VIEWPOINTS | State, Market and Competition – Can Eskom be rescued? | CDE
03 Sep 2018State, Market and Competition – Can Eskom be rescued? by economist Lumkile Mondi is the third in CDE’s VIEWPOINTS series. The report describes...
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For more than 20 years, the Centre for Development and Enterprise has been gathering evidence, consulting widely and generating constructive policy recommendations to meet South Africa’s core socio-economic challenges. It has an exceptional track record in presenting sound ideas based on scholarly and stakeholder contributions, focused on South Africa, but always within an international context. CDE advocates a high-growth and labour intensive economic strategy reliant on market-based solutions.
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The Jobs and Growth Programme engages with the policy choices South Africa faces by analysing existing policy and outcomes, assessing future policy directions, and offering practical, market-oriented alternatives.
THINK TANK NETWORK
In 2009 CDE launched an initiative to build links with think tanks in important democratic developing countries. Considerable work has been done with Indian and Brazilian experts looking at common challenges with SA.
EDUCATION
Our Education Programme draws on many years of experience in analysing complex national policies and learning from international best practice to identify a sound foundation on which to build a better education system.
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The future of manufacturing employment
07 Aug 2018Are the robots going to steal our jobs? In March 2018, CDE invited Robert Lawrence to speak to audiences of policy-makers and business leaders about.....
Viewpoints | Why land expropriation without compensation is a bad idea | CDE
20 Jul 2018VIEWPOINTS is a new series published by CDE in which we will be drawing on the expertise of South Africans from a range of organisations......
VIEWPOINTS | The future prospects of South African universities | CDE
06 Jun 2018VIEWPOINTS is a new series published by CDE in which we will be drawing on the expertise of South Africans from a range of organisations......
THE LOOMING LAND RESTITUTION CRISIS
23 May 2018In recent months the issue of expropriation without compensation has hogged the headlines. But this debate has pushed other critical dimensions of lan...
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Op-ed: New Deal a mirage unless president sells an enterprise-friendly strategy | Business Day
05 Sep 2018Ramaphosa is caught between the global economic realities and leading a corrupt and deeply divided party. In November 2017 Cyril Ramaphosa, then deput...
CDE’s Ann Bernstein featured on eNCA’s The Modise Network
27 Jun 2018Since 26 May 2018 Tim Modise has a new show on eNCA. His intention is to use The Modise Network “… to engage with the......
Op-ed: Huge number of land claims and chaos of overlaps must be resolved| business Day
15 Jun 2018The festering sore must be healed speedily, as SA cannot wait another few decades for proper redress. The land reform challenge in SA involves many......
High Level Panel findings
04 Jun 2018Discussing CDE’s contribution to Parliament’s High Level Panel report on Classic FM’s Business Show, Ann Bernstein says jobs are the best route ...
The Constitution mandates government to service delivery
04 Jun 2018On Tonight with Tim Modise, CDE’s Ann Bernstein stresses the importance of recapturing the state so that South Africa has capable leaders who will d...