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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Social grants"”.
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“How have social grants in Zambia been paid and what lessons can be learnt from this?”
… use of manual payment systems in the delivery of social cash transfers, most developing nations nowadays are resorting to electronic payment solutions to improve the timeliness and effective delivery of the social grants amidst programme scale ups. Like most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia …
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Social grants, food security and coping strategies: a case study of selected households in Umhlathuze District, KwaZulu-Natal.
… study was to establish an association between social grants and access to sufficient food within beneficiary households and how these households cope with food insecurity. A data set of 100 respondents from uMhlathuze city was used to determine the effectiveness of social grants. Firstly, the …
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How and why do states provide for children? Comparing social grants for families with children in Southern Africa
… public policy with a focus on the provision of social grants (social cash transfers) for families with children. The thesis investigates how and why three middle-income countries (South Africa, Namibia and Botswana) and a low-income country (Zimbabwe) in Southern Africa provide for children in …
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Transforming the living standards of the old aged people of Namibia through social grants: A case of Omagongati village, Oshana region
This study explores social grant factors that influence the living standards of the old aged people. It focuses on finding out whether the helping hand o_f social grants brought some changes on the living standards of the old aged people and further identifies possible solutions to improve the …
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An explorative study of the role of child social grants in the livelihoods of recipients: A case study of Ondobe constituency, Ohangwena region, Namibia
… study was to explore the role that the Child Social Grant (CSG) plays in the livelihoods of recipients, using a case study of Ondobe Constituency, Ohangwena Region, Namibia. The Namibian government has taken concrete steps to address child poverty and social exclusion through child social …
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Exploration of the child support grant in a community of the North West Province
… that everyone has the right to have access to social security and appropriate social assistance including those who are unable to support themselves and their dependents. This study was undertaken to explore the CSG in the community of the North West Province. The study was necessary because …
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An application of synthetic panel data to poverty analysis in South Africa
… mostly with incomes from the labour market and social grants. The data however did not have adequate and comparative variables on the types of employment to further explore this debate. It also emerged that birth cohorts with male headship as well as birth cohorts in urban settlements and in …
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South Africa's social assistance intervention as a building block of a developmental state
… explores the extent to which South Africa's social assistance programme can constitute a building block of a developmental state. Using a critical research approach and Taylor's conceptual framework (2002) that draws on Sen's understanding of development as freedom, I explore the impact of …
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An exploratory study highlighting the complexities in the targeting of beneficiaries in Malawi's social cash transfer programme
“The rise of social protection in form of social safety nets is attributed to the forceful return of poverty onto the international development agenda credited to World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)” (Chisinga, 2007:3). The basis of the discussion of social protection as …
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Exploring Social Assistance Policy's Role In Alleviating Poverty In Post-Apartheid South Africa
Social assistance policy is an anti-poverty approach used by the South African government to tackle socio-economic challenges. This study analysed the social assistance policy's role in alleviating poverty in post-apartheid South Africa. Applying Sen's capability approach, the study explored the …
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The disability cash transfer as a means of poverty reduction at Nqutu Local Municipality
… (2013/2014:6), the estimated dependency ratio on social grants is 90.60%. The Disability Cash Transfer is within that estimated percentage. In this study, both qualitative and quantitative data was obtained using questionnaires and interview schedules. The research instruments that were employed …
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Assessing the impact of government grants on poverty and inequality: a microsimulation study in South African
… a range of policies and strategies including social grant programs. The main objectives of social grants in South Africa focus on relieving poverty and enabling the previously disadvantaged communities to access basic social services. However, poverty and inequality remains high in the country …
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Determinants of commercialization among smallholder vegetable cash crop farmers in Thulamela Municipality of Limpopo Province, South Africa
… farmers, with the majority of them dependent on social grants as a source of off-farm income. The study also uncovered that females were only leading at medium and weak CI, whereas males were dominant at higher CI. The study revealed that the revenue, transactional arrangements, farming …
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Government intervention to alleviate poverty in South Africa, with a specific focus on poverty in the Eastern Cape
… rights, referring to housing, healthcare and social security, to empower the poor. The greatest challenge facing the South African government was to provide the institutional support and to implement appropriate policies to reduce the extent of poverty and unemployment in South Africa. The …
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An assessment of financial and management challenges faced by community advice offices in the Western Cape Province
… of South Africans still struggle to enjoy such social fruits. Thus, accessing some of those benefits has remained a challenge for the poor and those living in rural areas. Today, CAOs continue to provide paralegal assistance and information on social problems such as social grants, housing, …
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Ending childhood statelessness by 2024: a consideration of South Africa's laws and policies in light of the United Nations High Commisisoner for refugees #ibelong campaign
… to services such as education, healthcare, and social grants, due to not having a valid legal identity. This research paper has identified that the children of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in South Africa are vulnerable and at a particular risk of statelessness due to a denial of birth …
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The political economy of gender inequality in South Africa: Why unpaid care work should be recognised in economic policy
… as a result of women's greater role in social reproduction. The paper is structured as follows. In part one, unpaid care work is theoretically grounded within Marxism and social reproduction feminism literature. This is primarily done in order to illustrate two characteristics of unpaid …
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Time-use and wellbeing in Onesi, Namibia
… material wellbeing; the importance of age and social grants for ensuring a better experience of material wellbeing; the importance of social connections particularly for widows and widowers; as well as the significance of time spent on leisure and work-outside for improving relational …
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A consideration of the possible withdrawal of the VAT zero rating on fuel in South Africa
… of such expenditure include health, education, social grants and the maintenance and upgrade of the infrastructure. Government collects revenue from different taxes: personal income tax, corporate tax, estate duty and Value Added Tax. Currently South Africa's VAT is levied at 15%. This was …
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Barriers and enablers to the adoption of practices to improve crop production and reduce vulnerability to climate risks in the semi-arid Omusati Region,Namibia
… dependence on government support in the form of social grants, food aid and remittances from family members in urban areas. The locus for this study is three villages: Omaenene, Okathitukeengombe and Oshihau, in the north-central Omusati region of Namibia. This research investigated local …
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