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MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS- Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger/ Statistics South Africa- Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2013 68 pp ISBN: 978-0-621-42332-7

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MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

October 2013

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Table of Contents

ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................................ 7

STATUS AT A GLANCE .......................................................................................................................... 8

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................... 10

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 13

DATA SOURCES AND LIMITATIONS .................................................................................................. 19

MDG-1 TARGETS AND PROGRESS ..................................................................................................... 21

POLICIES FOR ACHIEVING MDG-1 ..................................................................................................... 25

GROWTH IN GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT ....................................................................................... 34

MONEY-METRIC POVERTY................................................................................................................. 36

HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION ......................................................................................................... 42

POVERTY, GENDER AND GENERATION ............................................................................................ 46

ACCESS TO FREE BASIC SERVICES .................................................................................................... 48

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ........................................................................................................................... 49

INEQUALITY ........................................................................................................................................ 51

LABOUR MARKET ............................................................................................................................... 54

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................................................... 59

REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................................... 65

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List of Figures

Figure 1: Indigent household by municipality ......................................................................................... 15

Figure 2: Indigent household support for water ...................................................................................... 16

Figure 3: Indigent households benefitting from indigent support for electricity ....................................... 17

Figure 4: Number of no fee learners ........................................................................................................ 18

Figure 5: Projections on no fee schools (R billion) ............................................................................ 18

Figure 6: Population size and composition ............................................................................................. 30

Figure 7: Population size by province ..................................................................................................... 31

Figure 8: Age and population ................................................................................................................. 32

Figure 9: Employment and GDP in Constant 2005 Prices ........................................................................ 35

Figure 10: Growth rate of GDP per person employed .............................................................................. 36

Figure 11: International poverty lines (Headcount) ................................................................................ 37

Figure 12: International poverty lines (Gap) ........................................................................................... 37

Figure 13: National poverty lines (Headcount) ....................................................................................... 39

Figure 14: National poverty lines (Gap) .................................................................................................. 39

Figure 15: National Poverty Lines by Race (Headcount) ......................................................................... 40

Figure 16: National poverty line by race (Gap) ....................................................................................... 40

Figure 17: National poverty line by location (Headcount and Gap) ......................................................... 41

Figure 18: Child malnutrition ................................................................................................................. 42

Figure 19: Percentage of individuals going hungry ................................................................................ 43

Figure 20: Percentage population below food poverty line ...................................................................... 44

Figure 21: Households with self-reported adequate access to food .......................................................... 45

Figure 22: National Poverty Lines and Age (Headcount) ........................................................................ 46

Figure 23: National Poverty Lines and sex of self-reported head of household (Headcount) .................... 47

Figure 24: Access to Free Basic Services for Indigent Households ............................................................ 48

Figure 25: Coverage of social grants ....................................................................................................... 50

Figure 26: Expenditure on social grants as a percentage of GDP ............................................................. 51

Figure 27: Gini coefficient ....................................................................................................................... 52

Figure 28: Gini coefficient by race ........................................................................................................... 52

Figure 29: Share of total consumption .................................................................................................... 53

Figure 30: Employment-to-population ratio ........................................................................................... 54

Figure 31: Narrow and expanded unemployment rates .......................................................................... 56

Figure 32: Working Poor ........................................................................................................................ 57

Figure 33: Time loss ratio ....................................................................................................................... 58

Figure 34: Own account work................................................................................................................. 59

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List of Tables

Table 1: MDG-1 Dashboard .................................................................................................................... 23

Table 2: MDG-1 Targets ......................................................................................................................... 24

Table 3: Percentage of individuals experiencing hunger ......................................................................... 43

Table 4: Access of poor households to essential services .......................................................................... 49

Table 5: Gini coefficient by province ........................................................................................................ 53

Table 6: Employment-to-population ratio by province ............................................................................ 55

Table 7: Unemployment by age group .................................................................................................... 56

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ACRONYMS

AsgiSA Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa

CSG Child Support Grant

CWP Community Works Programme

DHS Demographic and Health Survey

EA Enumerator Area

EDR Economic Dependency Ratio

EPWP Expanded Public Works Programme

FPL Food Poverty Line

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GEAR Growth, Employment and Redistribution strategy

GHS General Household Survey