 NREGA projects tend to be highly labour-intensive and low skill, like dam and road construction, and soil conservation, with modest but positive long-term benefits and mediocre management.The South African government introduced the "Expanded Public Works Program" (EPWP) in 2012 to overcome the extremely high unemployment and accompanying poverty in that country.EPWP projects employ workers with government, contractors, or other non-governmental organisations under the Ministerial Conditions of Employment for the EPWP or learnership employment conditions.