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Employment intermediation for unskilled and low-skilled work seekers - part 1: overview of the Sector
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2008Unemployment is one of the biggest challenges facing South Africa. Growth has been inadequate, the skills level requirement of new jobs is continually rising, current skills among the workforce are low and inadequate numbers of low end, unskilled jobs are being created.DocumentMissing the trget: business development support to the second economy
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2008The second economy refers to the people who are in a marginalised relationship to the mainstream economy. There is a complex but interrelated link between the second and the first economy which needs to be understood.DocumentIncome and non-income inequality in post-apartheid South Africa: what are the drivers and possible policy interventions?
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2009In South Africa, people with access to wealth experience the country as a developed modern economy, while the poorest still struggle to access even the most basic services.DocumentServices sector development: a key to poverty alleviation in Mauritius
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011Mauritius has evolved into a middle-income country with a diversified economy, a result of reforms undertaken in the 1980s aimed at diversifying the economy away from its dependence on sugar exports.DocumentThe trade effects of regional economic integration in the Southern African Development Community
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011In their quest to achieve higher economic growth and development African governments have experimented with different growth and industrialisation models. Prominent among these is the import substitution industrialisation (ISI) model adopted after gaining independence in the 1960s '70s.DocumentThe effects of the European Union-imposed livestock identification and traceback system on Botswana’s beef exports and rural poverty
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011In 1997 the EU introduced a requirement that beef imports be traceable through a computerised system. To ensure continued access to the EU market, Botswana introduced the livestock identification and traceback system (LITS).DocumentServices sector development in Uganda: the role of financial services
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011The objectives of financial sector reform in Uganda were interest liberalisation, reducing directed credit, improving prudential regulation, privatisating financial intermediaries, reducing reserve requirements, liberalisation of securities markets and pro-competition measures.DocumentTowards a right to work: the rationale for an employment guarantee in South Africa: full version
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011What if unemployed people in South Africa had a right – a real right – to a minimum level of regular work on decent terms? In 2005, India passed a law guaranteeing rural households up to 100 days of work a year, at minimum wage rates. Over 55 million households now participate in the programme.DocumentTowards a right to work: the rationale for an employment guarantee in South Africa
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011What if unemployed people in South Africa had a right – a real right – to a minimum level of regular work on decent terms? In 2005, India passed a law guaranteeing rural households up to 100 days of work a year, at minimum wage rates. Over 55 million households now participate in the programme.DocumentThe policy case for a tailor-made indicator of sustainable development for South Africa
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012South Africa reflects many of the world’s sustainability problems. Gains from the rise in commodity prices and debt-fueled, consumption-led growth have masked issues such as rising costs and declining competitiveness of the economy.Pages