The Decent Standard of Living project is a contribution to the better understanding of how multiple dimensions of poverty impact on people’s lives and of inequalities between people. It is about asking ordinary able to define what a decent life, or a life lived with dignity looks and feels like, and trusting in the collective vision, which is after all what built South Africa’s liberation.
This report is the latest in a long-standing collaboration between three progressive research institutes, the Social Policy Initiative (formerly known as the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute), the Southern African Social Policy Research Institute and the Labour Research Service. Support for this work has generously come from UNICEF SA, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, as well as the Department of Social Development through its collaboration with its the Wits Chair of Social Security.
Research into a DSL is the first step to ensure that every person in the country is afforded a life of dignity.
In the Fifth Annual DSL Colloquium 2020, we ask: how will poverty shape our future in South Africa? What do recent studies show, and how do we ensure new policies are guided by rigorous research?
Launched in 2018, the Decent Standard of Living (DSL) research is the result of a multi-year study by three research organisations, Studies in Poverty and
Colloquium on a Decent Standard of Living #QualityofLife | 26-27 September 2017 | Parktonian Hotel, Braamfontein INTRODUCTION In 2016, the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute
