South Africa Social Assistance Programs and Systems Review : Policy Brief
South Africa’s social assistance system represents a major intervention by government in addressing the deprivation amongst the country’s population. The system is extensive in terms of both the number of people it covers, directly and indirectly,...
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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/398231633427716574/South-Africa-Social-Assistance-Programs-and-Systems-Review-Policy-Brief http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36338 |
| Summary: | South Africa’s social assistance
system represents a major intervention by government in
addressing the deprivation amongst the country’s population.
The system is extensive in terms of both the number of
people it covers, directly and indirectly, as well as in
terms of the amount of scarce resources it consumes. This
brife summarizes findings and recommendations from a study
that assesses the performance of South Africa’s social
assistance programs and systems, based on recent national
household survey data and program administrative
information, in three broad thrusts. Firstly, the study
provides a sense of the operation of the social assistance
system, the types of benefits it provides through its key
programmes, and the tools and administrative systems that
support its functioning. Secondly, it reviews the
performance of the social assistance system in terms of
coverage, targeting, benefit incidence, adequacy,
cost-effectiveness, and outcomes. Thirdly, it assesses the
extent to which the system is aligned with and equipped to
address the so-called “triple challenge” of poverty,
inequality, and unemployment as shown by data, and reviews
some limitations in the design, delivery systems, and
institutional coordination at different administrative levels. |
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