Leveraging Services for Employment, Growth and Equity: Employment Through Government Procurement
Government expenditure is a key lever for influencing the nature and pace of employment creation, especially in sectors where it is a provider or procurer of services. Therefore, the Leveraging Services Project for Employment, Growth and Equity reviewed the possibilities for creating jobs indirectly through procurement by government and state-owned enterprises, and directly through meeting…
read more >>Leveraging Services for Employment, Growth and Equity: Stakeholder Mapping
Heese provides a framework for Government to engage with stakeholders in service industries in South Africa. To this end, she maps each of the sub-sectors in terms of the classification of the services sector utilised in this process. The purpose of the maps is twofold. The first is to graphically outline the key stakeholders in…
read more >>Employment Creation Through the Provision of Social Development Services: Exploring the Options
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,…
read more >>The State of Employment
Altman considers the meaning of job creating versus jobless growth, and assesses the character of employment creation in South Africa. She reviews the extent of job creation in the economy and compares this with the pace of labour force and economic growth. She then assesses the quality of these jobs and their contribution to household…
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