P D G Isandla Institute Cities and Poverty Research Indicators Working Group 7 November 2002

P D G Isandla Institute Project Structure

P D G Isandla Institute Recognising Urban Poverty WUrban Growth S SA reflects global and regional trends in urban population growth S The big picture is of consistent growth S Within this there are different patterns in the rate, location and population that are growing

P D G Isandla Institute Urban growth - race

P D G Isandla Institute Urban growth - gender

P D G Isandla Institute Urban growth - location

P D G Isandla Institute Urbanisation of poverty WThree main reasons for the urbanisation of poverty S The natural growth of the poor population within cities S Growing urban inequality S Poor people moving to cities

P D G Isandla Institute Who are the urban poor in SA If there is a typical ‘face of poverty’ in South Africa then this picture is no longer only a rural women engaged in subsistence agricultural production. It is an HIV child living in an environmentally degraded informal settlement in a rapidly growing city - without services who is subjected to organised and household violence and is vulnerable to global economic and political trends. FS Mufamadi, Minister For Provincial and Local Government, SACN Launch 7 October 2002

P D G Isandla Institute Who are the urban poor in SA?

P D G Isandla Institute Who are the urban poor in SA?

P D G Isandla Institute Poverty definition Poverty is more than a lack of income. Poverty exists when an individual or a household’s access to income, jobs and/or infrastructure is inadequate or sufficiently unequal to prohibit full access to opportunities in society. The condition of poverty is caused by a combination of social, economic, spatial, environmental and political factors.

P D G Isandla Institute Poverty definition Poverty Income Unemployment Literacy Energy Water Disability Gender Environmental Health Health Transport Housing Crime Waste CDI Gini

P D G Isandla Institute Recording and monitoring poverty WChoose the appropriate indicators of urban poverty WSelect the correct scale WMonitor vulnerable groups WIdentify sectoral weaknesses WUse up-to-date, reliable data

P D G Isandla Institute Choose the right indicator

P D G Isandla Institute Select the right scale

P D G Isandla Institute Identify vulnerable groups

P D G Isandla Institute Making complex data useful WMust be understood by all stakeholders WMust be flexible - accommodate new data and refinement WMust interface with other data e.g. budget, provincial data, community priorities etc. WMust be authoritative - locally and internationally and internally and externally

P D G Isandla Institute The City Development Index

P D G Isandla Institute Customising the CDI for SA

P D G Isandla Institute Customising the CDI for SA

P D G Isandla Institute Customising the CDI for SA

P D G Isandla Institute Customising the CDI for SA

P D G Isandla Institute Customising the CDI for SA

P D G Isandla Institute Gaps in the CDI WDoes not capture all dimensions of poverty S Infrastructure heavy WNot all locally specific poverty dynamics are addressed - e.g. segregation WKey aspects of city development are not included

P D G Isandla Institute Introducing SAPIC

P D G Isandla Institute SAPIC and budget

P D G Isandla Institute Introducing SAPIC

P D G Isandla Institute Introducing SAPIC

P D G Isandla Institute Introducing SAPIC

P D G Isandla Institute Introducing SAPIC

P D G Isandla Institute Introducing SAPIC

P D G Isandla Institute Calculating quality of life indices

P D G Isandla Institute Inequality indicators - Gini coefficients (Jhb - Africans)

P D G Isandla Institute Gender-related Development Index

P D G Isandla Institute Poverty lines (eThekweni)

P D G Isandla Institute Project Structure

P D G Isandla Institute Responding and intervening

P D G Isandla Institute Conclusion