Policy Brief 3 – Towards a Decent Living Level

On 22 November 2013, Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII), the Labour Research Service (LRS) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) held a second seminar as part of the project “Constructing of a Basket of Basic Goods and Services in a Democratic South...

Policy Brief 2 – Towards a Decent Living Level

South Africa continues to face the destructive and corrosive dynamics inherent in being a country with one of the most unequal levels of income inequality across both the developed and developing worlds and exceedingly high levels of income and asset poverty. Broad...

Policy Brief 1 – Towards a Decent Living Level

On 27 September 2013, Studies in Poverty and Inequality (SPII) and the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES) held the first consultative team meeting in Johannesburg to discuss a National Minimum Living Level. Presenters and individuals that attended the meeting have an...