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Can social grants promote small-scale farming to improve food security?

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  • Dieter von Fintel
  • Louw Pienaar

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Public expenditure on South Africa’s cash transfer (or social grants) programme is one of the most extensive (as a proportion of GDP) among developing countries. Most evaluations of this large-scale policy focus on how grants change individuals’ incentives to enter or exit the labour market (with conflicting results), while others focus on the benefits for […]

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  • Dieter von Fintel & Louw Pienaar, 2017. "Can social grants promote small-scale farming to improve food security?," Working Papers 106, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:106
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    Cited by:

    1. Julius A. Agbor, 2015. "Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education on Conflict Intensity in Africa," Economies, MDPI, vol. 3(4), pages 1-25, October.
    2. Bernhard P. Zaaruka & Johannes W. Fedderke, 2011. "Indicators of Political and Economic Institutions in Tanzania: 1884 – 2008," Working Papers 231, Economic Research Southern Africa.

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    Keywords

    agriculture; economic growth; food security;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment

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