Expanding the Social Security Net in South Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and Constraints
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2007-09
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University of Cape Town
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Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 07/127
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Rapid 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.
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Pauw, K., Ncube, L. 2007-09. Expanding the Social Security Net in South Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and Constraints. Development and Poverty Research Unit Working Paper Development Policy Research Unit Working Paper 07/127. University of Cape Town.