September 05, 2012

• South Africa: Dialogue On Rural Development

  This mini-plenary saw the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) presenting its Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP), and explaining its approach to... Read more »

• South Africa: Smallholders and Agrarian Reform

  This panel saw researchers present a range of case studies and analysis exploring who are the 'smallholders' that the NPC envisages as the focus of its strategy to produce a... Read more »

September 03, 2012

• South Africa: Unemployment - State of Knowledge, Gaps and Research Priorities for an Integrated Approach to Unemployment [document]

  South African unemployment, in its interrelatedness with poverty and inequality, is a complex, multifaceted problem. Read more »

• South Africa: Design and Policy Implementation Issues in South Africa's Jobs Fund and Youth Wage Subsidy [document]

  The South African Government is increasingly experimenting with the introduction of numerous policies and programs to fight what appears to be an obstinate unemployment problem. Read more »

• South Africa: The Poverty of Education in South Africa [document]

  The poor performances of learners in Annual National Assessments, along with consistently weak performance in international tests and at the Matric level in South Africa have... Read more »

• South Africa: Tuberculosis and Structural Poverty - What Can Be Done? [document]

  Poverty in South Africa shares common causes and manifestations with poverty globally. How we choose to address ongoing widespread poverty (local and global) lies at the heart of... Read more »

• Africa: Tweeting Out of Poverty - a Comparison of Access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) As a Pathway From Poverty in South and East Africa [document]

  By late 2010, Africa had exceeded Western Europe in terms of the number of mobile connections. Furthermore, the growth of internet usage between 2000 and 2011 exceeded 2000%, five... Read more »

• South Africa: Land Reform

  Horman Chitonge asked 'can land make a difference?' A household survey in Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape compared those from the communal areas who got land through land... Read more »

August 30, 2012

• South Africa: A Pre-R Year - Is It Worth It, and What Would It Cost? [document]

  It is hazardous to make a direct leap from neuroscience to policy recommendations. Simply because early childhood provides opportunities for more efficient interventions which have... Read more »

• South Africa: The Sobambisana ECD Evaluation - Lessons Learnt From Home Visiting, Playgroups and Centre-Based Support in Poor Communities [document]

  The Sobambisana project was supported by Ilifa grantmakers. Over four years, we tested integrated ECD interventions in five rural and informal communities in four provinces to... Read more »

• South Africa: The Reinvention of Land Redistribution - Three Cycles of Policy 1994-2012 [document]

  The political project of land redistribution has been reinvented in three cycles of policy making since 1994. These correlate broadly with the presidencies of Mandela, Mbeki and... Read more »

August 29, 2012

• South Africa: Factors Associated With Teenage Pregnancy in South Africa [document]

  The problems of teenage pregnancy arise from individual, familial and societal factors, including, but not limited to, culture, religion, moral values and beliefs, education and... Read more »

• South Africa: School Feeding in South Africa [document]

  In 1994 President Mandela initiated the South African School Feeding Programme to feed needy learners a daily nutritious meal so that they come to school, stay in school and can... Read more »

• South Africa: Macroeconomic Policy and South African Unemployment - Multiple Segments and an Agenda for Research [document]

  A recent survey of South African unemployment research reveals limited macroeconomic research on unemployment. In addition, almost all macroeconomic work on unemployment policy... Read more »