Making South Africa more labour intensive- Roundtable
14 Jan 2019Making South Africa more labour intensive summarises the proceedings of a workshop of experts on the labour market that grappled with the question of ...
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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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Making South Africa more labour intensive- Summary report
14 Jan 2019Making South Africa more labour intensive summarises the proceedings of a workshop of experts on the labour market that grappled with the question of ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Jobs Roundtable
09 Nov 2018The focus of this new CDE report is on the agricultural sector’s ability to generate growth and jobs within the current political and economic conte...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Jobs Summary Report
09 Nov 2018The focus of this new CDE report is on the agricultural sector’s ability to generate growth and jobs within the current political and economic cont...
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Op-ed: Don’t neglect cities in the land reform debate | Sunday Times
12 Nov 2018Millions of jobs must be created in urban areas, where 70% of people live. Central to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plans for revitalising SA is &...
OP-ED: Smallholders at the forefront of land reform. The right road or a dead end? | City Press
07 Nov 2018It is vital that the assumptions on which arguments for rapid and large scale transfer of land to small holders rest on solid evidence, by......
Who’s to blame for SA’s rising unemployment? | Power FM
02 Nov 2018Speaking on Power Talk, CDE’s Ann Bernstein argues that the country “has chosen policies that have made the unemployment as bad as it”....
CDE PRESENTS TO PARLIAMENT’S JOINT CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE on Section 25
31 Oct 2018On Friday 26 October 2018, CDE’s Ann Bernstein, gave evidence to the Joint Constitutional Review Committee arguing for accelerating land reform ...
Op-ed: Case for higher minimum pay is dangerous | Sunday Times
29 Oct 2018It’s dangerous that the jobs summit retreated into a fantasy world, by Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings. The framework agreement from the job...