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Tackling child poverty in South Africa: Implications of ubuntu for the system of social grants

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  • Adam Whitworth
  • Kate Wilkinson

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In South Africa both liberal and more communitarian and relational discourses of citizenship can be seen -- the latter in the form of the southern African idea of ubuntu . Policy for assisting children, however, is dominated by the framework of liberal citizenship, most clearly through the Bill of Rights and in particular the Child Support Grant. Using analyses from a purpose-built microsimulation model we show how a neglect of children's broader relationships in the current liberal citizenship inspired policy context limits the effectiveness of the child poverty strategy. The empirical analyses demonstrate how a greater recognition by policymakers of the relational principles of ubuntu could be expected to have more effect on reducing child poverty.

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  • Adam Whitworth & Kate Wilkinson, 2013. "Tackling child poverty in South Africa: Implications of ubuntu for the system of social grants," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(1), pages 121-134, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:30:y:2013:i:1:p:121-134
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2013.756219
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    1. Gemma Wright & Michael Noble & Helen Barnes & David McLennan & Michell Mpike, 2016. "SAMOD, a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model: Recent developments," WIDER Working Paper Series 115, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. Vaaltein, Sive & Schiller, Ulene, 2017. "Addressing multi-dimensional child poverty: The experiences of caregivers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 227-236.
    3. Gemma Wright & Michael Noble & Helen Barnes & David McLennan & Michell Mpike, 2016. "SAMOD, a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model: Recent developments," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2016-115, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    4. Adhikari, Tamanna & Greyling, Talita & Rossouw, Stephanie, 2021. "The ugly truth about social welfare payments and households' subjective well-being," GLO Discussion Paper Series 883, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    5. Isaac Koomson & Raymond Elikplim Kofinti & Esther Laryea, 2024. "Financial inclusion and multidimensional child poverty," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 237-260, March.

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