South Africa. Agrekon. 48(4):459-482.
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Poor households access their food from the market, subsistence production and transfers from public programmes or other households. In the past rural households produced most of their own food, but recent studies have shown an increase in
dependence on market purchases by both urban and rural households, in some cases reaching 90% of the food supplies. Food expenditures can account for as much...
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Barbarien, O.A. & Richter, L. (2001) Economic status, community danger and psychological problems among South African children. Childhood: a global journal of child research. 8(1):115-133.
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An extensive literature links community violence and poverty in the US to psychological difficulties in children. To test the cross-national generalizability of these relationships, 625 young South African mothers residing in black townships with different levels of community danger and material hardship rated their 6-year-olds on emotional functioning and behavioural problems. Most mothers w...
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Barnes, H., Noble, M., Wright, G. & Dawes, A. (2009) A geographical profile of child deprivation in South Africa. Child Indicators Research. 2(2):181-199.
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This article describes the methodology employed to create an index of multiple deprivation for children in South Africa at small-area level and presents the picture of deprivation across the country exposed by the index. Making use of information from the 2001 Census, 14 child-focused indicators were arranged into five domains of deprivation income, employment, education, living environment and...
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Barnes, H., Wright, G., Noble, M. & Dawes, A. (2007) The South African index of multiple deprivation for children: census 2001. Cape Town: HSRC Press.
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The detrimental impact of poverty on child development, educational outcomes, job prospects, health and behaviour is well known, and governments worldwide have committed themselves to eradicating child poverty as well as the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Yet more than 60% of South African children live in households with annual incomes below $1 360 (2006 value) and mortality and ma...
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Benit-Gbaffou, C. (2007) Is anyone listening to the poor?. HSRC Review. 5(2):10.
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Does institutional participation work for the poor? The author raises questions about access to power and resources.
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Benit-Gbaffou, C. (2006) IN the shadow of 2010: Greater Ellis Park development, decision-making and the poor in inner city Johannesburg. (Paper presented at the Colloquium "2010 and the life of the city", CUBES, WISER, HSRC and the Goethe Institute Johannesburg, Wits University, 4-6 September).
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Bentley, Kristina A (2003) Women, culture and inequality: human rights and the feminisation of poverty in South Africa. (Paper presented at a workshop for a special edition of the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE), September).
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While poverty, privation and economic inequality continue to reflect racial inequalities, more significantly for the purposes of this paper, they entrench gender inequalities. Poverty in South Africa has a gender dimension that challenges the equal status of women in law, ad poses a threat to the realisation of their equal human rights in practice. The "feminisation" of poverty is significant...
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Berry, A. (2008) Growth, employment and distribution impacts of minerals dependency: four case studies. South African Journal of Economics. 76(2):March.
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Cross-country evidence on the direct and indirect impacts of minerals dependency on growth suggests that the typical effect may be negative, and the experience in some countries implies large negative effects. Countries heavily endowed with exportable natural resources cannot take it for granted that this will assist them on the path to development. This study focuses on four countries, Indone...
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Bhana, A., McKay, M.M., Mellins, C., Petersen, I. & Bell, C. (2010) Family-based HIV prevention and intervention services for youth living in poverty-affected contexts: the CHAMP model of collaborative, evidence-informed programme development. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 13(2):Online.
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Family-based interventions with children who are affected by HIV and AIDS are not well established. The Collaborative HIV Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Program (CHAMP) represents one of the few evidence-based interventions tested in low-income contexts in the US, Caribbean and South Africa. This paper provides a description of the theoretical and empirical bases of the development and...
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Bhorat, H. & Kanbur, R. (eds). (2006) Poverty and policy in post-apartheid South Africa. Cape Town: HSRC Press.
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The political freedoms ushered in by the post 1994 transition were seen at that time as the basis for redressing long-standing economic deprivations suffered by the majority of the population. The reduction of poverty, in all its dimensions, was the goal.
Made up of 11 chapters, this authoritative volume explores poverty and labour market issues over the first decade of democracy in South ...
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Biersteker, L., Streak, J. & Gwele, M. (2008) Toward an adequate ECD centre subsidy for children under 5 in South Africa: a costing of centre delivery. In: The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development Coordinators' notebook: an international resource for early childhood; 30. Toronto: The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development. 37-40.
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The South African government has increasingly recognised the significance of investment in ECD services of different kinds to support child development and protect child rights. Primary health care is free for young children and for pregnant and lactating women, and 2.86 million children from birth to age 4 access a government-financed cash transfer via the Child Support Grant Programme. Since ...
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Carter, J. (2009) Improving the value of social networks for the poor. HSRC Review. 7(1):23-24.
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Even if often disregarded, the poor do have social networks - those intricate associations of people drawn together by family, work or hobby, believed to provide social support, influence and engagement, as well as access to resources and material goods. In this article, the author explores how the networks of the poor could be better utilised.
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Child, Youth and Family Development Research Programme (2003) Fertility: current South African issues of poverty, HIV/AIDS & youth: seminar proceedings. Cape Town: HSRC Publishers.
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The focus of this volume, based on the 2002 conference Fertility: The Current South African Issues of Poverty, HIV/AIDS, and buth emanating from the partnership between the Department of Social Development, the South African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN) and the HSRC, is to examine the underlying inextricable link between fertility and the socio-economic development. This collaborative volu...
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Chipkin, I. (2005) The political stakes of academic research: perspectives on Johannesburg. African studies review. 48(2):87-109.
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Cross, C., Altman, M.A. & Altman, M.A. (2010) "For us women, working is an unfiulfilled dream": womens' wage work and food security. Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. 86:25-37.
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This article reviews the findings from two small community studies in South Africa on the experience of poor households in respect of the economic downturn, employment, and food security, with special emphasis on gender dynamics. This study was implemented by the Human Sciences Research Council and funded by Oxfam International, and sought to explore the human, social and personal experiences o...
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Cross, C. & Seager, J.R. (2010) Towards identifying the causes of South Africa's street homelessness: some policy recommendations. Development Southern Africa. 27(1):143-158.
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The HSRCl's four-year study of street homelessness in SA highlights the way unemployment stresses poor households and sets in motion processes of exclusion, and suggests that the social wage safety net is not protecting the street homeless. Although subsidised housing and social grants seem to head off homelessness in many cases, they mainly target the poor in shacks, and economic migrant pop...
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Cross, C. (2009) Demographics and society. (Presentation made at the CRIR International Transport Conference, 7 December).
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Cross, C. (2009) Urbanization & women's economic exclusion. (Paper presented to the Conference on Gender and Poverty Reduction, 13-15 October).
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Cross, C., Kok, P., Wentzel, M., Tlabela, K., Weir-Smith, G. & Mafukidze, J. (2005) Poverty pockets in Gauteng: how migration impacts poverty. (Report to the Gauteng Intersectoral Development Unit, August).
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Poverty in our cities is probably the key planning question of this millennium, and it is clear that much of the poverty being experienced in Gauteng is driven by migration. The Johannesburg/ Pretoria conurbation probably has the strongest pulling power of
any African city, constantly bringing in new streams of the hopeful poor. To deal with in-migration, Gauteng's cities plan on the urban t...
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Cross, C., Kok, P., Wentzel, M., Tlabela, K., Weir-Smith, G. & Mafukidze, J. (2005) Poverty pockets in Gauteng: how migration impacts poverty. (Paper presented at the launch of the GIDU final report, Video Conference room, HSRC, Pretoria, I November).
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Cross, C., Kok, P., Wentzel, M., Tlabela, K., Weir-Smith, G. & Mafukidze, J. (2005) Poverty pockets in Gauteng: how migration impacts poverty. (Presentation to the reporting workshop to the sponsors, Department of Social Development, Turffontein, Johannesburg).
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Cross, C., Kok, P., Wentzel, M., Van Zyl, J., Malebo, W., Mabitsela, O. & Roux, N. (2004) Learning about poverty and migration in Africa: a networking initiative for an African migration alliance. (Paper presented at the Joint Population Conference, Durban, 5-8 October).
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Cross, C. (2002) Why the urban poor cannot secure tenure: South African tenure policy under pressure. London: Earthscan.
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Daniels, D.M. (2007) Horizon scanning in South Africa: health and HIV and AIDS. (Commissioned by the Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom, September).
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South Africa has a mature HIV and AIDS epidemic, with 11% of the population being infected. The following trends are evident: females are more vulnerable than males with a prevalence of 33.3% amongst 25-29 year olds; infection rates amongst older females are increasing the "sugar daddy" syndrome puts younger women at greater risk, and the age of sexual debut is getting younger. Prevalence amon...
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Davids, A. & Skinner, D. (2006) Overall summary of conclusions and recommendations. In: Skinner, D. & Davids, A. (eds). Asia. Cape Town: HSRC Press. 83-86.
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Davids, Y.D. & Gouws, A. (2011) Monitoring perceptions of the causes of poverty in South Africa. Social Indicators Research. December:Online.
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This study explored how people perceive the causes of poverty. Literature revealed that there are three broad theoretical explanations of perceptions of the causes of poverty, namely individualistic explanations, where blame is placed squarely on the poor themselves; structural explanations, where poverty is blamed on external social and economic forces; and fatalistic explanations, which attri...
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Davids, Y.D. (2009) Impact of perceptions of poverty on the well-being of South Africans. (Paper presented at the IX ISQOLS Conference on Quality of Life, Florence, Italy, 19-23 July).
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The study examines the impact of perceptions of the causes of poverty including a number of socio-demographic variables such as race and geographic location on the well-being of South Africans. Research focusing on perceptions of the causes of poverty indicates that poverty is normally perceived according to three dimensions: fatalistic, structural and individualistic (Hunt 2004; Shek 2004; She...
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Davids, Y.D. (2006) Influence of demographic variables such as race, locale and education on explanations of poverty. (Paper presented at the HSRC Social Science Conference: " Social Science Network of South Africa and the Africa Institute of South Africa", Brichwood Conference Centre, 27-29 September).
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There is a scarcity of research in South Africa that examines the influence and relationship of demographic variables such as race, locale and education with explanations of poverty. Studies that do take stock on the impact of demographic variables on explanations of poverty have varied tremendously. Literature reveals that there are three broad theoretical explanations of poverty: individua...
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Davids, Y.D. (2006) Poverty in South Africa: extent of access to food and income. HSRC Review. 4(4):16-17.
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The majority of South Africans still perceived themselves as lacking enough food and income to meet all their household needs, according to information collected by the HSRC's annual South African Social Attitudes Survey 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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Drimie, S. (2004) Food insecurity and vulnerability information and mapping system (FIVIMS-ZA). (Paper presented at the Agricultural Trade and Marketing Conference, 2 September).
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Drimie, S. (2004) What do we know about food insecurity measurement compared to poverty in South Africa?. (Paper presented at the UKZN National Workshop on Food Security. 1-2 June).
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Drimie, S.E. & Lafon, M. (eds). (2003) Food security in southern Africa: causes and responses from the region. (Les Cahiers de l"IFAS, no. 3). Johannesburg: Institut Francais d'Afrique du Sud.
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The food crisis in southern Africa, with its many correlated aspects among which the impact of HIV/AIDS appears particularly compelling, is proving to be, as it unfolds, one of the most serious challenges, if not the most fundamental one the sub-region has been confronted with over a long period of time; it can be argues that the present situation as the population's well being is concerned, be...
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Dugard, J. & Mohlakoana, N. (2009) More work for women: a rights-based analysis of women's access to basic services in South Africa. South African Journal on Human Rights. 25(3):546-572.
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South Africa has a commendable legislative and policy framework for basic services that explicitly recognises historic disadvantage, including gender. Yet, as explored in this article, inadequate access to water and electricity services has a disproportionately negative effect on women. This is because there is a sexual division of labour within most households meaning that, in addition to typi...
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Erasmus, J.C. & Weir-Smith, G. (2003) Baseline information on poverty in the City of Tshwane. (Client report: City of Tshwane,. July 2003).
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Frempong, G., Kivilu, J. & Kanjee, A. (2011) Improving mathematics learning for the poor: are the best South African schools good enough?. (Paper presented at the South African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, North West University, Mafikeng, 18-21 January).
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Gaibie, F. & Davids, Y.D. (2009) Quality of life among South Africans. (Paper presented at the IX ISQOLS Conference on Quality of Life, Florence, Italy, 19-23 July).
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Quality of life, while a subject of interest and relevance to all countries, is of particular interest in a country such as South Africa where, up until 14 years ago opportunities and resources were allocated to citizens on the basis of their racial classification. In modern-day South Africa a democratically elected government strives to redress inequalities and prejudices of the past in the at...
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Grantham-McGregor, S., Cheung, Y.B., Cueto, S., Glewwe, P., Richter, L., Strupp, B. & International Child Development Steering Group, (2007) Child development in developing countries 1: developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries. Lancet. 369(9555):60-70.
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Many children younger than 5 years in developing countries are exposed to multiple risks, including poverty, malnutrition, poor health, and unstimulating home environments, which detrimentally affect their cognitive, motor, and social emotional development. There are few national statistics on the development of young children in developing countries. We therefore identified two factors with a...
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Hart, T.G.B. (2011) The significance of African vegetables in ensuring food security for South Africa's rural poor. Agriculture and Human Values. 28(3):321-333.
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Technologies and services provided to resource-poor farmers need to be relevant and compatible with the context in which they operate. This paper examines the contribution of extension services to the food security of resource-poor farmers in a rural village in South Africa. It considers these in terms of the local context and the production of African vegetables in household food plots. A mixt...
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Hart, T.G.B. (2009) Exploring definitions of food insecurity and vulnerability: time to refocus assessments. Agrekon. 48(4):362-383.
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Recent high food prices and changes in the world food situation are exacerbating the conditions of households that are vulnerable to food insecurity, especially those with weak livelihood strategies. To address the impact of these and other stressors it is
necessary to develop a deeper understanding of concepts such as 'vulnerability' and 'food insecurity'. This is challenging as both concepts...
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Hart, T.G.B. (2005) Visit to Italy for the purpose of attending 18th Symposium of the International Farming Systems Association at the Salesianum, Rome. (27 October to 7 November).
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Hassen, E.-K. (2007) The second economy and 'dead assets': why we must think beyond de Soto. (Paper presented at the colloquium hosted in June 2006 by the Graduate School of Public and Development Management of the University of the Witwatersrand and the Development Bank of southern Africa).
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Hemson, D. & Buccus, I (2009) The citizen voice project: an intervention in water services in rural South Africa. IDS Bulletin. 40(6):60-69.
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Despite a legal framework for participation in South Africa, poor citizens have not to date been able to access the public services they need, leading some to talk of a 'second democracy', the political system as experienced by the poor. This action-research study involved local government, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), community leaders and community mobilisation to develop Water Serv...
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Hemson, D. (2008) Really making a difference: improving participation in delivering sanitation to poor communities. (Paper presented a the CSO preparatory meeting AfricaSan Conference +5, 15-17 February).
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Hemson, D., Roberts, B. & Bass, O. (2008) Women, water and workers in southern Africa: survey of attitudes of women trade unionists in the public sector in southern Africa, 30 July 2008. (Report for the Southern Africa Trust, September).
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The Southern African Public Service International Conference, Women, Water and Workers, provided the opportunity to weigh up the attitudes of women in the public sector in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rodrigues/Mauritius, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, facing the challenge of delivery to those without access to water services and improving services w...
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Hemson, D. (2007) Citizen voice and regulation: ideas, tools, cascade and training. (Paper presented at the Citizen Voice and Regulation Workshop, 11 May).
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Hemson, D. (2007) Sanitation: real solutions for the poor?. (Paper presented at the Sanitation South Africa Conference 2007, Ridgeway Hotel, Randburg, 30-31 May).
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Hemson, D. (2007) Scorecards, results and conclusions. (Paper presented at the Citizen Voice and Regulation Workshop, 11 May).
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Hemson, D., Shirley, R. & Munthree, C. (2007) The view from below: citizen voice and regulation in water services: final report: executive summary. (Commissioned by the Water Research Commission, May).
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Hemson, D. (2006) Engaging in local government: prospects for participation among the poor. (Paper presented at the CPP Public Dialogue, Riverside Hotel, Durban, 31 October).
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Hemson, D. (2006) Innovation and training in community appraisal. (Paper presented at the Presentation and discussion with EWS, 15 December).
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Hemson, D. & Leclerc-Madlala, S. Learning to live with rats. Mail & Guardian. 3. (28 April 2006)
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Hemson, D. & Leclerc-Madlala, S. (2006) Living with rats. HSRC Review. 4(2):6-7.
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An HSRC research team has been to Cato Manor to investigate residents? attitudes to living alongside rodents, with a view to improving living conditions there. David Hemson and Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala report.
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Hemson, D. (2006) Meeting needs, building society: is delivery flowing from growth?. (Paper presented to the SABC editors, Johannesburg, 21 October).
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Hemson, D. & Nnadozie, R. Pipe dream for the province's poor?. Mail & Guardian. 1. (28 April 2006)
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Hemson, D. (2006) Sanitation: appropriate solutions for the poor. (Paper presented at the WSSLG Strategic Workshop, Eskom Conference Centre, Midrand, 6 June).
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Hemson, D. (2005) Regulating the regulators? Civil society and regulation in South Africa. (Paper presented at the conference Poverty reduction through better education, Rosebank, Johannesburg, 21-23 February).
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Hemson, D. & Viljoen, J. (2005) Sustainability of water services to the poor. (A synthesis of the literature conducted for the Water Research Commission, January).
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Hendricks, L., Swartz, S. & Bhana, A. (2010) Why young men in South Africa plan to become teenage fathers: implications for the development of masculinities within contexts of poverty. Journal of Psychology in Africa. 20(4):527-536.
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Hendricks et al. drawing on in-depth interviews with young fathers (n=37) aged 14 to 20 in impoverished communities in South Africa, this study focuses on the young men who intentionally planned to have children while still teenagers. It interrogates their reasons for doing so, as well as their responses to their impending fatherhood and reactions after the birth of their child. Reasons such as...
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Higson-Smith, C., Richter, L. & Altman, M. (2004) Care as vocation and occupation. In: Watson, R. & Swartz, L. (eds). Transformation through occupation. London: Whurr Publishers. 254-267.
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the most important policy for socially equitable development is full employment. The unemployed are not just a statistic or an underutilized resource that could have increased gross domestic product. They are people, and no numbers can convey the degree of disruption that unemployment brings to their lives, their livelihoods, and the well-being of their families. Although safety nets and tar...
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Hoadley, U. (2007) Boundaries of care: the role of the school in supporting vulnerable children in the context of HIV and AIDS. African Journal of AIDS Research. 6(3):251-259.
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This paper is a response to a growing vision of schools as sites of care and support for vulnerable children in the context of HIV and AIDS. The aim is to interrogate this notion and to raise some key issues in considering the role of schools in the context of the epidemic.
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Hoadley, U. (2006) "Going to scale": the cost-effectiveness of alternative interventions to support vulnerable children and families in the context of poverty and HIV/AIDS. (Report on Conditional Cash Transfer programmes in Mexico and Jamaica, May).
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) The 2005/2006 monitoring and evaluation survey conducted in the Phase 1A and 1B project areas of the LHWP: methodology report. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, August).
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This report contains a summary of the methodology of the 2005/2006 monitoring and evaluation survey. It should be used in conjunction with volume II of this report.
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) Community services and infrastructure in the LHWP Phase 1 project areas: findings of the 2006 monitoring and evaluation survey. Volume IV. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, October).
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This report contains brief summaries of community services, infrastructure, amenities and business enterprises in the Phase 1A and 1B projects areas of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) Downstream social monitoring study: availability of services in IFR reaches: IFR 1, IFR 2, IFR 3, IFR 7 and IFR 9. Volume IV. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, December).
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) Downstream social monitoring study: IFR reaches: IFR 1, IFR 2, IFR 3, IFR 7 and IFR 9: executive summary. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, November).
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) Downstream social monitoring study: monitoring survey in proximal IFR reaches, 2006/2007: methodology report. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, November).
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) Downstream social monitoring study: nutrition, food security and selected public health issues in IFR reaches: IFR 1, IFR 2, IFR 3, IFR 7 and IFR 9. Volume III. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, December).
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) Draft protocol for social monitoring in the downstream areas of the LHWP. Use of riverine resources by individuals and households; income and standards of living of households; nutritional and food security indicators; selected public health indicators. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, November).
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) Findings from the 2005/2006 monitoring and evaluation survey conducted in the Phase 1A and 1B project areas of the LHWP: Mohale, Katse, 'Muela and Matsoku: main report. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, August).
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) Findings from the nutrition and epidemiology component of the study. Volume III. Phase 1A and 1B: Katse, Matsoku and 'Muela survey. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, June).
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This report deals with the socio-economic findings of the 2005/2006 monitoring and evaluation survey conducted in the Mohale project area of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) Findings of a series of surveys conducted in the upstream areas of the LHWP: summary report. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, August).
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) Nutrition, health related and epidemiology findings of the 2005/2006 monitoring and evaluation survey. Volume III. Phase 1B: Mohale project area. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, August).
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This report deals with the socio-economic findings of the 2005/2006 monitoring and evaluation survey conducted in the Mohale project area of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) River resource usage and socio-economic characteristics in IFR reaches: IFR 1, IFR 2, IFR 3, IFR 7 and IFR 9. Volume II. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, November).
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This volume reports on the usage and availability of riverine resources in the downstream areas of the LHWP primarily based on a monitoring survey conducted during 2006/07. The report also contains information regarding the socio-economic status of the population at risk living in the defined 10 kilometer corridor alongside the main rivers in the proximal IFR reaches.
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) River usage and socio-economic and related findings in IFR reaches: IFR 1, IFR 2, IFR 3, IFR 7 and IFR 9. Volume I. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, August).
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Human Sciences Research Council (2007) Socio-economic and related findings of the 2006 monitoring and evaluation survey. Volume II. Phase 1A: Katse, Matsoku and 'Muela areas. (Commissioned by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, August).
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This report deals with the socio-economic findings of the 2005/2006 monitoring and evaluation survey conducted in the Katse, Matsoku and 'Muela areas of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
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Humphries, R.G. & Drimie, S.E. (2001) DFIDSA poverty workshops and seminars. (Held at Shere View Lodge and HSRC Pretoria, 12-15 March 2001).
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Humphries, R.G. (2001) South African regional poverty network. (Workshop held at the HSRC, Pretoria 15 March 2001).
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Jacobs, P. (2011) Agricultural market reforms and the rural poor in South Africa. (Paper presented at the Norway Seminar, Oslo, Norway, 29 April).
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Jacobs, P. (2011) Protect food insecure households against rapid food price inflation. (Paper presented at the HSRC Social Sciences Conference, Birchwood Conference Centre, Benoni, 7-8 September).
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Jacobs, P. (2009) Identifying a target for food security in South Africa. (Paper presented at the AEASA Conference, Durban, 22 September).
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Jacobs, P. & Andrews, N. (2009) Nourishing rural poverty - South Africa's unchanging land relations. (Paper presented at the II IESE conference in Maputo, Mozambique, 22-23 April).
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The South African neo-liberal model of development has overall produced greater social differentiation since the end of apartheid in 1994. This is rooted in the soil of an essentially unchanged land system. Land reform is oriented towards 'deracialising' the commercial farming sector through market-based redistribution, creating a modest opening for black farmers. The overwhelming result has be...
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Jacobs, P. (2009) Questioning pro-poor responses to the global economic slump. Review of African Political Economy. 36(122):611-619.
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This goal is not to repeat the well documented and exhaustive analyses of how the economic crisis started and evolved. Instead this briefing exposes the different ways in which the costs of the downturn and recovery with be downloaded onto the poor.
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Jacobs, P. (2009) South Africa's agro-food sector and the global economic downturn. (Paper presented at the HSRC Conference, Birchwoord Conference Centre, Benoni, 17 September).
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Jacobs, P. & Aliber, M. (2007) Scenarios for livelihood creation in agriculture. (Paper presented at a conference on Another Countryside? Policy options for Land and Agrarian Reform in South Africa, Somerset West, 24-25 October).
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Jacobs, P.T. (2009) The status of household food security targets in South Africa. Agrekon. 48(4):410-433.
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This article investigates the conceptual and methodological challenges to develop a set of baseline indicators for South African food security targets. A food security target is a well-defined and measurable goal to reduce the numbers of people who lack enough
food of the right quality to live healthy lives. To derive baseline indicators for household food security, the following question is a...
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Jensen, G.L., Mirtallo, J., Compher, C., Dhaliwal, R., Forbes, A., Grijalba, R.F., Hardy, G., Kondrup, J., Labadarios, D., Nyulasi, I., Pineda, J.C.C. & Waitzberg, D. (2010) Adult starvation and disease-related malnutrition: a proposal for etiology-based diagnosis in the clinical practice setting from the International Consensus Guideline Committee. Clinical Nutrition. Online:1-3.
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Background & aims: Multiple definitions for malnutrition syndromes are found in the literature resulting in confusion. Recent evidence suggests that varying degrees of acute or chronic inflammation are key contributing factors in the pathophysiology of malnutrition that is associated with disease or injury. Methods: An International Guideline Committee was constituted to develop a consensus ap...
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Kalichman, S.C., Simbayi, L.C., Kagee, A., Toefy, Y., Jooste, S., Cain, D. & Cherry, C. (2006) Associations of poverty, substance use, and HIV transmission risk behaviors in three South African communities. Social science & medicine. 62:1641-1649.
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The majority of the world's HIV infections occur in communities ravished by poverty. Although HIV/AIDS and poverty are inextricably linked, there are few studies of how poverty-related stressors contribute to HIV risk behavior practices. In this study, surveys were conducted in three South African communities that varied by race and socio-economic conditions: people living in an impoverished Af...
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Kalichman, S.C., Simbayi, L.C., Jooste, S., Cherry, C. & Cain, D. (2005) Poverty-related stressors and HIV/AIDS transmission risks in two South African communities. Journal of urban health: bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 82(2):237-249.
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Community stress associated with poverty is related to health risk sand poor health outcomes. Perceived community stress is specifically related to HIV transmission risk behaviors in the United States, but research has not examined these relationships in southern Africa. These findings extend the findings of previous research to show that poverty-related stressors are associated with HIV tran...
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Kanjee, A. (2009) Accuracy of the poverty quintile system for classifying South African schools. (Paper presented at the 2nd Monitoring and Evaluation Colloquium, Gauteng Department of Education, Sandton, South Africa, 20 November).
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Kiti, Z. (2008) Breaking the shackles of poverty through education enhancing programmes: a glimmer of optimism in the school nutrition programme. In: Maile, S. (ed). Education and poverty reduction strategies: issues of policy coherence: colloquium proceedings. Cape Town: HSRC Press. 102-122.
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Kok, P. (2005) Migration intentions and poverty respect of Gauteng. (Paper presented at the Workshop on Poverty and Migration in Gauteng, Turffontein, 24 June).
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Kondlo, K. Zuma must plan with the poor, not for the poor. City Press. (7 June 2009)
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Kongolo, M. (2009) Women in poverty: experience from Limpopo province, South Africa. African Research Review. 3(1):245-257.
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This study focuses on the extent of African women poverty level including poverty reduction strategies used in South Africa. The scope of this study was broadened to include poverty-related issues focusing on the current patterns of poverty and inequality affecting African women. African women related poverty problems in the study area, was documented in a comprehensive manner from the point ...
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Letlape, L., Magome, K., Nkomo, N. & Mdwaba, T. (2006) Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) intervention project: situation analysis: Rustenburg local municipality. In A situational analysis of orphans and vulnerable children in four districts of South Africa. Skinner, D. & Davids, A. (eds). Cape Town: HSRC Press. 63-82.
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Letseka, M., Breier, M. & Visser, M. (2010) Poverty, race and student achievement in seven higher education institutions. In: Letseka, M., Cosser, M., Breier, M. & Visser, M. Student retention & graduate destination: higher education & labour market access & success. Cape Town: HSRC Press. 25-40.
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This chapter discusses the extent and effects of these legacies and their manifestations in the HSRC Student Retention and Graduate Destination Study.
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Letseka, M. & Breier, M. (2008) Student poverty in higher education: the impact of higher education dropout on poverty. In: Maile, S. (ed). Education and poverty reduction strategies: issues of policy coherence: colloquium proceedings. Cape Town: HSRC Press. 83-101.
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Data on higher education trends in South Africa indicate that 50% of students enrolled in higher education institutions drop out in their first three years with about 305 dropping out in their first year. This is despite the fact that some of these students will have passed their senior certificate with endorsement, merit or distinction. Many students also come from poverty-stricken families ...
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Levine, S. & Roberts, B. (2008) Combined methods in poverty analysis: experiences from Namibia. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches. 2(2):205-221.
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We explore differences in the findings on poverty in Namibia from a series participatory poverty assessments and a household survey on household income and expenditure. We find that the main conclusions from these research processes appear plausible even if they point to diverging paths of poverty. These results are attributed to methodological challenges and especially to different perceptions...
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Levine, S. & Roberts, B. (2008) Dynamics of income inequality and poverty in post-independence Namibia. (Paper presented at the UNU-WIDER Conference: Frontiers of Poverty Analysis, Helsinki, Finland, 26-27 September).
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The purpose of this paper is to study the changes in the distribution of incomes in Namibia since Independence in 1990 and the effects on poverty. We first use micro-econometric techniques to improve comparability between the expenditure data in two household surveys conducted in 1993/1994 and 2003/2004. We then go on to compute a series of measures for poverty, inequality
and polarisation. Th...
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Levine, S., Roberts, B., May, J., Bhorat, H., Duclos, J-Y., Thorbecke, E. & Araar, A. (2008) A review of poverty and inequality in Namibia. (Commissioned by the Namibian Central Bureau of Statistics and the National Planning Commission, October).
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This report presents an analysis of poverty and inequality in Namibia based on the expenditure data from the 2003/2004 Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The main analytical purpose of
the report is to establish a new set of poverty lines for Namibia based on the Cost of Basic Needs (CBN) approach, which has become part of the...
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Levine, S. & Roberts, B. (2007) A q-squared approach to pro-poor policy formulation in Namibia. (Q-squared working paper, no. 49, November).
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Reduction of poverty and inequality through economic growth and employment generation has subsequently been at the top of the Namibia policy agenda. In the course of formulating plans to actively combat poverty, its definition has been broadened to go beyond just monetary measures and include concerns related to capabilities, vulnerability and exclusion.
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Levine, S. & Roberts, B. (2007) Q-squared approaches to pro-poor policy formulation in Namibia. (Paper presented at the S-Squared in Policy: a conference on the Use of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods of Poverty Analysis in Decision-making, Hanoi, 7-8 July).
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Lorentzen, J. & Mohamed, R. (2011) Where are the poor in innovation studies?. HSRC Review. 9(1):24-25.
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The poor hardly feature in innovation studies, yet could really benefit from a new look at how their innovation systems work, write JO LORENTZEN and RAHMA MOHAMED.
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Lorentzen, J. (2010) Low-income countries and innovation studies: a review of recent literature. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. 2(3):46-81.
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This is a review of the literature on innovation in the world's poorest countries, published between 1997 and 2008. It asks what role innovation plays in these countries, and how much and what exactly we know about it. It shows that traditional innovation studies, in particular, has rather neglected the know income countries. Most research addresses problems concerning agriculture and health...
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Maile, S. (ed). (2008) Education and poverty reduction strategies: issues of policy coherence: colloquium proceedings. Cape Town: HSRC Press.
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The connection between poverty and lack of education seems entirely self-evident, yet real progress in overcoming the obstacles to education and economic affluence has eluded governments and social activists worldwide for decades. This book interrogates the link between education and poverty reduction and highlights the role of cross-sectoral co-ordination and policy coherence in breaking the p...
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Maile, S. (2008) Education and poverty: development policy options in a democratic era. In: Maile, S. (ed). Education and poverty reduction strategies: issues of policy coherence: colloquium proceedings. Cape Town: HSRC Press. 157-181.
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The main argument of this chapter is not about lack of consensus in definition and measurement. Most people will claim that their understanding of poverty is the correct one, based on logical argument or scientific research. Poverty is a contested concept. The author argues that poverty is an acceptable state of affairs. Something needs to be done about it. The analysis focuses on theories...
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Maile, S. (2008) Putting research on education and poverty into practice: strategies for education and poverty research. In: Maile, S. (ed). Education and poverty reduction strategies: issues of policy coherence: colloquium proceedings. Cape Town: HSRC Press. 39-52.
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Reducing poverty in South Africa, accelerating development and achieving the MDG's adopted at the United Nations as part the Millennium Declaration in 2000 require better policies. The problem is that policy-makers and other stakeholders do not know which policies are most suitable when dealing with national priority issues, and they also do not know how best policies can be implemented in dif...
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Maile, S. (2007) Education and poverty reduction strategies: issues of policy coherence. HSRC Review. 5(2):4-5.
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The author discusses the debate round the question if there is a link between education and poverty reduction?
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Makiwane, M. & Kwizera, S. (2009) Youth and well-being: a South African case study. Social Indicators Research. 91(2):223-242.
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This paper was a result of an analysis from various data sources with a purpose to develop a better understanding of the level of socio-economic well being of young people in South Africa. Such understanding is aimed at enabling government to plan and
implement well-structured and integrated development programmes that are relevant to the socio-economic needs of the youth and that will enable ...
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Masehela, K. Children learn lessons of suffering. City press. 26. (17 April 2005)
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The author conducted a study about schooling in rural KwaZulu-Natal and concluded that if no drastic measures are taken, the children will continue to experience pangs of hunger, inadequate schooling and crippling disease. Theses children will also be broken in mind and spirit.
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Matshe, I. (2009) Boosting smallholder production for food security: some approaches and evidence from studies in sub-Saharan Africa. Agrekon. 48(4):483-511.
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This paper uses the sustainable livelihoods framework to explore the contribution of smallholder production to food security in some sub-Saharan African countries and relates it to the South African case. Noting that many of the world's hungry are smallholder farmers, it is clear that food insecurity is closely linked to the livelihood strategies of these farm households. As previous studies ha...
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Meth, C. (2008) Social income in South Africa, an economy marred by high unemployment, poverty and extreme inequality. (April).
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Disagreements in South Africa over what has happened to the severity of poverty and, less prominently, inequality, have served to stimulate debate about the social wage. Although government has made much of the few pieces of research on the question of the impact of the social wage on poverty, the truth is that, given the extreme difficulties of measurement, not much reliance can be placed on e...
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Mfecane, S., Skinner, D., Mdwaba, T., Mandivenyi, C. & Ned, N. (2006) A situation analysis of OVC services in the Kopanong municipality, Free State. In A situational analysis of orphans and vulnerable children in four districts of South Africa. Skinner, D. & Davids, A. (eds). Cape Town: HSRC Press. 31-46.
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Mini, S. (2004) Putting poverty issues into perspective. (Paper presented at the Poverty Conference, 16 September).
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Modisha, G. (2006) African managers: "deep down, I know I have relatives where there is poverty". South African labour bulletin. 30(3):14-16.
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Moletsane, R., Reddy, V., Ntombela, S., Dayal, H., Wiebesiek, L., Munthree, C., Kongolo, M. & Masilela, T. (2010) Gender and poverty reduction: voice, dialogue and targeting. (Commissioned by Department of Science and Technology's (DST) Unit on Technology for Social Impact).
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This study examined the gendered dimensions of poverty in South Africa and their implications for poverty reduction interventions in South Africa. The study identifies and analyses national approaches to understanding and addressing poverty and their integration of gender. It also identifies and analyses approaches to understanding and addressing poverty and their integration of gender in three...
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Moletsane, R. & Ntombela, S. (2010) Gender and rurality in southern African contexts: an introduction. Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. 84:4-8.
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There is arguably a strong link between poverty and the lived experiences of women and girls, particularly those in rural areas. This is exacerbated by gender inequalities and the social status of women in these communities, which prescribe how individuals and groups negotiate their daily interactions. As the contributions in this issue of Agenda illustrate, boys and girls growing up and men an...
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Moletsane, R., Mitchell, C., De Lange, N., Stuart, J., Buthelezi, T. & Taylor, M. (2009) What can a woman do with a camera?: turning the female gaze on poverty and HIV and AIDS in rural South Africa. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 22(3):315-331.
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This article explores the use of participatory video in finding solutions to challenges faced by schools and communities in the contexts of poverty and the AIDS pandemic in one rural community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Locating the analysis within the study of feminist visual culture and the notion of the female gaze, the article focuses on a close reading of the production of a three mi...
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Motala, S. (2011) Policy, systems & strategies: poverty and vulnerable children. (Paper presented to the Master in Public Health Seminar, Durban: UKZN, 18 February).
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Motala, S. (2009) Profiling poverty dimensions in South Africa. (Paper presented to the IQRAA Conference, 1 July).
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Muller, M. (2007) Administered prices study on economic inputs: water sector: final report. (Commissioned by the Trade and Industry Chamber, August).
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The study found that prices for water supplied to industry in South Africa have generally risen faster than inflation over the period 2001/2 to 2006/7. Municipal water prices to industry have risen by an estimated 62% in the period 2001/2 to 2005/6. Domestic prices rose 60% in the same period, compared to PPIX and CPIX rises of 30% and 32%, respectively. Prices for bulk supplies from water boar...
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Nama, N. & Swartz, L.P. (2002) Ethical and social dilemmas in community-based controlled trials in situations of poverty: a view from a South African project. Journal of community and applied social psychology. 12(4):286-297.
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Nkomo, N., Skinner, D., Mdwaba, T., Mandivenyi, C. & Ned, N. (2006) Situation analysis of services targeting orphans and vulnerable children in Kanana and Umuzimuhle townships in Orkney, North West province. In A situational analysis of orphans and vulnerable children in four districts of South Africa. Skinner, D. & Davids, A. (eds). Cape Town: HSRC Press. 47-62.
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Noble, M., Barnes, H., Wright, G. & Roberts, B. (2008) Small area indices of multiple deprivation of South Africa. (Paper presented at the UNU-WIDER Conference: Frontiers of Poverty Analysis, Helsinki, Finland, 26-27 September).
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Although the multidimensional nature of poverty has received increasingly prominent attention in academic and policy debate in South Africa during the last decade, there remain few existing attempts at moving beyond the conventional, unidimensional money-metric approach to poverty measurement. This paper provides an outline of the recent development and application of small area level indices o...
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Noble, M., Babita, M., Barnes, H., Dibben, C., Magasela, W., Noble, S., Ntshongwana, P., Phillips, H., Rama, S., Roberts, B., Wright, G. & Zungu, S. (2006) The provincial indices of multiple deprivation for South Africa 2001. Oxford: Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy, University of Oxford.
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Since the beginning of the post-apartheid era, a key objective of the South African government has been the improvement of the quality of life of all South Africans and the reduction of poverty and social inequality. The South African constitution requires the
Parliament to ensure that financial resources are distributed equitably among provincial and sub-provincial governments, based partly o...
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Noble, M., Babita, M., Barnes, H., Dibben, C., Magasela, W., Noble, S., Ntshongwana, P., Phillips, H., Rama, S., Roberts, B., Wright, G. & Zungu, S. (2006) The provincial indices of multiple deprivation for South Africa 2001: technical report. Oxford: Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy, University of Oxford.
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This technical report has been produced to provide further detail on the sensitivity testing carried out and the main methodological issues considered during the construction of the Provincial Indices of Deprivation for South Africa 2001 (PIMD 2001). This report should be read in conjunction with the PIMD 2001 report.
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Peltzer, K., Chao, L.-W. & Dana, P. (2009) Family planning among HIV positive and negative prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) clients in a resource poor setting in South Africa. AIDS and Behavior. 13:973-979.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate family planning needs, knowledge of HIV transmission and HIV disclosure in a cohort sample that had undergone PMTCT in a resource poor setting. Five public clinics implementing PMTCT from Qaukeni Local Service Area, O.R. Tambo District in the Eastern Cape. The sample at postnatal care consisted of 758 women with known HIV
status. From 116 HIV positi...
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Petersen, I., Flisher, A.J. & Bhana, A. (2010) Afterword: cross-cutting issues central to mental health promotion in scarce-resource contexts. In: Petersen, I., Bhana, A., Flisher, A.J., Swartz, L. & Richter, L. (eds). Promoting mental health in scarce-resource contexts: emerging evidence and practice. Cape Town: HSRC Press. 208-213.
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Mental ill-health is a product of many interacting risk and protective factors in a number of domains, including genetics, family environment, nutrition, education, income, housing and social conditions. In order to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and mental ill-health in scarce-resource contexts, developmentally timed interventions across the lifespan are needed to mediate positi...
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Petersen, I. & Bhana, A. (2010) Decentralising mental healthcare. HSRC Review. 8(1):17.
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South Africans suffer from mental trauma because of their experiences under apartheid and their continuing struggles with poverty and HIV and AIDS. There is a serious need for mental healthcare. INGE PETERSEN and ARVIN BHANA look at policy that has focused on decentralising and integrating mental health services into district primary healthcare, but say more focused investment is necessary.
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Petersen, I., Swartz, L., Bhana, A. & Flisher, A.J. (2010) Mental health promotion initiatives for children and youth in contexts of poverty: the case of South Africa. Health Promotion International. 25(3):331-341.
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In order to achieve sustainable development and a consequent reduction in levels of poverty, a multisectoral response to development incorporating pro-poor economic policies in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs) is required. An important aspect is strengthening the human capital asset base of vulnerable populations. This should include the promotion of mental health,
which can play an im...
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Pillay, S. (2007) Horizon scanning in South Africa: crime and violence: governance, citizenship and social cohesion. (Commissioned by the Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom, September).
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No abstract available due to the confidential status of the report.
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Pillay, U., Rule, S., Rubin, M. & Ntema, L. (2010) A rapid verification study on the informal settlements and backyard shacks' backlog and trends within the Eastern Cape. (Commissioned by the Eastern Cape Provincial Department of Housing, April).
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Extensive scoping, enumeration and enquiries at municipalities across the Eastern Cape from October 2009 to March 2010 has revealed that there are in the region of 225,000 households living in informal settlements or backyard shacks. These were primarily concentrated within the two large urban areas, Buffalo City and Nelson Mandela Metro, where the official municipal counts were both approximat...
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Pillay, U. (2008) The 'mystification of capital': legal title for the low-income housing market. HSRC Review. 6(2):25-26.
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The crux of De Soto's argument revolves around why nations of the developing world are desperately impoverished, and often burdened by crippling poverty. This, according to him, is largely a function of the deficiencies in their organisation of property rights. This applies to legal institutions as well as their implication and adaptation to factual circumstances. De Soto's position is that th...
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Pillay, U. & Bass, O. (2008) Mega-events as a response to poverty reduction: the 2010 FIFA world cup and its urban development implications. Urban Forum. 19(3):329-346.
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This paper reflects on the trajectory that urban development associated with the 2010 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup has taken in South Africa. The argument suggests that a unique moment has been lost regarding the ability of the World Cup to serve as a catalyst for urban development. This notion is supported by a digest of the international literature which ...
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Pillay, U. (2008) Monitoring MDG 1: conceptual and implementation issues. (Paper presented on the 19th May).
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Pillay, U. (2008) Towards slum-free cities: MDG impacts on South Africa's policies, strategies and activities so far. (Paper presented on the 19th May).
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Posel, D. & Casale, D. (2006) Internal labour migration and household poverty in post-apartheid South Africa. In Poverty and policy in post-apartheid South Africa. Bhorat, H. & Kanbur, R. (eds). Cape Town: HSRC Press. 351-365.
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Potgieter-Gqubule, F. & Ngcobo, N. (2009) The state of youth in South Africa: social dynamics. (Commissioned by the Department of Social Development, December).
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Richter, L., Chandan, U. & Rochat, T. (2009) Improving hospital care for young children in the context of HIV/AIDS and poverty. Journal of Child Health Care. 13(3):198-211.
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Paediatric wards in South African government hospitals are occupied predominantly by children with HIV and AIDS-related illnesses. Although access to anti-retroviral treatment for adults is being scaled up, it is likely to be many years before South Africa achieves anywhere near universal access for children. Currently, most children living with HIV or AIDS are identified only when they become ...
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Richter, L. & Aber, L. (2008) "Going to scale". (Paper presented at the International Conditional Cash Transfer Conference, Rockefeller Conference Centre, Bellagio, 6-10 July).
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Richter, L., Aber, L., Dawes, A., Allen, L. & Streak, J. (2008) Going to scale: a randomised community trial to determine the cost-effectiveness of alternative interventions to support highly vulnerable children and families in the context of HIV, AIDS and poverty. (Paper presented at the International Social Security Conference - Comprehensive Social Security for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa: Achievements and Challenges, Cape Town, 10-14 March).
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Richter, L. (2005) Just a little smile. (Documentary was produced in support of a project examining the plight of South Africa's most vulnerable young children, particularly those affected by poverty and HIV/AIDS).
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Documentary was produced in support of a project examining the plight of South Africa's most vulnerable young children, particularly those affected by poverty and HIV/AIDS.
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Richter, L. (2003) Childhood poverty: longitudinal studies for policy making. (Invited panel discussant at the Young Lives Conference on "Opportunities and Constraints of Longitudinal Studies", University of London, U.K., 8-9 September).
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Richter, L.M. & Rama, S. (2006) Building resilience: a rights-based approach to children and HIV/AIDS in Africa. (Commissioned by Save the Children Sweden, May).
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Many children in Sub-Saharan Africa, in addition to those who receive most media attention (i.e. orphans, child heads-of-household, and children living with HIV/AIDS), are affected by HIV/AIDS, poverty, and social instability. They include already vulnerable children, especially children with disabilities and children living outside of family care, as well as children living with chronically il...
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Richter, L.M. (2004) Poverty, underdevelopment, and infant mental health. Infant mental health journal. 25(5):440-452.
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Richter, L.M. (2003) Poverty, underdevelopment and infant mental health. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 39 (4):243-248.
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An argument is made for the critical importance of considering and addressing psychological factors in care givers and children in conditions of extreme material need. An example is provided of a simple intervention model based on sound developmental principles that can be implemented by trainee non-professionals ion conditions of poverty and underdevelopment.
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Richter, L.M. (2001) Psychosocial factors in child health. In Child health for all: a manual for Southern Africa. 3rd ed. Kibel, M.A. & Wagstaff, L.A. (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 19-24.
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The article outlines micro and macro environmental factors that influence child health.
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Roberts, B. (2006) The happy transition?: attitudes to poverty and inequality after a decade of democracy. In: Pillay, U., Roberts, B. & Rule, S. (eds). South African social attitudes: changing times, diverse voices. Cape Town: HSRC Press. 101-130.
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Roberts, B. & May, J. (2006) Poverty diagnostics using poor data: strengthening the evidence base for pro-poor policy making in Lesotho. (Paper presented at the 7th International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) Conference, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 17-20 July).
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Roberts, B. (2004) 'Empty stomachs, empty pockets': poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa. In State of the nation: South Africa 2004-2005. Daniel, J., Southall, R. & Lutchman, J. (eds). Cape Town: HSRC Press. 479-510.
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Roberts, B.J. (2002) Book review: Bhorat, Haroon, Leibbrandt, Murray, Maziya, Muzi, van der Berg, Servaas and Ingrid Woolard (eds) (2001) Fighting poverty: labour markets and inequality in South Africa. Cape Town: UCT Press. Transformation. 50:105-113.
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Schwabe, C., Davids, A., Aliber, M., Roefs, M. & Tlabela, K. (2005) Evaluation of government's poverty relief programme: final project report. (Prepared for the Office of the Public Service Commission (OPSC), July).
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Seager, J. & Tamasane, T. (2008) Health and wellbeing of people living on the streets in South Africa. (Paper presented at the Health & Homelessness Conference, Oxford, 16 September).
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As part of a wider multidisciplinary study of homelessness in South Africa, this research aimed to explore the health and wellbeing of homeless adults and children, their access to and utilisation of health services, and selected health risk behaviours.
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Seager, J. & Mohlakoana, N. (2007) Horizon scanning in South Africa: the potential impacts of climate change on poor households. (Commissioned by the Presidency, September).
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Seager, J. & Ganyaza-Twalo, T. (2007) Interactions between poverty and HIV/AIDS at the household level. (Paper presented at the 4th SAHARA Conference, Kisumu, Kenya, 2 May).
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Seager, J. (2006) Quality of life, poverty and environment. (Paper presented to the National Environmental Advirosry Forum, Mainstreaming of the Environment into Development Issueas and Opportunities relatin to AsgiSA, Pretoria, 3 October).
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Seager, J., Ganyaza-Twalo, T. & Tamasane, T. (2005) Development of a conceptual framework to help understand the interactions between poverty and HIV/AIDS at the household level. (Paper presented at the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population Seminar, Cape Town, 12-14 December).
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Seager, J.R. & Tamasane, T. (2010) Health and well-being of the homeless in South African cities and towns. Development Southern Africa. 27(1):63-83.
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Little is known about the health and well-being of people who live on the streets although their lifestyle involves health risks. This study used quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the health status and health service needs of homeless people in several South African cities and towns. It was found in some cases that their own or family members' ill-health had contributed to their...
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Seager, J.R. & Ganyaza-Twalo, T. (2007) A conceptual framework to help understand interactions between poverty & HIV/AIDS. (Paper presented at the 4th SAHARA Conference, Kisumu, Kenya, 2 May).
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Seager, J.R. (2006) Educational choices in Ethiopia: what determines whether poor children go to school?. Young lives policy brief. 2:1-12.
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Setswe, G. (2010) Health in South African township communities. (Paper presented at the AMREP World Health Day Conference, Monash University, Burnet Institute & Compass, 7 April).
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Setswe, G. (2010) Township communities and urbanisation in South Africa. (Discussion guide for the 4th AMPREP World Health Day Workshop sesion on Current Challenges in Urbanisation & Health, Burnet Institute, Monash University and Compass, 8 April).
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Setswe, G. & Nkomo, N. (2007) Report on experiences in the Amandlamadoda (menpower) sexual and reproductive project in Umkhanyakude, KwaZulu-Natal. (Commissioned by the AIDS Foundation South Africa, October).
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This report documents the experiences of participants and staff in the Amandlamadoda project in Umkhanyakude district. Three methods used to collect data for documenting the experiences of participants and staff in the project. These included the review of key project documents, three focus group discussions with men in the community and executive committee members in Umkhanyakude and four key ...
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Shisana, O., Rice, K., Zungu, N. & Zuma, K. (2010) Gender and poverty in South Africa in the era of HIV/AIDS: a quantitative study. Journal of Women's Health. 19(1):39-46.
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BACKGROUND: Recent research identifies gender inequality as a driver of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The feminization of poverty is also increasingly apparent, as is the disproportionate vulnerability of members of female-headed households. We sought to examine the relationships among sex, gender, age, HIV status, and socioeconomic characteristics, focusing on heads and nonheads of households. METHOD...
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Shisana, O., Zungu, N. & Pezi, S. (2009) Poverty and HIV and AIDS. In: Rohleder, P., Swartz, L., Kalichman, S.C. & Simbayi, L.C. (eds). HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 years on: psychosocial perspectives. New York: Springer. 89-104.
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The worsening economic situation is likely to continue to impact negatively on health and development, especially in countries that are already severely affected by HIV and AIDS. In the context of this background it is important to view the link between HIV and AIDS and poverty in order to further understand the relationship between the two.
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Shisana, O. (2008) Bridging South Africa's second economy. New Agenda. 29:48-51.
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South Africa is a middle-income country with GDP per capita of R97688, comparable to countries such as Turkey and Argentian, but lower than that of its African neighbour, Botswana. This GDP per capita masks mahor income inequalifiers. There are two societies in South Africa; one similar to those found in very highly developed economies, and the other similar to underdeveloped economies. Thi...
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Shisana, O. (2008) Bridging the second economy. In: Turok, B. (ed). Wealth doesn't trickle down: the case for a developmental state in South Africa. Cape Town: New Agenda: South African Journal of Social and Economic Policy. 183-191.
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There are two societies in South Africa, one similar to those found in very highly developed economies, and the other similar to underdeveloped countries. This two-tiered economy poses challenges when planning development. Can those living in the underdeveloped part of South Africa be integrates into the highly developed part of the economy? To answer this question it is important to clarify...
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Shonkoff, J.P., Richter, L., van der Gaag, J. & Bhutta, Z.A. (2012) An integrated scientific framework for child survival and early childhood development. Pediatrics. 129(2):1-13.
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Building a strong foundation for healthy development in the early years of life is a prerequisite for individual well-being, economic productivity, and harmonious societies around the world. Growing scientific evidence also demonstrates that social and physical environments that threaten human development (because of scarcity, stress, or instability) can lead to short-term physiologic and psych...
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Simbayi, L.C. (2007) Key issues on reproductive health, poverty, gender, youth, and HIV emerging from the 2005 SABSSM national household surveillance study. (Presentation to the Population Council's Strategic Planning Meeting, held at the Premier Cape Hotel Cape Manor, Sea Point, Cape Town, 29 November).
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Simbayi, L.C. (2007) The relationship between poverty and HIV/AIDS: some empirical evidence. (Paper presented at the ICT School of Public Health and Family Medicine, UCT Medical School, 8 March).
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Skinner, D., Mfecane, S., Gumede, T., Henda, N. & Davids, A. (2005) Barriers to accessing PMTCT services in a rural area of South Africa. African Journal of AIDS Research. 4(2):115-123.
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Despite good intentions and commitment from providers, prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services can be difficult for pregnant women to access, despite the provision of free health services for women and children. We examined the introduction of PMTCT services in a very poor rural area of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, to assess the context?s impact on the provision of...
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Streak, J., Yu, D. & Van der Berg, S. (2008) Measuring child poverty in South Africa. HSRC Review. 6(4):33-34.
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Understanding the extent and characteristics of child poverty in South Africa and how these have been changing over time is vital for addressing it. This article reports some of the findings of an analysis of the Income and Expenditure Survey 2005/06 undertaken by the authors to provide more recent and comprehensive child poverty profile.
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Streak, J.C., Yu, D. & Van der Berg, S. (2009) Measuring child poverty in South Africa: sensitivity to the choice of equivalence scale and an updated profile. Social Indicators Research. 94:183-201.
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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 different AESs the scope and composition of child poverty are found to be relatively insensitive to t...
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Struwig, J. (2005) Communication environment of South Africans. (Quarter 9 report to GCIS, September).
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Swartz, S. (2011) 'Going deep' and 'giving back': strategies for exceeding ethical expectations when researching amongst vulnerable youth. Qualitative Research. 11(1):47-68.
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This article interrogates how research amongst vulnerable populations, especially youth, may be designed and implemented to exceed the usual standards of research ethics. It describes the dual aims of ethical research within an emancipatory framework as 'going deep' through utilizing 'an ethics of parallax perspectives'; and 'giving back' by employing an 'intentional ethics of reciprocation'. I...
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Swartz, S., Van der Heijden, I., Runciman, T., Makoae, M., Rozani, A., Dube, N., Makiwane, M. & Bhana, A. (2010) 'Think for yourself - Think for tomorrow': Exploring the impact of peer-led HIV intervention and psychosocial support groups for vulnerable youth in South Africa. (Report prepared for the Harvard School of Public Health and the Centre for the Support of Peer Education).
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This report, building on Swartz, Van Der Heijden, Makoae et al. (2009), offers a contribution towards understanding three important phenomena in South Africa: the widespread effect of HIV/AIDS, the ongoing needs of orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC1) living in poverty and made extraordinarily vulnerable by the AIDS pandemic, and the promise of peer education to contribute towards meeting th...
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Swartz, S., Van der Heijden, I., Makoae, M., Richter, L., Rozani, A., Runciman, T. & Ndimande, N. (2009) 'With a little help from my friends': exploring the impact of peer-led HIV intervention and psychosocial support groups for orphaned and vulnerable children in South Africa. (Report produced for the Harvard Centre for the Support of Peer Education, 31 March).
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This study operates at the nexus of three important contemporary phenomena: the widespread HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa; the psychosocial needs of impoverished children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS; and peer education, a technology that is increasingly being used to deliver HIV/AIDS prevention. The following review will explore each of these aspects in order to deepen
understanding of the ...
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Tamasane, T. & Head, J. (2010) The quality of material care provided by grandparents of their orphaned grandchildren in the context of HIV/AIDS and poverty: a study of Kopanong municipality, Free State. Sahara J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS. 7(2):76-84.
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A pervasive argument in the literature on AIDS orphans in South Africa is that grandparents, who often care for their orphaned grandchildren, lack the material means to provide adequate care. This study investigated that claim in an area of ubiquitous poverty and very high unemployment. It is based on the analysis of data obtained from two surveys carried out by the HSRC in the semi-rural munic...
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Tamasane, T. & Seager, J. (2004) Rapid appraisal of the community capacity empowerment programme and leadership development for results: components of the enhancing an integrated response to HIV, AIDS and poverty programme. (Commissioned by the UNDP, Pretoria, October).
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Temple, N.J. & Steyn, N.P. (2011) Cost of a healthy diet: most South Africans cannot afford to eat well. HSRC Review. 9(1):20.
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The cost and inaccessibility of healthier food choices are forcing the greater majority of South Africans into an unhealthy lifestyle, find NORMAN J TEMPLE and NELIA P STEYN.
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Temple, N.J. & Steyn, N.P. (2010) The cost of a healthy diet: a South African perspective. Nutrition. Online:November.
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Energy-dense foods are relatively cheap sources of energy but typically have a low nutrient density. People with a low income may therefore select a relatively less healthy diet. The high energy density of such diets helps explain the association between obesity and low socioeconomic status. Most studies have been carried out in highly developed countries. We have extended this research
to S...
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Temple, N.J., Steyn, N.P., Fourie, J. & De Villiers, A. (2010) Price and availability of healthy food: a study in rural South Africa. Nutrition. 27:55-58.
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We investigated the availability of healthier food choices and whether a healthier diet costs more than a diet commonly eaten by low-income families in South Africa. We visited 21 food stores in 14 rural towns of the Western Cape province of South Africa. We recorded the price and availability of 66 food items, including both commonly consumed foods as well as healthy options. Healthier food ...
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Tladi, L.S. (2006) Poverty and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: an empirical contribution. Sahara J: journal of social aspects of HIV/AIDS. 3(1):369-381.
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This study sets out to establish and explain the empirical link between HIV/AIDS and poverty using data collected by the 1998 South African Demographic and Health Survey (SADHS).Analysis is restricted to women of reproductive age (15 - 49 years).The results indicate an increased risk of HIV infection among the poor, due to poverty-related characteristics of low education and low knowledge of th...
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Tsoai, L. (2009) Assessment of the public policy processes followed in low-cost housing provision since 1994. (Paper presented to the HSRC Conference, Birchwood Conference Centre, Benoni, 17 September).
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Turok, I. (2011) Inclusive growth: meaningful goal or mirage?. (Paper presented at the HSRC Social Sciences Conference, Birchwood Conference Centre, Benoni, 7-8 September).
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Turok, I. (2010) Inclusive growth: meaningful goal or mirage?. In: Pike, A., Rodriguez-Pose, A. & Tomaney, J. (eds). Handbook of local and regional development. London: Routledge. 74-86.
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The purpose of this chapter is to review some of the main arguments surrounding the challenges of poverty, inequality and economic development. I consider different perspectives on the relationship between growth and inequality and discuss the merits of two orthodox policy responses - social protection and welfare-to-work. Despite the different circumstances of the North and the South, I sugg...
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Twalo, T. (2010) Education for self reliance - South Africa's alternative for addressing skills shortage and job creation: a literature review. South African Journal of Higher Education. 24(5):832-846.
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South Africa's democratic state has been clouded by various social and economic ills like joblessness, skills shortage, poverty and crime. These are a result of various complex issues which include the apartheid legacy, misdirected education system and poor
planning for long term national priorities. This article looks at the lost opportunities to which education could have contributed to chan...
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Vakalisa, Z., Mnisi, R.N. & Shilubane, M.S. (2001) Tsholofelo Community College, North West Province - a community initiative model. In Further education and training institutions and communities at work: case studies of five community college models. Odora-Hoppers, C.A. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. 68-84.
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Viljoen, J., Viljoen, F. & Struwig, J. (2010) Pro-poor tourism routes: the Open Africa experience. Acta Academica. 42(4):65-90.
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Tourism development in South Africa has been inconsistent and has failed to fulfill the promises of pro-poor development. Tourism routes have been touted as a promising means of supporting pro-poor tourism. However, in practice, established tourism route models benefit well-resourced establishments and do little to effectively include disadvantaged communities. This article explores the role o...
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Weir-Smith, G., Ewang, P., van Niekerk, J., Mbatha, C., Penninkhoff, P., Hadingham, T., Bhengu, B., Hobbs, S. & Musakwa, W. (2008) Provincial poverty assessment, profiling and mapping: final report. (Report prepared for the National Development Agency (NDA), March).
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No abstract available due to the confidential status of the report.
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Weir-Smith, Gina (2003) A framework for analysing poverty and inequality in GIS. (Paper presented at the HSRC Conference, July).
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Weir-Smith, Gina (2003) Poverty GIS: design & analysis. (Paper presented at the Town Planning Today Conference, Johannesburg, July).
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Wentzel, M. (ed). (2004) Technology transfer for poverty reduction: health sector study. (Report commissioned by the Department of Science and Technology, Pretoria, September).
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This report comprises the findings of a study of the role and potential of the health sector as one of the identified sectors (the others include agriculture, samll0scale mining and energy). The report is aimed at evaluating the experience of technology transfer in this sector, identifying best practices and providing guidance to the DST in harnessing the health sector towards the poverty redu...
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Woldehanna, T., Mekonnen, A., Jones, N., Tefera, B., Seager, J., Alemu, T. & Asgedom, G. (2005) Education choices in Ethiopia: what determines whether poor households send their children to school?. (The research is conducted by the Young Lives Ethiopia Project financed by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), 25 January).
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This paper attempts to establish a link between micro-level outcomes and macro level policy initiatives with respect to eight-year-old children's primary school enrolment in ethiopia.
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Woolard, I. & Klasen, S. (2005) Determinants of income mobility and household poverty dynamics in South Africa. The journal of development studies. 41(5):865-897.
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This article analyses household income mobility among Africans in South Africa?s most populous province, KwaZulu-Natal, between
1993 and 1998. Compared to industrialised and most developing countries, mobility has been quite high, as might have been expected after the transition in South Africa. This finding is robust when measurement error is controlled for. When disaggregating the sources of...
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Woolard, I. & Klasen, S. (2004) Determinants of income mobility and household poverty dynamics in South Africa. (Commissioned by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany, February).
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In this paper we analyse household income mobility dynamics among Africans in South Africa's most populous province, Kwazulu-Natal, between 1993 and 1998. Compared to industrialized and most developing countries, mobility has been quite high, as might have been expected after the transition in South Africa. This finding is robust when measurement error is controlled for. When disaggregating the...
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Woolard, I.D. (2002) An overview of poverty and inequality in South Africa. (Working paper prepared for DFID (SA)).
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Woolard, I.D. (2002) Poverty and inequality reduction strategies for South Africa. (Paper presented at the Gauteng legislature conference on "Parliaments and the eradication of poverty" Muldersdrift 2-4 October 2002).
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Wright, G., Noble, M. & Magasela, W. (2007) Towards a democratic definition of poverty: socially perceived necessities in South Africa. Cape Town: HSRC Press.
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This paper presents findings from a module in the HSRC's 2005 South African Social Attitudes Survey that was designed by the Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy at the University of Oxford. Respondents were asked to select from a list which items, services and activities they regard as essential for all people to have, have access to, or be able to do, in order to enjoy an ac...
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