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 >>Strategies to Support South African Smallholders as a Contribution to Government’s Second Economy Strategy (2 Volumes)
This is Volume 1 of the study ‘Strategies to Support South African Smallholders as a Contribution to Government’s Second Economy Strategy’. In this study, Aliber et al. assess the key elements of an implementable programme to support the smallholder sector in South Africa. The study identifies successful smallholders in different settings, and examines the factors…
read more >>Emerging Markets and the Global Recession
This paper was prepared as part of a series on the economic and employment impacts on SA of the 2008 global financial crisis. Hawkins discusses the historical experience of financial crises, whether local or global. He then considers the impact on emerging markets, and particularly in relation to national and corporate strategies.
read more >>Employment Scenarios to 2024
“The South African government adopted targets of halving unemployment and poverty by 2014. Altman assembles a set of possible scenarios for 2024 for achieving that goal. The approach is to identify the decisions required to boost job creation under different economic conditions, and to set realistic expectations for how certain market-based sectors might contribute to…
read more >>The State of Employment and Unemployment
Altman outlines trends in employment, underemployment and unemployment in South Africa, and explains possible causes and policy implications. Net employment in South Africa was stagnant or falling since the early 1980s, mainly because of factors related to the Apartheid government’s policies of ‘Separate Development’. A large stock of unemployed built up over many years, and…
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