:: The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) ::

Business, Democracy and Development

Cities, Towns and Local Government

Education

Jobs, Growth and Entrepreneurship

Land Reform

Markets, Globalisation and Culture

Migration

A collection of CDE's media articles covering a wide spectrum of topics over the last ten years. Read more

Publications

Jobs, Growth and Entrepreneurship

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