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The Role of Cities
in Poverty Alleviation
City government is at the forefront of the fight against poverty. The Department of Provincial and Local Government and the South African Cities Network have commissioned a study to examine the issue of poverty in the urban context, to describe poverty in South African cities and to explore appropriate responses.
The project covers a number of related areas. On the one hand, the project aims to provide a broad overview of the current issues and debates around the urbanisation of poverty. The project also involves the development of an initial profile of poverty in the 9 South African cities to provide an evolving framework for the ongoing monitoring of poverty in these cities. The project reviews five South African urban poverty reduction strategies and interventions.
The outputs of the project are structured in the following way - click on the link to access each section.
Recognising and Understanding Poverty
Recording and monitoring poverty
Resources
Responding to poverty - interventions
Learning briefs:
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A country's global success rests on local shoulders. For the good of all citizens, city and state must become partners rather than competitors