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...
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South Africa : Social Assistance Programs and Systems Review
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Oosthuizen,Morné.
South Africa : Social Assistance Programs and Systems Review (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/238611633430611402