The fiscal cost of child grants in the context of high adult mortality in South Africa: A simulation to 2015

 

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dc.creator McEwen, Hayley
dc.creator Woolard, Ingrid
dc.date 2014-07-01T10:12:08Z
dc.date 2014-07-01T10:12:08Z
dc.date 2012
dc.date.accessioned 2015-05-28T10:06:45Z
dc.date.available 2015-05-28T10:06:45Z
dc.date.issued 2015-05-28
dc.identifier McEwan, H. & Woolard, I.(2012). The fiscal cost of child grants in the context of high adult mortality in South Africa: A simulation to 2015, Development Southern Africa, 29(1): 141-156.
dc.identifier http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0376835X.2012.645648#.U7KI1_mSz9U
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/11090/762
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11090/762
dc.description This paper investigates the expected costs of cash transfers to children in South Africa up to 2015. The child population is not expected to grow between 2008 and 2015 and thus the fiscal cost of the Child Support Grant is expected to stabilise in the near future. The other major child grant, the Foster Care Grant, is far less predictable – while it is not intended to be an orphan grant, three quarters of its beneficiaries are orphans. Because of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the number of dual orphans is expected to double between 2008 and 2015, reaching 1.3 million, and the overall number of orphans (maternal, paternal and dual) to reach 4.8 million by 2015. If the Foster Care Grant were to become a de facto orphan grant, its costs would escalate rapidly. The paper does not argue in favour of an orphan grant, but rather for greater effort in ensuring that the Child Support Grant reaches the neediest children, especially maternal orphans.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Development Southern Africa
dc.subject Social grants
dc.subject Cash transfers
dc.subject Fiscal cost of social security
dc.subject Fiscal sustainabiity
dc.subject Child Support Grant
dc.subject Foster Care Grant
dc.subject Adult mortality
dc.title The fiscal cost of child grants in the context of high adult mortality in South Africa: A simulation to 2015
dc.type Journal Article
uct.type.publication Research en_ZA
uct.type.resource Article en_ZA
dc.publisher.institution University of Cape Town
dc.publisher.faculty Faculty of Commerce en_ZA
dc.publisher.department SALDRU en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Social grants KW - Cash transfers KW - Fiscal cost of social security KW - Fiscal sustainabiity KW - Child Support Grant KW - Foster Care Grant KW - Adult mortality LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - The fiscal cost of child grants in the context of high adult mortality in South Africa: A simulation to 2015 TI - The fiscal cost of child grants in the context of high adult mortality in South Africa: A simulation to 2015 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/762 ER - en_ZA


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