National Anti-Poverty Agenda
Isandla Institute undertook background research and managed a project for SANGOCO on what the elements of a broad-based poverty eradication campaign should entail, 1999-2000.
Capacity Building for Poverty Eradication
Isandla Institute drafted a concept paper that served as a starting point for a sector-wide (training and organisational development NGOs) discussion on how to scale-up activities aimed at building the capacity of organisations of the poor, 2002.
CSO workshop on ‘Overcoming structural poverty and inequality in South Africa’
The workshop convened in April 2010 sought to create a platform for knowledge sharing and strengthening of collaborative action and advocacy on poverty and inequality. The workshop was co-hosted by the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII), the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) and Isandla Institute. It followed on from the national conference with the same title that the organisers, with the Presidency as a fourth partner, hosted in September 2010.
Poverty-reduction Framework for the Cape Metropolitan Area
A series of reports were drafted for the Cape Metropolitan Council, setting out how urban poverty can best be defined and understood, 1998-1999.
Key-Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the mainstreaming of poverty reduction
An in-depth report on KPIs was prepared for the Organisational Transformation branch of the City of Cape Town, 1999.
Overcoming structural poverty and inequality in South Africa: Towards inclusive growth and development
Conference co-hosted with the Presidency (Programme to Support Pro-Poor Policy Development in South Africa, PSPPD), the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), Chronic Poverty Research Centre (UK), and the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII), September 2010. A civil society workshop aimed at knowledge sharing and strengthening collaborative action and advocacy on poverty and inequality took place in April 2011.
HIV/AIDS and urban poverty in South Africa
Background paper prepared for the PDG/Isandla Institute project ‘the role of cities in poverty alleviation’ for the South African Cities Network. As part of this a case study was prepared on HIV/AIDS in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Area. Date: 2002.
Local Economic Development and Poverty Reduction
Formulation of a conceptual framework and guidelines on behalf of the Department of Constitutional Development for use by municipalities and civil society organisations, 1997-1998.
The role of provincial and local government in poverty reduction
Isandla Institute, in partnership with PDG, prepared an input paper on the role of provincial and local government in poverty reduction, which was one of five commissioned papers aimed at informing a provincial anti-poverty strategy of the Western Cape government, 2009.