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.creatorMcEwen, Hayley
dc.creatorWoolard, Ingrid
dc.date2014-07-01T10:12:08Z
dc.date2014-07-01T10:12:08Z
dc.date2012
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:45Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:45Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionThis 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.identifierMcEwan, 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.identifierhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0376835X.2012.645648#.U7KI1_mSz9U
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/762
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
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/762
dc.languageen
dc.publisherDevelopment Southern Africa
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectSocial grants
dc.subjectCash transfers
dc.subjectFiscal cost of social security
dc.subjectFiscal sustainabiity
dc.subjectChild Support Grant
dc.subjectFoster Care Grant
dc.subjectAdult mortality
dc.titleThe fiscal cost of child grants in the context of high adult mortality in South Africa: A simulation to 2015
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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