In per capita terms South Africa is an upper-middle-income country, but despite this relative
wealth, the experience of most South African households is that of outright poverty or of …

South Africa is a nation of immense variety. It has rich cultural diversity, an enviable climate
and an abundance of natural resources. However, it is also a nation with vast economic …

This article gives a comparative examination of poverty reduction strategies in the United
States and South Africa. Three questions frame the discussion: 1) Are individual legally …

At a very basic level,'post-Apartheid'spells the acknowledgement of the human rights of the
majority of South Africans who were denied such rights for almost four centuries. However …

This paper seeks to interrogate the rights-based approach to development and poverty
reduction as espoused by the instruments and policies of the United Nations, considering …

Poverty remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in this century. Despite the
fact that the world is blessed with natural and human resources, a significant number of …

The concepts of poverty and development as well as their relationship with human rights
have undergone fundamental changes during the last thirty years.'Up until the 1970s …

The Constitution of South Africa, 1996, is committed to redressing poverty and inequality.
This is evident in its inclusion of a range of justiciable socio-economic rights along with a …

This book seeks to advance the emerging field of international poverty law. While law and
development discourse has dealt with international poverty, advocates of poverty reduction …

This work ventilates the problem of poverty in Nigeria, where over 70 percent of the
population is living below the poverty line, and the theoretical and practcal implications of …