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The prerequisites for an entrepreneurial culture and opportunities for independent business initiative in South Africa were stifled by racist laws for many decades. CDE supports a market driven approach to entrepreneurship as a means of expanding the business sector in South Africa, sustaining higher levels of economic growth and creating employment.

a. Five million jobs initiative


      Five million jobs: How to add five million new jobs to the South African economy over the next five years  »
CDE, 27 May 2009
 
b. Major Policy Reports


      Key to growth: Supporting South Africa’s emerging entrepreneurs  »
CDE Research 12, June 2004
 
c. In Depth / Round Table


      Poverty and inequality: Facts, trends, and hard choices  »
CDE Round Table 15, August 2010
 
      Accelerating growth in tough times  »
CDE Round Table 11, March 2009
 
      South Africa’s 'door knockers': Young people and unemployment in metropolitan South Africa  »
CDE In Depth 8, July 2008
 
      South Africa's Electricity Crisis: How did we get here? And how do we put things right?  »
CDE Round Table 10, July 2008
 
      The Skills Revolution: Are we making progress?  »
CDE In Depth 6, October 2007
 
      Going for growth: Are AsgiSA and JIPSA bold enough?  »
CDE Round Table 8, March 2007
 
      Labour-intensive public works: Towards providing employment for all South African’s willing to work  »
CDE In Depth 1, April 2003
 
      Why is South Africa failing to get the growth and jobs that it needs?  »
CDE Round Table 6, March 2001
 
      Getting into GEAR: The assumptions and implications of the macroeconomic strategy  »
CDE Round Table 1, April 1997
 
d. Focus / Briefings / Debates


      Trade policy, protectionism, and the global economic crisis  »
CDE Conversations 3, 23 June 2009
 
      The Struggle for Jobs: Evidence from the South African Young Persons Survey  »
CDE Focus 13, July 2007
 
      The South African skills crisis: A report from the corporate coalface  »
CDE Focus 12, June 2007
 
      Young Soweto Entrepreneurs: Organising for small business advocacy  »
CDE Focus 11, June 2007
 
      Encouraging small business: Is government doing more harm than good?  »
CDE Debate 12, September 1999
 
      Growth, employment and economic policy in South Africa: A critical review.  »
CDE Focus 2, October 1998
 
      Labour-demanding growth: Lessons from international experience?  »
CDE Focus 1, October 1998
 
      Unemployment: The numbers and implications for South Africa.  »
CDE Debate 4, October 1996
 
 
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