Maximizing benefit transfers to the poor: evidence from South African employment programmes
Targeted public works programmes (PWPs) seek to create physical assets at wages not exceeding market wages for comparable work. But what is their success at poverty reduction, genuine job creation and their performance relative to that of untargeted benefit transfer programmes? Drawing on new data f...
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International Labour Office
2002
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| author | Haddad, Lawrence J. Adato, Michelle |
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| description | Targeted public works programmes (PWPs) seek to create physical assets at wages not exceeding market wages for comparable work. But what is their success at poverty reduction, genuine job creation and their performance relative to that of untargeted benefit transfer programmes? Drawing on new data from South Africa, the authors focus on 101 projects in seven PWPs in Western Cape Province, in the mid-1990s. They estimate the rands of public expenditure needed to transfer one rand to the poor, then compare this ratio with that generated by a hypothetical, untargeted transfer programme. Most of the PWPs considerably outperform the benchmark. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1561962024-10-25T01:06:30Z Maximizing benefit transfers to the poor: evidence from South African employment programmes Haddad, Lawrence J. Adato, Michelle south africa public works Targeted public works programmes (PWPs) seek to create physical assets at wages not exceeding market wages for comparable work. But what is their success at poverty reduction, genuine job creation and their performance relative to that of untargeted benefit transfer programmes? Drawing on new data from South Africa, the authors focus on 101 projects in seven PWPs in Western Cape Province, in the mid-1990s. They estimate the rands of public expenditure needed to transfer one rand to the poor, then compare this ratio with that generated by a hypothetical, untargeted transfer programme. Most of the PWPs considerably outperform the benchmark. 2002-09 2024-10-24T12:43:27Z 2024-10-24T12:43:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156196 en Limited Access application/pdf International Labour Office Haddad, Lawrence J.; Adato, Michelle. 2002. Maximizing benefit transfers to the poor: evidence from South African employment programmes. International Labour Review 140 (3): 203-223. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2002.tb00237.x |
| spellingShingle | south africa public works Haddad, Lawrence J. Adato, Michelle Maximizing benefit transfers to the poor: evidence from South African employment programmes |
| title | Maximizing benefit transfers to the poor: evidence from South African employment programmes |
| title_full | Maximizing benefit transfers to the poor: evidence from South African employment programmes |
| title_fullStr | Maximizing benefit transfers to the poor: evidence from South African employment programmes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maximizing benefit transfers to the poor: evidence from South African employment programmes |
| title_short | Maximizing benefit transfers to the poor: evidence from South African employment programmes |
| title_sort | maximizing benefit transfers to the poor evidence from south african employment programmes |
| topic | south africa public works |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156196 |
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