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South Africa - Social Assistance Programs and Systems Review

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-15T20:40:30Z
dc.date.available2022-07-15T20:40:30Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractDespite being an upper middle-income country, South Africa’s high inequality and the long-lasting legacies of apartheid mean that the country is faced with numerous development challenges, many of which are characteristic of countries with much lower incomes. Poverty and inequality remain two of the country’s most pressing concerns. Alongside extreme inequalities, South Africa struggles with high unemployment, low labour market participation rates, and widespread poverty, including pockets of deep deprivation. In this context, social assistance is a critical policy response on the part of government and represents one of the important successes of the post-apartheid era. This report provides a review of the South African social assistance system and consists of three broad thrusts. First, the review provides a sense of the operation of the social assistance system, the types of benefits it provides through its key programmes, and the tools and administrative systems that support its functioning. Second, it reviews the performance of the social assistance system in terms of coverage, targeting, benefit incidence, adequacy, cost-effectiveness, and outcomes. Third, it assesses the extent to which the system is aligned and equipped to address the so-called “triple challenge” of poverty, inequality, and unemployment as shown by data, and reviews its limitations in the design, delivery systems, and institutional coordination at different administrative levels. The core focus of this paper is on social assistance and, specifically, the system of social grants in South Africa.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099845107152232177/P17217500b279506c0963d0954cdf9a47da
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/37713
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37713
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC : World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectSOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectGRANTS
dc.subjectDISABILITY
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectLABOUR MARKET
dc.titleSouth Africa - Social Assistance Programs and Systems Reviewen
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okr.crossref.titleSouth Africa - Social Assistance Programs and Systems Review
okr.date.disclosure2022-07-15
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T09:01:06.920546Z
okr.date.lastmodified2022-07-15T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Social Protection Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099845107152232177/P17217500b279506c0963d0954cdf9a47da
okr.guid099845107152232177
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum33869278
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33869278
okr.identifier.report174020
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099845107152232177/pdf/P17217500b279506c0963d0954cdf9a47da.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countrySouth Africa
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Access of Poor to Social Services
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitSocial Protection AFR E2 (HAES2)
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