The use and effectiveness of social grants in South Africa by David Neves (PLAAS), Michael Samson (EPRI), Ingrid van Niekerk (EPRI), Sandile Hlatshwayo (EPRI) and Andries du Toit (PLAAS) September 2009 The researchers gratefully acknowledge the individuals who participated in this research and thereby made it possible. A portion of the qualitative data was collected prior to this research project with the support of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) and USAID. Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) University of the Western Cape, Cape Town Cape Town www.plaas.org.za www.epri.org.za Economic Policy Research Institute