South Africa: Social Assistance Programs and Systems Review

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South Africa: Social Assistance Programs and Systems Review

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-09T18:47:37Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-09T18:47:37Z
dc.date.issued	2021-10-05
dc.description.abstract	Despite 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. This paper focuses on social assistance and, specifically, the system of social grants in South Africa. This report aims to review the social assistance system in South Africa to first understand how it functions and what kinds of benefits it provides through which programs, and what tools and systems it uses to do so. Second, it reviews the performance of the 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. It also reviews the limitations in the design, delivery systems, and institutional coordination at different administrative levels. Based on the analysis, this paper provides some recommendation for what adjustments and improvement the South African social assistance system could undertake in the next fi ve years in order to better align the system address the structural causes of poverty and inequality in addition to providing relief and income support. The report concludes and provides some policy and programme recommendations for the future.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/238611633430611402/South-Africa-Social-Assistance-Programs-and-Systems-Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/36514
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/36514
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	POVERTY
dc.subject	INEQUALITY
dc.subject	LOCKDOWN
dc.subject	PANDEMIC IMPACT
dc.subject	CORONAVIRUS
dc.subject	COVID-19
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS
dc.subject	SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	GRANTS
dc.subject	TARGETING BENEFITS
dc.subject	SOCIAL INCLUSION
dc.subject	COST EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subject	EXPENDITURE EFFICIENCY
dc.subject	SHOCK RESPONSIVENESS
dc.title	South Africa	en
dc.title.subtitle	Social Assistance Programs and Systems Review	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	South Africa
okr.date.disclosure	2021-10-05
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-07T10:00:33.280567Z
okr.date.lastmodified	2021-10-04T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Other Social Protection Study
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/238611633430611402/South-Africa-Social-Assistance-Programs-and-Systems-Review
okr.guid	238611633430611402
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	33462706
okr.identifier.report	164802
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okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/238611633430611402/pdf/South-Africa-Social-Assistance-Programs-and-Systems-Review.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	South Africa
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unit	South Africa Country Management Unit