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KwaZulu-Natal income dynamics study (KIDS) 1993- 1998: A longitudinal household data set for South African policy analysis Julian May* Michael R. Carter** Lawrence Haddad*** John Maluccio*** *School of Development Studies University of Natal, Durban 4041 South Africa **Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics University of Wisconsin-Madison WI 53706 USA *** International Food Policy Research Institute 2033 K Street, N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 USA. CSDS Working Paper No. 21 August 1999 The work reported here is the outcome of a collaborative project between researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the University of Natal, and the University of Wisconsin. In addition to support from these three institutions, the following provided financial support: the United States Agency for International Development (Office of Women in Development - Grant Number FAO-0100-G-00-5050-00 Strengthening Development Policy through Gender Analysis; the BASIS/CRSP project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a University Partnership Grant); the Ford Foundation; a Centre for Science Development population studies grant to the University of Natal; and the Development Bank of Southern Africa. We also gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU). ISBN No 1-86840-345-9 INTRODUCTION In common with many countries, the inability of many in South Africa to satisfy their essential needs while a minority enjoys extreme prosperity stems from diverse sources. However, it is widely acknowledged that the specificity of the South Africa situation has been the role played by institutionalised discrimination. Four decades of apartheid legislation built on the earlier policies of the Colonial and Union government directed at the extraction of cheap labour. The result was a process of state-driven underdevelopment that encompassed dispossession and exclusion f