SAGA Progress Report-2006-Appendix 5

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SAGA PROGRESS REPORT (12/05-12/06) &
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APPENDIX V
National Treasury Workshop on Poverty Reduction and Social Security
presented by
The Development Policy Research Unit

Programme and Reading List

Monday, 11 December 2006

09h00 - 12h30:	The Measurement of Poverty and Inequality, Ravi Kanbur Readings: “Measures of Poverty,” World Bank Institute “Inequality Measure,” World Bank Institute
13h30 - 16h30:	Public Spending and Poverty, Stephen Younger Readings: “Public Spending and the Poor Since the Transition to Democracy,” Servaas van der Berg

Tuesday, 12 December 2006

09h00 - 12h30:	Poverty Lines and Poverty Comparisons, Stephen Younger Readings: “Poverty Lines in Theory and Practice,” Martin Ravallion “Poverty Profile without Poverty Lines,” David Sahn
13h30 - 16h30:	Setting a Poverty Line for South Africa, Ravi Kanbur and Ingrid Woolard Readings: “Poverty and Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa: 1995- 2000,” Johannes Hoogeveen and Berk Ozler

Wednesday, 13 December 2006

09h00 - 12h30:	Labour Markets and Poverty in South Africa, Haroon Bhorat, Morne Oosthuizen and Dorrit Posel Readings: “Evolution of the Labour Market: 1995-2002,” Bhorat, Haroon, and Morné Oosthuizen “Internal Labour Migration and Household Poverty in Post-Apartheid South Africa,” Dorrit Posel and Daniela Casale
13h30 - 16h30:	Poverty Alleviation, Scaling Up, and Q-Square Poverty Findings, Ravi Kanbur

Thursday, 14 December 2006

09h00 - 12h30:	Roundtable Discussion on a Comprehensive Social Security System for South Africa
13h30 - 16h30:	Trade, Growth and Poverty in South Africa, Haroon Bhorat and Lawrence Edwards Readings: “Trade Liberalisation and Labour Demand in South Africa during the 1990s,” Lawrence Edwards

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