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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Expanded Public Works Programme"”.
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The coverage adequacy and graduation under the Expanded Public Works Programme in South Africa
The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is one of the South African government’s strategies to reduce poverty. It provides income relief by availing temporary work opportunities for South Africa’s unemployed people including those in rural areas such as the Thulamela Local Municipality. Studies …
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The impact of the Expanded Public Works Programme on poverty alleviation and skills development for Social
The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) was announced by the former president, Mr Thabo Mbeki, in 2002. The EPWP is one part of an overall government strategy to reduce poverty through the alleviation and reduction of unemployment. It is a deliberate approach to ensure that participants gain the …
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Putting the poor to work: a conceptual and critical analysis of the Expanded Public Works Programme in South Africa
This thesis looks into how the concept of Public Works Programmes has developed along historical and theoretical lines to reveal how authors writing for international institutions such as the World Bank have substantially dominated the production of knowledge on the topic. This has led to …
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An exploration of actions to forge public entrepreneurship in the implementation of the expanded public works programme in the Eastern Cape
… by outlining the history and objectives of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) as one of the key government interventions to address poverty and unemployment. The paper moves on to analyse the Vukuzakhe programme which is an initiative of the Eastern Cape Department of Roads and Public …
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Evaluating a governmental training and development programme
… for Water. The overarching goal of the WfW programme is to alleviate poverty by creating short to medium term jobs for unskilled workers through clearing alien vegetation. WfW aims to appoint contractors based on targets from the Expanded Public Works Programme which are 60% women, 20% youth …
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DesignWork : a study of public works programmes in South African architectural projects
… meet the job-creation and training goals of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), a government-led poverty relief initiative. In so doing, they have a mandate both to design buildings and to design work for the poorest of the poor. This unique context of architectural practice is herein …
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The Impact of Extended Public Works Program (EPWP) on job creation in local government : A case study of Thulamela Local Municipality
… study was to investigate the impact of Extended Public Works Programmes (EPWP) project on job creation in the Thulamela Local Municipality. The main aim of EPWP is to create job opportunities for disabled persons, women and youth. The reviewed literature provided the investigated challenges that …
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Tackling poverty at its roots: a case study of skills development in integrated conservation and development with the example of the Working For Water programme
… One policy response is the introduction of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), which seeks to alleviate poverty by providing labour-intensive work opportunities for the unemployed in the sectors of infrastructure, environment and culture, economics and in the social sector. In 2014 the …