The evolution and impact of unconditional cash transfers in South Africa

Abstract

This paper was prepared for the Annual Bank Conference in Development Economics (ABCDE) in Stockholm, 31 May - 2 June 2010. Ingrid Woolard gratefully acknowledges support from the World Bank and the UK Economic and Social Research Council (RES-167-25-0076). Murray Leibbrandt gratefully acknowledges support from the Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation.