Effectiveness of the indigent support policy on food insecurity in South Africa: Experiences from Matatiele Local Municipality.

ABSTRACT: The indigent and societally vulnerable have compromised capacities to achieve their full welfare potential. This necessitates polices that can cushion them, such as the indigent support policy in South Africa. However, there is little acknowledgement on the welfare effects of community and contextually derived support policies. The study seeks an understanding of the effectiveness of the indigent support policy on food insecurity in Matatiele Local Municipality, South Africa, using a cross sectional survey of a purposively selected sample of 549 households. Food insecurity, determinants of awareness and beneficiation as well as effectiveness from the policy are assessed through the Household Food In-Access Scale (HFIAS), Heckman two step model and Propensity Score Matching (PSM), respectiv

SUBMITTER: Ngarava S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10457532 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature