The shocking story at the centre of When the Village Sleeps is as heartbreaking as it is - ultimately - full of hope.
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Hunger is not the cause of the current social upheaval. But, taken along with other deep-rooted structural inequalities, it provides additional fuel for socio-political conflagration.
Findings show that income transfer programmes must operate in deliberate coordination with ancillary social service institutions to deliver the maximum benefits for women’s empowerment.
To support precarious households that can’t access existing relief during lockdown and its aftermath, the government should implement a temporary increase in the value of the child support grant.
Tackling the challenge of stunting in South Africa needs a convergence of science and policy along with better coordination at all levels of government.
Child support grants are an income resource that enables caregivers to make healthier food choices and provide the means to send their children to school earlier.
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Director DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of the Western Cape
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Researcher, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics and South African Research Chair in the Economics of Social Policy, Stellenbosch University
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PhD candidate in Economics, UMass Amherst
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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UCT Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Scholar; Director of ARUA's African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research within SALDRU., University of Cape Town
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Adjunct Professor, Richmond American International University
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Researcher in Economics, University of Surrey
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DPhil candidate, International Development, University of Oxford
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Lecturer, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Government, The University of Texas at Austin