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COVID-19 G2P Cash-Transfer Payments Country Brief: South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-07T14:05:47Z
dc.date.available2025-07-07T14:05:47Z
dc.date.issued2025-07-07
dc.description.abstractFaced with the devastating impact of the rigorous shutdown from late March, a massive package of R500 billion (10 percent of GDP) was announced on April 21. The main elements included: R200 billion in loan guarantees to companies; R50 billion additional for social grants, including a new program to support people who had lost their jobs but were not covered by other programs; a further R100 billion to support smaller enterprises through loans and guarantees; R70 billion tax relief, including credits for payments to the Solidarity Fund; support for the health sector and for municipalities, and an additional 250,000 food parcels. Of the total, it appears that about half would be in the form of loans and guarantees with the rest consisting of transfers and in-kind assistance. Some R130 billion was to be funded through repurposing the existing budget. The rest would be financed by borrowing, including from the IFIs.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099053025155512767
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/43427
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/43427
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectG2P
dc.subjectNO POVERTY
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectCONDITIONAL TRANSFER PROGRAMS
dc.titleCOVID-19 G2P Cash-Transfer Payments Country Brief: South Africaen
dc.typeBrief
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okr.date.disclosure2025-07-07
okr.date.doiregistration2025-07-10T02:11:11.308849Z
okr.date.lastmodified2025-06-05T22:05:38Zen
okr.doctypeBrief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099053025155512767
okr.guid099053025155512767
okr.identifier.docmidP173166-763a563f-3019-4f38-a576-097dd61140d8
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum40017955
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum40017955
okr.identifier.report201935
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttps://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099053025155512767/pdf/P173166-763a563f-3019-4f38-a576-097dd61140d8.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countrySouth Africa
okr.sectorFY17 - Banking Institutions,FY17 - ICT Services,FY17 - Central Government (Central Agencies)
okr.sectorFinancial Sector,Information and Communications Technologies,Public Administration
okr.themeFY17 - ICT Solutions,FY17 - Gender,FY17 - E-Government, incl. e-services,FY17 - Payment & markets infrastructure,FY17 - ICT,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Financial Infrastructure and Access,FY17 - Financial inclusion
okr.themeFY17 - Finance,FY17 - Private Sector Development,FY17 - Public Sector Management,FY17 - Human Development and Gender
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Taxation & Subsidies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Financial Sector and Social Assistance
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.unitDigital Government (DTUGO)
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