Author:Jawitz, JeffDate:29 Jun 2021In this article I provide a critical overview of the process followed in a project to identify, support and fund educational development projects in four South African Universities between 2008 and 2013. It draws on my experience as project ...Read morecb
Author:Delavallade, Clara; Dizon, Felipe; Hill, Ruth; Petraud, Jean PaulDate:28 May 2015Although there is fast-growing policy interest in offering financial products to help rural households manage risk, the literature is still scant as to which products are the most effective. This paper uses a randomized field experiment in ...Read more
Author:van Walbeek, CorneDate:28 May 2015The tobacco industry claims that illicit trade in cigarettes has increased sharply since the 1990s and that government has lost substantial tax revenue. Our studies objectives were: (1) To determine whether cigarette excise tax revenue has ...Read more
Author:Wittenberg, Martin; Leibbrandt, MurrayDate:28 May 2015Asset indices have become widely used in a number of areas of social research, particularly in the analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys. Indeed the calculation of “wealth indexes” is now routine practice in the DHSs. Asset indices have ...Read more
Author:Frame, Emily; De Lannoy, Ariane; Leibbrandt, MurrayDate:06 Jun 2017Research evidence points to the multiple forms of deprivation faced by the current generation of young people in South Africa. Little is known about the way in which these various deprivations interrelate - and the extent to which they vary ...Read more
Author:Leibbrandt, Murray; Poswell, Laura; Naidoo, Pranushka; Welch, Matthew; Woolard, IngridDate:28 May 2015The paper analyses poverty and inequality changes in South Africa for the period 1996 to 2001 using Census data. To gain a broader picture of wellbeing in South Africa, both income-based and access-based measurement approaches are employed. ...Read more
Author:Smith, Leonard; Ranchhod, VimalDate:28 May 2015This paper analyses the impact of educational interventions made in the first- and second-year microeconomics courses on academic development students final mark in the second-year course. It also addresses issues of methodology, specification, ...Read more