Browsing W&L Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability by Subject "South Africa"
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Empowerment and Apartheid's Lingering Legacy: Evaluating the Effectiveness of B-BBEE Policy
This paper evaluates state intervention through South African government policy by assessing the implementation of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act. First introduced in 2003, this Act has played a ... -
Gender Inequality in African Education: How Can the Lessons of South Africa Apply to the Rest of the Continent?
The worldwide problem of unequal female education cannot be solved by domestic policies alone, and the global institutional order must bend to the necessity of human rights and equality. Promoting growth is not a sufficient ... -
The Hole Apartheid Dug: Reducing Crime in South African Townships with Entrepreneurship
For approximately fifty years (1948-1994), South Africa was controlled by a government fixated on the domination of the minority white population over "blacks", "coloreds", and "Indians". In this system, known as apartheid, ...