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South Africa’s Expanded Public Works Programme

South Africa’s Expanded Public Works Programme

Launched in the context of endemic unemployment, the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) provides income relief through temporary work. What makes it innovative is its large-scale nature, its inter-ministerial coordination, its expansion beyond the infrastructure sector to include non-state, social, environmental and cultural sectors, and the fact that it is directly targeted to youth andRead more