tailieunhanh - Poverty and Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Made up of 11 chapters, this authoritative volume explores poverty and labour market issues over the first decade of democracy in South Africa. It is an attempt by leading South African scholars, supplemented by the work of international scholars working on South Africa, to take stock of the first post-apartheid decade, to assess the evolution of poverty, inequality, human needs and unemployment, and to relate this evolution to the policy stances and interventions of the first government elected freely by all South Africans. Based on this assessment, the papers individually, and the overview chapter in particular, draw implications for policy. | Free download from 1 uin Free download from Published by HSRC Press Private BagX9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa 2006 Human Sciences Research Council First published 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic mechanical or other means including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers. ISBN 0-7969-2122-9 Copy editing by Karen Press Typeset by Robin Taylor and Jenny wheeldon Cover design by Farm Design Print management by comPress Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver PO Box 30370 Tokai Cape Town 7966 South Africa Tel 27 0 21 701 4477 Fax 27 0 21 701 7302 email orders@ Distributed in Europe and the United Kingdom by Eurospan Distribution Services EDS 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8LU United Kingdom Tel 44 0 20 7240 0856 Fax 44 0 20 7379 0609 email orders@ bookstore Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group IPG Order Department 814 North Franklin Street Chicago IL 60610 USA Call toll-free 800 888 4741 All other enquiries 1 312 337 0747 Fax 1 312 337 5985 email frontdesk@ Contents Free download from List of tables V List of figures X Foreword xiii Acknowledgements xiv Abbreviations and acronyms XV Introduction Poverty and well-being in post-apartheid South Africa 1 Haroon Bhorat and Ravi Kanbur 1 From chimera to prospect South African sources of and constraints on long-term growth 1970-2000 18 Johannes Fedderke 2 Poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa 1995-2000 59 Johannes G. Hoogeveen and Berk Ozler 3 Measuring recent changes in South African inequality and poverty using 1996 and 2001 census data 95 Murray Leibbrandt Laura Poswell Pranushka Naidoo and Matthew Welch 4 Evolution of