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Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP)
Programme
Country
Geographic area
Previous programme name (if any)
Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP)
South Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Start date 2004
The programme is currently in its third phase. 1,2
Programme objectives
Programme type
Programme components
Conditionalities (if any)
Targeting methods
To provide labour and income to poor households in the shortto
medium-term, using public expenditure on goods and services to
create temporary work opportunities for the unemployed. 1
Public works—cash for work
Besides the provision of a temporary work opportunity,
the EPWP also provides training and enterprise development
support activities to beneficiaries. 1
Geographical and community-based targeting,
combined with self-targeting (through the wage rate). 3
Target areas Nationwide 1
Target groups
Working-age group
Eligibility criteria
Beneficiaries are poor (as determined by the local community criteria),
are unemployed or underemployed and live close to the area where
the public works project is taking place. 3
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Type of benefits
Cash
Amount of benefits
The minimum EPWP wage rate (which is adjusted annually)
was ZAR75.10 per day or per task in 2014. 3,4
Payment/delivery frequency Monthly 4
Benefit delivery mechanism Cash, cheque or direct deposit into the beneficiary’s bank account. 4
Benefit recipients
Minimum and maximum
duration of benefits (if any)
Coverage Phase III of the EPWP aims to create 6 million work opportunities. 2
Programme expenditure ZAR2 billion (2015/16 budget) 5
Institutions and agencies involved Department of Public Works (DPW) 6
Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms and frequency
The DPW oversees the design and implementation of the EPWP,
and its EPWP branch is responsible for all monitoring and evaluation
aspects of the programme. 6
See the references on page 191: Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP)
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