Related Publications: South Africa
Power, politics, and performance: community participation in South African public works programs
Through a study of seven public works programs implemented in Western Cape province, this report examines the benefits and challenges of pursuing community participation, together with the effects of participation on meeting the other objectives o
Community, inequality, and local public goods
"To examine how local income distribution affects both a community’s ability to pay for schooling and the quality of that schooling, this research merges household and school census data from South Africa. Empirical results are twofold.
Children in the shadow of AIDS
This paper examines the experiences of children affected by HIV/AIDS in three provinces of South Africa.
Race, equity, and public schools in post-apartheid South Africa
This paper examines dynamic changes in educational quality and equity differences between Black and other population groups in post-Apartheid South African public schools, using the ratio of learners to educators in each school, available from the
HIV disclosure in South Africa
The sheer scale of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has finally led to an expanded global response.
Power, politics, and performance: community participation in South African public works programs
...Through a study of seven public works programs implemented in Western Cape province, this report examines the benefits and challenges of pursuing community participation, together with the effects of participation on meeting the other objective
Community, inequality, and local public goods
Yamauchi and Nishiyama are interested in the relationship between local inequality and the quality of human capital investment and growth.
Race, equity, and public schools in post-apartheid South Africa
"This paper examines dynamic changes in educational quality and equity differences in the public school system between Black and other racial groups in post-apartheid South Africa, using the ratio of learners to educators in each school, avai