A Contribution to the Analysis of the Employment Creation Potential of Recycling in South Africa
Lowitt offers an overview of global trends in recycling, defined as the recovery and use of waste. She identifies innovations and explores how these innovations can be used in South Africa. It goes on to investigate the economic benefits of, and current thinking on, recycling, and suggests that waste should be seen as a national…
read more >>Global Trends in Waste Management: Some pointers for South Africa
Fakir considers the growth and job-creating potential of the recycling industry. He reviews global trends in recycling, identifies innovations, and explores how these can be used in South Africa. The paper investigates the economic benefits of recycling, and suggests that waste should be seen as a national resource. The life cycle of materials is examined…
read more >>Leveraging Services for Growth, Employment and Equity: Services Strategies: Reaching 2014 Employment Targets
Altman explores whether government’s current policy priorities and plans for the formal services sector are sufficient to guide the South African economy towards its 2014 target of halving unemployment. Over the past seven years, net new employment has mainly occurred in formal and non-formal services. Given the structure of economy, it is probable that future…
read more >>Foreign Tourism’s Contribution Towards Growth and Job Creation in SA
Lowitt considers the potential contribution of tourism and related services to future growth and employment in South Africa. This is the final report. It offers a useful analysis of the tourism sector, and was ultimately used as a background study for the Human Sciences Research Council’s Employment Scenarios.
read more >>Sector Studies and Employment Scenarios: A View of South Africa’s Tourism Sector (Preliminary Findings)
Lowitt explores the potential contribution of tourism and related activity to future growth and employment in South Africa. This paper was an early preliminary assessment.
read more >>Translating Sectoral Growth into Job Creation: A View of South Africa’s Tourism Industry
Tourism has been identified as a priority job creation sector. Lowitt tests the realism of policymakers’ expectations for the sector. It focuses on three key areas: understanding demand; understanding how demand is translated into job creation; and understanding how the sector interacts with the broader economy through linkages with other sectors, output multipliers, employment multipliers…
read more >>Agricultural Employment Scenarios
Agriculture is often held up as a sector in which much employment can be created. However, employment on commercial farms in South Africa has been in long-term decline. SA’s high unemployment rates draw us to question if this trend can be halted, or better, reversed. Another question is whether there are alternative ways in which…
read more >>Identifying employment creating sectors in South Africa
Will Government’s current policy priorities and plans in relation to the formal services sector guide the economy towards its 2014 target of halving unemployment? Net new employment has mainly been found in formal and non-formal services. Given the structure of the SA economy, it is most probable that future employment will also be sourced from…
read more >>Reviewing the Question: Budget 2008
The 2008 budget says that ‘reducing joblessness remains South Africa’s most critical challenge’. There are many elements in the budget that will support growth and employment, but it is not so easy to see how it comes together. The budget is one of the government’s most powerful instruments, and an important expression of its priorities….
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