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• Privatisation as a major reform in public sector management
• From procurement and tendering to supply chain management
KEY FEATURES
• Local government financial management in South Africa
• Clearly presented chapters
• Learning outcomes and summaries
• Illustrations, tables and figures
• Interactive online supplementary material containing the relevant pieces of
legislation referred to in the text.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Kabelo Moeti specialises in Public Finance and Public Sector Economics with degrees in Finance, Science Administration and Administration. He is an Associate Professor at Tshwane University of Technology.
SUITABLE FOR
Students and practitioners who require generic analytical skills of Public Finance and an understanding of the relevant legislation, policies and regulations.
Public Works and Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Do public works work for the poor?
A MCCORD
The prevailing view among donors and government agencies with responsibility for social protection is that Public Works Programmes present a ‘win-win’ situation, providing employment to the chronically poor while also creating assets for the state. But is this view in fact correct? This book critically explores the concept of the Public Works Programme (PWP) and interrogates its social protection performance in the context of chronic poverty. It reviews over 200 PWPs in eastern and southern Africa using original research drawn from extensive field analysis, interviews and survey work. The author makes a case for a reconsideration of the function of PWPs in the current social protection discourse and argues that the current PWP approach may not look so attractive from the beneficiary’s perspective.
978 1 91989 548 2 978 1 92054 166 8 978 1 92054 129 3 978 1 48511 572 4
256 PAGES
ZAR R378.00 ZAR R353.00 ZAR R353.00 ZAR R353.00
CONTENTS
• Sub-Saharan African public works in context
• Defining public works
• The social protection function of
public works programmes
• Evaluating the performance of public
works programmes
• The role of the wage
• The role of assets
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• The role of skills development
• Two South African case studies:
Anna McCord is the Director of The Poverty and Inequality Practice Ltd, a UK-based research company, a Research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute in London, UK, and a Research Affiliate at the Southern African Labour and Development Research Unit at the University of Cape Town.
context, overview and methodology
• Case study: Programme incidence
• Case study: Labour market insights 2012 • Case study: Poverty impacts
• Conclusion: Implications for future
programming
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