ICT and Associated Professionals
by MOLEKE, P., PATERSON, A. & ROODT, J., 2003HRD Review 2003: Education, Employment and Skills in South Africa. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council Press. Chpt 27, 634-659.
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have played a major role in shaping employment growth in the developed world, especially in the services sectors. Moleke et al. consider factors affecting the supply and demand of ICT workers in South Africa. In the case of training supply, the analysis reveals that only a small proportion of learners…
read more >>Resource-based Technology Innovation in South Africa: Prepaid Metering Technology – Systemic Innovation in the South African Energy Sector
by ILIEV, I. , 2005Human Sciences Research Council report prepared for the Department of Science and Technology by the EEPR Unit October 2005
In1989 Eskom embarked on an ambitious programme for the electrification of over 1 million households in previously disadvantaged communities. The socio economic conditions in these areas made the use of existing technology credit-based metering difficult and expensive: the targeted consumer base generally had no access to banking, postal or other infrastructure, was engaged in the…
read more >>Resource-based Technology Innovation in South Africa: Innovations in South Africa’s Off-grid Concessions Programme
by CLARK, A., 2005Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council
Clark reviews South Africa’s off-grid electricity concessions programme, an important component the National Integrated Electrification Programme. This programme was aimed at offering access to photovoltaic solar home systems in deep rural areas, pending the supply of grid electricity throughout the country. It is a case study contribution to the Human Sciences Research Council’s project to…
read more >>The Economy-Wide Effects of Price Reducing Reforms In Infrastructure Services In South Africa
by DAVIES,R.,VAN SEVENTER,D.E.N, 2006Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council
Prices of infrastructure services in South Africa may be higher than in other countries because of imperfect competition, non-tariff barriers to trade, or inefficiencies in production. A static computerised general equilibrium (CGE) model is used to analyse the economy-wide effects of reducing telecommunications and transport prices by reforming each of these three factors. This modelling…
read more >>The Economic Influence of Infrastructural Expenditure: A Multiplier Decomposition and Structural Path Analysis
by GARCIA, A., ARNDT, C., and NGANDU, S., 2009Research Report. Centre for Poverty Employment and Growth, Human Sciences Research Council
Garcia et al. explore the use of structural path analysis in assessing the potential economic impact of the South African government’s planned infrastructural programme of R787 billion. The construction sector is large enough to accommodate a substantial stimulus and has significant linkages with other production activities and households at all income levels. Structural path analysis…
read more >>Administered Prices Study on Economic Inputs: Executive Summary – Ports, Rail, Water
by ALTMAN, etal, 2008HSRC research report prepared for Nedlac
“This is the executive summary of an extensive report examining the prices of goods and services provided by entities owned by the South African government in water, rail and ports. Prices in these three sectors are referred to as ‘administered’ due to the public ownership of the entities providing them. Furthermore, each sector provides important…
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