Employment through Procurement

Resource Intensity, Knowledge and Development: insights from Africa and Latin America

by LORENTZEN, J. (ed), 2008
HSRC Press: Cape Town

Minerals economies often struggle to diversify their industrial base. Lorenzten considers opportunities for industrial diversification stimulated in resource based industries. This know-how can then migrate laterally to other industrial uses. The resource-based technology clusters programme of the Human Sciences Research Council and Mintek proposed that this could be an important way for minerals economies to…

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Municipal Case Studies: pursuing socio-economic through local procurement

by PHILLIPS,S.,MPOFU,M, 2009/10
Research Report. Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth, Human Sciences Research Council

This report reviews a series of case studies where municipalities win South Africa sought to leverage their to promote socio-economic objectives. It is part of a larger study to support Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in developing its own procurement programme. A central question was to explore how dedicated programmes to achieve significant socio- economic objectives through…

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Employment through procurement

by Global Sustainable Development, 2008
Research report, Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria

In a concentrated economy, procurement by large companies and government can be an important way of stimulating small business entry and expansion.  A programme of work was established at the HSRC to identify and promote approaches to leveraging Private Preferential Procurement for Employment and Value Creation. The project involved developing and disseminating a knowledge base…

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An overview of preferential procurement in South Africa: Government initiatives and private sector responses

by VAN DER HEIJDEN,T., 2008
Research report, Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria

Fostering the development and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is critically important to expanding employment and promoting economic inclusion, especially for historically disadvantaged groups and youth. However, South Africa’s has a highly concentrated formal sector, dominated by large and well-established companies. This creates significant barriers to entry for new SME’s. Supplying goods and…

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Employment Creation Through the Provision of Social Development Services: Exploring the Options

by DU TOIT, R., 2005
Development Southern Africa, 22:5, 657-671

The high unemployment rate in South Africa is a central concern of policy makers. Because there are only a few substantial labour intensive industries, led by the private sector, it has become essential to explore other less mainstream avenues for employment creation. The role of public works programmes has historically focused on the infrastructure sector,…

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An Overview of Preferential Procurement in South Africa: Government Initiatives and Private Sector Responses

by VAN DER HEIJDEN, T., 2008
Research Report. Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth, Human Sciences Research Council

Fostering the development and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a key issue in increasing employment opportunities and raising personal incomes. In addition, supporting the growth of SMEs owned by previously disadvantaged groups, black women and young people is important for achieving a more equitable economy. However, given the structure of the formal…

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Employment Creation through Preferential Procurement and Enterprise Development

by MEHLELI,M., 2009/10
Research Report. Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth, Human Sciences Research Council

Initiated in 2008, the Human Sciences Research Council’s Employment through Procurement Project developed a knowledge base of procurement and enterprise development strategies to achieve socio-economic objectives, with an emphasis on employment creation. It focused on whether programmes contributed to: The creation of enterprises that supply previously imported goods and services  – Increased competitiveness of existing…

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Overview of the policy and institutional landscape for enterprise development and preferential procurement in South Africa

by PHILIPS, S & PILLAY, V, 2009
Research Report. Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth, Human Sciences Research Council

Pillay and Phillips review the South African policy and institutional landscape for preferential procurement and enterprise development. They focus on the use of these two BBBEE Code elements in broader socio-economic development. The various Acts, strategies, policies and industry sector charters all have a common goal: empowering previously disadvantaged individuals through meaningful participation in the…

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Leveraging Services for Employment, Growth and Equity: Enhancing the Impact of Procurement on Employment Creation

by KAISER & ASSOCIATES, 2005
Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council

This paper consolidates existing research and data on procurement and employment in South Africa; estimate the total current procurement spend across all three spheres of government, as well as the major procurement items; provide a problem analysis of the constraints to and opportunities for increasing the contribution of procurement to employment creation; develops a draft…

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