One way of reducing unemployment in South Africa is to make sure that the mechanisms that help people find work function well. CDE commissioned…
In March 2012, the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) hosted Professor Armando Castelar Pinheiro, a Brazilian economist and former head of the economic…
Private schools, especially in low-income communities, are a growing and vital part of ensuring more choice for parents and driving better performance by all…
Building on what works in education, April 2012 CDE recently commissioned research on the international experience of vocationally-oriented education relevant to South Africa. As…
April 2012 Adrian Wooldridge, management editor and Schumpeter columnist of The Economist, addressed an invited audience in Johannesburg on 30 August 2011 on innovative…
Over the past two years South Africa’s Centre for Development and Enterprise has led an initiative to establish an international consortium of policy think…
South Africa faces a healthcare crisis consisting of a badly designed and managed public sector, and a private sector which serves its customers well,…
South Africa does not exhibit an appropriate sense of urgency with respect to the country’s crisis in education. Despite high government expenditure (5-6 per…
CDE In Depth, September 2011 South Africa is producing too few teachers, especially in key subjects such as maths and science. Also, existing teachers…
Government’s proposed wage subsidy for young people has attracted a great deal of attention. CDE’s report, JOBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: Is a wage subsidy…