The Seven Sins of Localisation: Can South Africa afford this costly policy? September 8, 2023 In June 2023, CDE held a roundtable discussion with key stakeholders on how localisation is progressing, what its proponents see as important argume... South Africa's Anti-Growth Strategy: How poor policy and bad governance are wrecking growth June 5, 2023 The latest report in CDE’s Growth Agenda series argues that slow economic growth is overwhelmingly the result of bad policy choices and a catastroph... Poverty and a Basic Income Grant: Six questions about a BIG June 7, 2022 There is no clarity about what proponents of a BIG want, but it seems like they envisage a programme that would cost between R200 billion and R300 bi... Small Business Organisations in South Africa: Why are they being ignored? February 28, 2022 Small business organisations in townships, inner city regions, and peri-urban areas can help boost the small business sector by becoming more effecti... South Africa’s macroeconomic risks after a decade of microeconomic turbulence February 15, 2022 Led by long-time friend of CDE, Professor Ricardo Hausmann, a team of development economists from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government r... Accelerating South Africa’s infrastructure programme. What is holding us back? February 7, 2022 South Africa’s infrastructure programme is a key pillar of the President’s economic recovery plan but no significant government-led infrastructure pr...
