Horizon Scanning in South Africa: South Africa as a Regional Power? What it Means and the Challenges to 2030
South Africa’s status as an economic, political and military powerhouse in Africa has immense potential of promoting Africa’s stability, development and participation in global governance. The future of South Africa’s regional and global engagement continues to be framed by views of its emerging regional power or a ‘regional superpower’ status: the largest GDP in Africa;…
read more >>Early Childhood Development Services in Tshwane Scoping Study Findings and Strategy Report
Altman and Motala assess the delivery of ECD services provided by the City of Tshwane. They propose critical strategic interventions for responsibly and effectively meeting the needs of young children, providing quality care for them, and enhancing the employment opportunities for (mainly low-skilled) women. The strategic interventions identified in this report will contribute to the…
read more >>The Role of Expanded Public Works Programmes in Halving Unemployment
Altman and Hemson explore the potential contribution of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) to meeting the objective of halving unemployment by 2014. The first part of the paper assesses the employment and incomes generated by the EPWP. In 2006/07, approximately 300,000 people were engaged in an EPWP opportunity. Although still a small programme, it…
read more >>Contextualising Employment from Government Programmes
Altman provides an overview of employment in public employment programmes in South Africa, with a special emphasis on the potential for scaling up employment through social development (especially early childhood development) and infrastructure programmes.
read more >>Framework for Evaluating the Expanded Public Works Programme
The purpose of this report is to set out a framework for evaluating the impact of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). The monitoring framework is provided in a separate document. The report provides a comprehensive and integrated approach to evaluating the impact of the EPWP on employment, poverty and service delivery. The research methodology…
read more >>Scaling Up Early Childhood Development (ECD) (0-4 years) in South Africa: Support Structures
This paper is one of a series developed to inform the Scaling Up ECD Services (0–4 years) Research Project with the aim of improving child development and significant job creation. Lomofsky et al consider various options for support structures and mechanisms that could facilitate the implementation of the National Integrated Plan (NIP) for ECD, and…
read more >>Public service employment and job creation in South Africa
The public service is a significant source of employment in South Africa, accounting for about 13% of formal employment. Until recently, it played a diminishing role, dampening employment growth in the economy. What should its role be in employment creation? This is particularly important in the context of high structural unemployment and serious racial bias…
read more >>Employment Scenarios for the Public Service in South Africa
The public service is a significant source of employment in South Africa, accounting for about 13% to 14% of formal employment. Until recently, it played a diminishing role, dampening employment growth in the economy. What should its role be in employment creation, if any? This is a particularly important question in the context of high…
read more >>ICT investment & jobs – Country case studies
South Africa’s aspiration for 2020 is to achieve 100% broadband coverage, while maximising both economic and employment growth. A number of paths can be followed to achieve this target: enabling digital citizens, supporting the industry, and building global leadership in ICT products and services. These dimensions are not sequential. For example, India was not a…
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