The realisation of socio-economic rights (SERs) is crucial to South Africa overcoming the persistent challenge of poverty and inequality. However, unless the implementation or...

The 1995 White Paper on the National Strategy for the Development of Small Business find practical expression in the Integrated Small Business Development Strategy...

In a nutshell, current policy literature and analysis is often marked by social distance and is consequently devoid of empathy. This research report of...

 Monitoring the progressive realisation of socio-economic rights in South Africa: The case for a comprehensive monitoring tool Barriers to social protection uptake in East...

The Uppsala Statement by Global Civil Society Organisations on the Right to Social Security. Following a two days conference organised by the Church of...

Central to recent development discourses in the Global South1 is the role of social protection systems in poverty alleviation. Social protection was critical to...

Access to microfinance and microcredit for the poor has sparked critical debates over its ‘acclaimed’ successes and failures. Advocates of the microfinance agenda argue...

MONITORING EXERCISE ALLOWS IMPLEMENTING ORGANISATION TO TRACK PARTICIPANTS PROGRESS IT ALSO HELPS IDENTIFY AREAS FOR COURSE CORRECTIONS, INFORMS AND ADAPTATION TO INCREASE CHANCES OF...

The publication of the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute’s (SPII) Fourth Working Paper could not have come at a more opportune time than...

This report documents the outcomes of a short term project undertaken by Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute for the conflict and Governance Facility,...

Poverty is a contested concept; and it is contested with good reason. Arguments over how poverty should be conceptualised, defined and measured go beyond semantics...