Public Transfers, Private Transfers, and Food Security: Does the source of transfers matter?

Food insecurity and malnutrition remain highly prevalent in South Africa. An estimated one in four South Africans is food insecure. This is despite the country’s wealth and a social protection system that reaches more than a quarter of the population.

The Centre of Excellence in Food Security and the Institute for Development Studies at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), invite you to a seminar titled: Public Transfers, Private Transfers, and Food Security: Does the source of transfers matter? The seminar will be presented by Professor Stephen Devereux, SA-UK Bilateral Research Chair (SARChI) in Food Security, and Jennifer Waidler, a visiting PhD student from the Graduate School of Governance/UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University.

Drawing on new analysis of the National Income Dynamics Study dataset, and comparing outcomes across different transfer recipients for a range of food security indicators (including anthropometry, dietary diversity, and self-reported hunger), the seminar addresses three related questions, namely:

• Do social grants and remittances significantly improve food security and nutrition outcomes?
• If so, do these impacts differ between formal and informal transfers?
• If not, what are the likely reasons?

RSVP to Natalie Seymour on seymournatalie0@gmail.com or Priscilla Kippie on pkippie@uwc.ac.za or call: 021 959 3864/58.

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