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Urban management in the 21st century: Ten insights from Professor Ed Glaeser
June 25, 2019
Cities play a vital role in growth and development. Leading global economist, Professor Ed Glaeser summarises the top ten insights into managing cities.
Cities are powerful vehicles for prosperity because they bring people together in dense clusters. This allows people to more productively and efficiently share ideas, trade and innovate.
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Viewpoints | What to do about Eskom
June 06th, 2019
The latest edition of VIEWPOINTS looks at What do to about Eskom. Dirk de Vos, founder and director of corporate finance and advisory firm, QED Solutions, looks ahead to Eskom’s unbundling into three subsidiaries, government’s strategy to save the crisis-riven, state-owned electricity utility.
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Agenda 2019: Business and development
April 25th 2019
Business And Development deals with the parties’ attitudes to business, and suggests that voters think about whether and to what extent the parties competing for their vote understand the role of business in driving development, and whether they have a plan for working with business to accelerate economic and employment growth.
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News and Opinion
No country for young people
June 16th, 2019
By Ann Bernstein
Companies are the most sustainable projects for creating mass employment, and the only way to help them prosper is to foster a climate in which entrepreneurs are willing to take risks in anticipation of reasonable rewards.
South Africa may have a public holiday dedicated to honouring young people and their contribution to our country, but in most of the ways that matter, this is no country for young people.
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The role of the state in development: Public lecture by Professor Francis Fukuyama
March 28, 2019
On March 28 2019, one of the world’s most influential political philosophers, Professor Fukuyama gave a public lecture on the role of the state in development at Wits Business School.
Watch the live stream of the lecture.
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CDE and eNCA Elections Debate
January 30th, 2019
In the run up to May’s election, political parties need to offer the electorate real solutions to our country’s biggest challenges. CDE and eNCA invite you to an elections debate on urban led growth. In this one hour programme CDE’s executive director, Ann Bernstein, will outline the potential of cities and propose policy reforms that could generate much more growth and inclusion.
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