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Social Policy to Address Poverty

Author: van der Berg, Servaas Date: Aug 1999 This paper provides an analysis of the role of social policies in alleviating poverty in South Africa. In doing so, the paper assesses the contribution of education and social security in reducing poverty in the country. Read more c b n a
Regional Institutional Structure and Industrial Strategy: Richards Bay and the Spatial Development Initiatives

Author: Hall, Peter V. Date: Aug 1999 This paper provides an institutional analysis of the South African Spatial Development Initiative (SDI) policy. It deals, firstly, with the concept of regional institutional structure, secondly, with the SDI program in South Africa and how ... Read more c b n a
The Present as a Legacy of the Past: The Labour Market, Inequality and Poverty in South Africa

Author: van der Berg, Servaas ; Bhorat, Haroon Date: Aug 1999 This paper provides an analysis of poverty in South Africa by focussing on the labour market. It seeks to understand inequality and poverty in contemporary South Africa by analysing the main factors that have contributed to these socio-economic ... Read more c b n a
Measuring Poverty in South Africa

Author: Woolard, Ingrid ; Leibbrandt, Murray Date: Oct 1999 This paper sets out the methodological issues for the measurement of poverty before presenting a poverty profile of South Africa. It tests the sensitivity of the poverty profile to choices around the metric used to measure well-being, the ... Read more c b n a
Modelling Vulnerability and Low Earnings in the South African Labour Market

Author: Bhorat, Haroon ; Leibbrandt, Murray Date: Oct 1999 Drawing on a comparative overview of the earnings function work on South Africa, this article presents an alternative and comprehensive model of earnings in the South African labour market. The paper uses the standard Heckman two-step approach ... Read more c b n a
Household Incomes, Poverty and Inequality in a Multivariate Framework

Author: Leibbrandt, Murray ; Woolard, Ingrid Date: Dec 1999 The existing work on household poverty and inequality in South Africa has shown that poverty and inequality differ markedly by race, location, education, gender of the head, household demographics and household labour market participation. ... Read more c b n a
Contemporary Labour Market Policy and Poverty in South Africa

Author: Maziya, Muzi Date: Dec 1999 This paper outlines the recent labour market reforms in South Africa and discusses their likely impact on poverty and the working poor. Using an innovative framework developed elsewhere in the literature, the paper shows how labour market ... Read more c b n a
An Overview of the Role of Producer Services in the Petrochemicals Industry in South Africa: A Case Study of Sasol

Author: Hodge, James Date: Feb 2000 The petrochemicals industry in South Africa has grown significantly over the past two decades, largely as a result of the expansion and diversification of the premier petrochemical producer - Sasol. This working paper examines the role that ... Read more c b n a
The impact of the Maputo Development Corridor on freight flows: an initial investigation

Author: Driver, Amanda ; de Barros, Joao Gabriel Date: Mar 2000 This paper provides an analysis of the effect of the Maputo Development Corridor (MDC) on freight flows between Mozambique and South Africa. By analysing the transport infrastructure of the MDC, this paper seeks to provide insight into the ... Read more c b n a
Understanding the high tech sector in the Cape Metropolitan Region: a contribution to the development of a regional strategy for high tech industry

Author: Hodge, James ; Driver, Amanda Date: Mar 2000 The aim of this working paper is to contribute to a strategy for developing the high tech sector in the Cape Metropolitan Region (CMR) through a better understanding of the high tech firms that already exist. Read more c b n a
Macroeconomic policy and trade intergration in Southern Africa

Author: Harvey, Charles Date: Apr 2000 The aim of this paper is to determine if macroeconomic policy convergence amongst member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is required for establishing and sustaining a free trade area (FTA). The paper also ... Read more c b n a
An Overview of Producer Services in the Mining Industry in South Africa

Author: Pogue, Thomas E. Date: May 2000 The mining industry has been at the heart of South Africa's economy for over 100 years. This working paper explores an aspect of the mining industry that has received little attention - the producer services used in production. It finds that ... Read more c b n a
Assessing the South African Brain Drain, a Statistical Comparison

Author: Meyer, Jean-Baptiste ; Brown, Mercy ; Kaplan, David Date: Jul 2000 For several decades the analysis of the so-called brain drain has been hampered by measurement problems. It is now recognised that the official figures significantly underestimate the extent of the brain drain phenomenon and its increase since ... Read more c b n a
Issue paper on social security for children in South Africa

Author: Guthrie, Teresa ; Footner, Louise Date: Jul 2000 Prepared for the Committee of Inquiry for a Comprehensive Social Security System in South Africa. Read more c b n d
Are Wage Adjustments an Effective Mechanism for Poverty Alleviation? Some Simulations for Domestic and Farm Workers

Author: Bhorat, Haroon Date: Sep 2000 This paper utilises a basic simulation exercise to analyse the possible poverty and employment reducing effects, of instituting a minimum wage in the South African labour market. The simulation is undertaken for three groups of unskilled ... Read more c b n a
Regional Trade Integration in Southern Africa: Critical Policy Issues

Author: Kalenga, Paul Date: Sep 2000 The aim of this paper is to highlight key issues arising from regional trade integration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as well as the concomitant policies required to facilitate the trade process. The paper highlights ... Read more c b n a
Wage premia and wage differentials in the South African Labour Market

Author: Bhorat, Haroon Date: Oct 2000 The aim of this paper is to highlight wage trends and patterns in the South African labour market through examining wage premia and wage differentials. The analysis utilises data from the October Household Survey of 1995. Findings show that ... Read more c b n a
Public-private partnerships: Lessons from the Maputo Development Corridor Toll Road

Author: Taylor, Ian Date: Dec 2000 Launched in 1995, Spatial Development Initiatives (SDIs) are currently the main vehicle used by the South African government to promote regional development. SDI project(s) purport to be short-term and targeted attempts to stimulate "growth" ... Read more c b n a
Paying to waste lives: the affordability of reducing mother-to-child transmission

Author: Skordis, Jolene ; Nattrass, Nicoli Date: 2001 It is estimated that each HIV-positive child in South Africa costs the government more in terms of health and welfare expenses than it does to reduce mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV through the use of antiretroviral regimens (where ... Read more c b n d
Ethics, Economics and AIDS Policy in South Africa

Author: Nattrass, Nicoli Date: 2001 This evening's lecture is about the economics of AIDS policy in South Africa. But, as one of my colleagues in the Politics Department wryly observed, a lecture on the government's AIDS policy would be 'rather short'. So, I will also be using ... Read more c b n d

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