SPI policy briefs and working papers from 2009.

Statement by the minister for Agriculture and Land Affairs for strategic directions on land issues, to improve access to land, increase agricultural production, and reduce poverty.

Praxis: learning through Action Applied Research to Enhance Oversight.

Presentation on key summit thematic areas

To amend the Provision of Land and Assistance Act, 1993, so as to state the objects of the Act; to clarify and extend the application of the provisions on the acquisition, planning, development, improvement and disposal of property and the provision of financial assistance for land reform purposes; to provide for the maintenance of property for land reform purposes; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

This policy brief will first, define CBM and outline both its distinct features and the legal and policy basis for it in the South African context, in order to make the case for its inclusion within the broader SER monitoring framework. The second section will consider: what is to be monitored?; How is monitoring done?; and, who should do the monitoring?. In answering these foundational questions, section two will discuss various CBM tools and instruments used in South Africa. Third, this paper will raise a number of key questions and challenges for the SER Monitoring Project in terms of how citizen based monitoring can be supported and incorporated into monitoring at other levels – most
notably the statistical indicators which the project aims to monitor and track over time.