Will formalising property rights reduce poverty in South Africa’s ‘second economy’ (original) (raw)

Questioning the mythologies of Hernando de Soto. Plaas Policy Brief, 2005

Abstract

High levels of poverty and inequality persist in democratic South Africa despite a decade of government policies and budgetary realignments designed to address the legacies of apartheid and steady economic growth. Some policies have been relatively successful: access by the poor to clean water, electricity and sanitation has improved dramatically, and increased numbers receive social grants. But South Africa has the second highest level of inequality in the world after Brazil, and the gap between the rich and the poor appears to ...

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