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Eradicating Poverty in Namibia?
Options and Lessons learned
Presentation by Rev. Wilfred Diergaardt and Herbert Jauch BIG
Coalition for the SSC conference, 9th July 2015
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The Causes of PovertyGerman colonialism (1884-1915):
Settlement, land dispossession, mineral extraction, genocide, racism and migrant labour.
South African colonialism (1915-1990): White settlers, black labourers; segregation and apartheid; northern communal areas as labour reserves; racial, class and gender inequalities.
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Poverty & Inequality at Independence
Severe racial inequalities: urban black worker earned US$ 750 per year compared to an average white income of US$ 16 500 (1988). Communal farmers earned US$ 85 per year.
At independence two-thirds of Namibians were living in absolute poverty; education expenditure for white children was up to 10 times as much as that for black children.
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Interventions after Independence
Extension of basic services (education, health care, infrastructure etc.) as well as social welfare programmes (social security, social pensions, child grants, veterans’ grants etc.)
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How many people are poor?
1. Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (2004): at least 60% of income spent on food. 28 % of Namibians are living in poverty
2. Review of Poverty and Inequality in Namibia (2008): basic needs (N$ 262,45 per person per month in 2004).28% of Namibians are living in poverty
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How many are poor?
Crude international poverty line of US$ 1 per day: 62 % of Namibians are living in poverty
4. Household Subsistence Level (University of Port Elizabeth): Basket of essential goods and services (N$ 399,80 per person per month in 2004): 82 % of Namibians are living in poverty
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The latest figuresAbsolute poverty = inability to
afford basic goods and services
Measurement: Annual expenditure per adult of N$ 3330 – 4535
FAO 2015: 42% of Namibians are under-nourished
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What can be done?
Charity interventions: Donations to the poor, food bank etc.
Expansion of social protection such as child maintenance grants, social pensions etc.
Redistributive interventions
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A Basic Income Grant
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The Namibian ExperienceNamibia Tax Consortium (NAMTAX) proposed a BIG for Namibia in 2002
BIG Coalition was formed in 2004
Pilot Project commenced in January 2008 in Omitara
Baseline survey carried out in November 2007, followed by assessments in 2008
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Otjivero and the BIG
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Impact of the BIG: Poverty
Before the BIG, the settlement of Otjivero was characterised by unemployment, hunger and poverty:- 60% were unemployed- 86% of households were “severely poor” (according to government’s definition)- 76% fell below the food poverty line
“Some days we don’t have anything to eat and we just have to go and sleep and get up again without eating. We are really hungry”
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Impact on Poverty“The biggest problem is unemployment.
There is no work. When people look for work on the farm they are asked: where are you from? When they say from the Otjivero camp, they are sent back”
Within 12 months of the introduction of the BIG:
- the number of “severely poor” households dropped from 86% to 43% - the number of households below the food poverty line fell from 76% to 16%. - unemployment dropped from 60% to 45%.
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Poverty and Child Malnutrition
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Impact of the BIG: Poverty
Child malnutrition affected 42% of all children before the BIG. This figure dropped to 10% within 12 months of the BIG
“Generally the BIG has brought life to our place. Everyone can afford food and one does not see anymore people coming to beg for food as in the past”
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Education: A Right
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Impact of the BIG: Education
Before the BIG, almost half of the children did not attend school regularly. Pass rates stood at 40% and less than half of the parents paid school fees.
“We ask N$ 50 per year for school fees but most people struggle to pay that. Most of the learners are more interested in the pots than in schooling. Many children stay way if they do not receive food” (teacher in November 2007)
Within 12 months, 90% paid school fees while drop-out rates were virtually eliminated
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Impact on Education
“Learners used to come to school with empty stomachs but now this is no longer the case. Before BIG the learners did not concentrate in class due to hunger but now they are more energetic and concentrate more, thus there are better
results now” (teacher)
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Health
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Impact of the BIG: HealthBefore the BIG, poverty hindered access to
health services:“Most don’t come to the clinic, because they
don’t have N$ 4. They are sick but they stay at home. Not all people who are HIV positive are on ARVs because they don’t get transport to Gobabis” (clinic nurse)
With the BIG, the local clinic’s income increased from N$ 250 per month to about N$ 1300 as residents utilised and paid for the services
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Impact on Health
Access to and effectiveness of ARV treatment improved significantly
“The situation of people in Otjivero has improved. The doctor is now coming to Otjivero and people don’t have to spend N$ 70 for a trip
to Gobabis” (nurse)
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Economic activities Economic activity increased substantially:
- Income from wage employment increased by 19%
- Income from self-employment increased by 301%
- Income from farming increased by 36%
“Since we get the BIG I bought materials and I am making three dresses that I sell for N$ 150”
The BIG did not lead to “laziness” and dependency but created a local market
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Making a living
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Making a living
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Making a living
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Making a living
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Economics, Emancipation and Dignity
The BIG reduced women’s dependency on men:
“When the young strong men come with lots of money, I no longer have to sleep with them to have enough money to buy food for my family. I can send them away now”
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None but Ourselves
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A BIG for Namibia
A national BIG will reduce poverty and unemployment, increase economic activities, improve educational outcomes and the health status of the majority of Namibians
The BIG is only one aspect of redistribution and needs to be accompanied by other measures to achieve transformative structural changes
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A time to act…
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