On the impact of provincial development policies in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorSANTERAMO, Fabio Gaetano
dc.contributor.authorPHALI, Lerato
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-13T14:50:56Z
dc.date.available2023-04-13T14:50:56Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractAlthough South Africa is one of the biggest economies in Africa, poverty and income inequality persist and a vast number of households lack access to water and sanitation services. Provincial governments have implemented the Provincial Development and Growth Strategy to improve standards. We evaluate its effects on selected development indicators. Using a generalization of the Difference-in-Differences method, we study the effects on four development indicators: food security, economic well-being, and water and sanitation security. We use secondary data from the General Household Survey, collected between 2002-2017 and conclude that i) the policies improve development indicators; ii) the effects are heterogeneous across racial and geographic distributions of households. Long-term economic stimulators, such as employment opportunities and education for vulnerable communities, are needed to improve household welfare across the provinces. Programs emanating from these development policies should be ongoing and continuously adapted to fulfill the specific needs of the local groups.en
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dc.identifier.issn1028-3625
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/75495
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dc.publisherEuropean University Instituteen
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dc.relation.ispartofseries2023/32en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Governance Programme-503en
dc.relation.ispartofseries[Global Economics]en
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International*
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dc.subjectProvincial development and growth strategiesen
dc.subjectProvincial poverty reduction strategiesen
dc.subjectDevelopment indicatorsen
dc.subjectDifference-in-differencesen
dc.subjectRoll-out-of program approachen
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dc.subjectO38en
dc.subjectQ18en
dc.titleOn the impact of provincial development policies in South Africaen
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