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- ItemOpen AccessExpanding the Social Security Net in South Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and Constraints(2007-09) Pauw, Kalie; Ncube, LibertyRapid increases in government expenditure on social security between 2000 and 2006 has further increased poor households’ reliance on welfare grants and has been important in the fight against poverty. Already there is evidence of a substitution taking place within the social budget: expenditure on education and health seems to have declined in favour of increased welfare transfer expenditure.
- ItemOpen AccessGraduate Unemployment in the Context of Skills Shortages, Education and Training: Findings from a Firm Survey(2006-11) Pauw, Kalie; Bhorat, Haroon; Goga, Sumayya; Ncube, Liberty; Oosthuizen, Morne; van der Westhuizen, CarleneThe paper reflects on the findings from a firm survey conducted among twenty of South Africa's largest firms across a range of sectors. The survey formed part of research conducted by the Development Policy Research Unit on graduate unemployment in South Africa.
- ItemOpen AccessThe Impact of Growth and Redistribution on Poverty and Inequality in South Africa(2007-08) Pauw, Kalie; Ncube, LibertyThis country study evaluates the experience of the South African economy with respect to growth, poverty and inequality trends since the advent of democracy in 1994.