South Africa’s official unemployment rate of 25% ― and when including the discouraged, 33%1 ― is the highest amongst 62 countries surveyed in 2011....

The development of many emerging economies is hindered by the so-called “missing middle”, the small, medium and micro enterprises that serve as important drivers...

Microfinance can be defined as “banking the unbankable”. It refers to bringing financial services such as credit, savings and loans to the poor who...

The argument of this policy brief develops from the facts that: The case is now established internationally that forms of international taxation may be...

Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII) with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) hosted a high level seminar on 6 July 2012 to debate...

This report was prepared as part of research into the rights of non-nationals in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It was agreed at...

How best can policy makers make an impact on improving the lives of people living in poverty and destitution?  That is the       question...

The brief from the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII) was to develop a background paper that could inform a broader research project...

The following review of South African housing policy and development since 1994 forms part of a larger research project run by the Studies in...

This policy review has been undertaken as part of a broader project conducted by the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII). The...

1.   The Portfolio Committee has called for the public to submit written submissions on the above draft amendment bill to the Social Assistance Act...

A compelling need currently exists for the development of legislative frame work for social welfare and development services in South Africa. Thousands of civil...