Disrupting Poverty: applying a Decent Standard of Living measure towards a coherent policy design   Download the invitation to the Fourth Decent Standard of Living

‘Ubomi obungahlelelekanga’ – ‘A life without struggle’ This report presents the findings of a ground-breaking study which has developed a socially-derived definition of a Decent

There is a crucial link that exists between the right to a decent standard of life and the right to dignity. The right to dignity

The discussion regarding a decent standard of living in South Africa received renewed impetus with the ratification in 2015 by the South African government of

What exactly do people need in order to have an acceptable standard of living? The DSL project partners took part in a pilot study to

DSL project partners co-hosted seminars to consider the necessary components for constructing a ‘Decent Living Level’ (DLL). This report attempts to relate incomes in South

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

    Working Paper No 9 – Report on initial exploratory focus group research into a decent living level 2014 Isobel Frye, Maureen Mbanefo, Thabileng Mothabi,

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

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

Wright (2008 and 2011) has demonstrated that in spite of the many differences that exist between different social, racial and economic groups in South Africa

This paper presents findings on people’s views about what is necessary for an acceptable standard of living in present-day South Africa. The paper explores whether

A legacy of social, political and economic inequality continues to shape children’s prospects in South Africa. Children are affected by poverty in various ways, including

The legacy of apartheid left a large proportion of the population, particularly children, in severe poverty. Since 1994 the South African government has committed itself

Policy makers in South Africa, a country categorised as a middle income developing country and still suffering from deep poverty and inequality resulting from the

This report aims to outline some findings in relation to education emerging from the qualitative phase of the Indicators of Poverty and Social Exclusion (IPSE)

This report outlines some findings in relation to children emerging from the qualitative phase of the Indicators of Poverty and Social Exclusion (IPSE) project, supplementing