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Aliber, M., Greenberg, S., Eveleth, A., Kleinbooi, K., Lahiff, E. & Tom, B. (2006) Rural municipality case studies: land reform, farm employment and livelihoods. (Summary of research repots supported with funding from the National Treasury, USAID and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), July).
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Altman, M. (2011) Employment creation targets are achievable. HSRC Review. 9(1):4-5.
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The government is committed to halving unemployment between 2004 and 2014. The HSRC employment scenarios show this required the creation of five million jobs. With the downturn, the same objective has been restated. But running up to 2020, can it be achieved? Yes, absolutely, says MIRIAM ALTMAN.
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Altman, M. (2010) The context for career guidance in urban & rural areas addressing the challenge of youth unemployment in South Africa. (Paper presented to the National Career Guidance Conference, 14 May).
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Altman, M. (2010) Promoting economic development & capacity through procurement. (Paper presented to the 3rd Annual Tshwane International Trade and Infrastructure Investment Conference, CSIR ICC, 24 May).
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Altman, M. (2009) "Working in the cities". (Paper presented to SACN 3rd Urban Conference on State of the Cities, Feathermarket Hall, Nelson Mandela Bay, 24-25 November).
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Altman, M. (2009) Can South Africa's employment targets be met in the context of the global economic crisis?. (May).
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The scenarios are updated in this paper to take into account the potentially dramatic impact of the global economic crisis (GEC). A straight path from historical to future employment figures will no longer be relevant, and therefore need to be interrogated. There is little doubt that employment growth will be affected for at least a few years, and could be affected for a decade. There is absolu...
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Altman, M. (2009) Employment in the development path. (Paper presented to the Department of Trade and Industry, 13 July).
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Altman, M. & Global Sustainable Development, (2009) Employment through procurement: research report. (May).
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The project involves developing and disseminating a knowledge base of procurement strategies to achieve socio-economic objectives, by working with a reference group of partner large companies.
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Altman, M. (2009) Tshwane Centre of Excellence on Employment Creation strategic interventions to support youth employability. (November).
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Altman, M. (2009) Youth employability. (Paper presented to the Department of Higher Education, 30 November).
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Altman, M. & Potgieter-Gqubule, F. (2009) Youth population scenarios: phase 1: the status of youth: overview of phase 1 theme papers. (Commissioned by the Department of Social Development, December).
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The theme papers are aimed at providing a foundation for understanding the situation of the post-apartheid generations of youth, aspects of the policy context and the major issues which will influence how the South African demographic transition will
unfold over the next decade or so. These papers are meant to stimulate discussion, and hopefully at the end of the process, provide some guide to...
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Altman, M. (2007) An employment strategy framework: reducing poverty through scalable job creation. (A paper prepared for the Jobs for Growth Programme of ASGI-SA, April).
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Altman, M. (2007) Evidence-based employment scenarios for South Africa: preliminary findings. (Paper presented to Brookings, 16 April).
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Altman, M. (2007) Evidence-based employment scenarios for South Africa: preliminary findings. (Paper presented to the World Bank, 17 April).
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Altman, M. (2006) Elements of employment scenario building: how do sources of job creation matter?. (October).
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Altman, M. (2006) Identifying employment-creating sectors in South Africa: the role of services industries. Development Southern Africa. 23(5):627-647.
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This paper explores scenarios for employment creation, with an emphasis on services. It considers whether the government?s current policies for the formal services sector will achieve its 2014 target of halving unemployment. New employment has mainly been found in the formal and non-formal services, and future employment will probably come from such sectors as business services,
trade, finance...
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Altman, M. (2006) Setting targets for unemployment reduction and employment creation. (November).
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Altman, M.A. (2004) The state of employment. In State of the nation: South Africa 2004-2005. Daniel, J., Southall, R. & Lutchman, J. (eds). Cape Town: HSRC Press. 423-454.
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Altman, M.A., Mayer, M.J. & Tregenna, F. (2003) Employment and basic needs: a framework for job creation in construction, social services and food. (Paper presented to the Economic and Social Cluster).
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Altman, M.A. & Mayer, M.J. (2003) Sector strategies for employment creation: construction, social services and food. (Paper presented at the TIPS/DPRU FORUM 2003, The Challenge of Growth and Poverty: the South African Economy Since Democracy, 8-10 September 2003, Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg).
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High and growing rates of unemployment have been a source of great frustration to policy-makers. Although exports have been buoyant and the 1990s has been the first decade of sustained growth, unemployment has been rising by 2 percentage points each year. If the expanded definition is used, the rate of unemployment reached 41.8% in September 2002. In a context where the majority of the unemploy...
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Davies, R. & Van Seventer, D. (2009) Development paths and employment. (March).
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Davies, R. & Thurlow, J. (2009) Formal-informal economy linkages and unemployment in South Africa. (March).
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South Africa?s high involuntary unemployment and small informal sector are attributed to an underperforming formal sector and barriers-to-entry in the informal sector. This paper examines the economy-wide linkages between formal and informal economies while accounting for different types of informal activities. A multi-region empirically calibrated general equilibrium model is
developed captur...
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Davies, R. (2009) Towards a leading indicator of employment in South Africa. (Paper presented to LIESA, 22 July).
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Davies, R.J. (2009) Development paths and employment. (Paper presented 22 July).
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Du Toit, R. (2005) Employment creation through the provision of social development services: exploring the options. Development Southern Africa. 22(5):657-671.
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Du Toit, R., Serfontein, M. & Dealers, B. (2005) Evaluation of the learnership academy model. (Commissioned by Services SETA, December).
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Services have been the fastest growing component of world trade over the past 15 years and currently account for over 25% of cross-border trade. The recent growth in the global trade in services indicated that it outstripped growth in the trade in goods. In South Africa in 2001 the services sector accounted for almost two-thirds of formal employment and close to three-quarters of informal emplo...
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Du Toit, R. (2005) School-to-work transition and labour market intermediation in a developing context: career guidance and employment services. (Report prepared for SIDA Labour Market Review Project, October).
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School-to-work transition in a broader sense is seen today as a comprehensive approach to educational program development consisting of an alignment of student goals with educational experiences and services. In a narrower sense it is described as
the process where young people move from fulltime schooling activities to postschool activities, including post-secondary education, vocational trai...
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Jacobs, P. (2011) Sustainable rural development: employment and household farming. (Paper presented at the Economic Development Department Conference, Spatial Dynamics Panel, 31 May).
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Lorentzen, J. (2006) Sectoral growth and employment prospects. In Provincial economic review & outlook 2006. Cape Town: Provincial Treasury. 95-152.
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Lowitt, S. (2007) The employment creation potential of recycling in South Africa. (March).
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Lowitt, S. (2007) Translating sectoral growth into job creation: a view of South Africa's tourism industry. (March).
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Lowitt, S. (2006) The job-creating potential of the metered taxi industry in South Africa's urban areas: some preliminary findings. (March).
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Luka, S. (2005) Increasing access to employment through government programmes: experience with expanded public works programme and community development workers. (September).
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Cabinet Lekgotla agreed in July 2002, that a `massively expanded? public work's programme would form a key component of a comprehensive employment strategy, together with a range of complementary supply-side interventions which will focus
primarily on training through SETA-based training programmes. This agreement gave birth to the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP). It was also noted that...
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Marock, C. (2008) Grappling with youth employability in South Africa. (March).
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In 2005, South African Labour Minister Mdladlana described youth unemployment as a 'powder keg waiting to explode unless something drastic was done to address it'. (Department of Labour, 2005) The purpose of this paper is to create a platform for discussion and debate regarding youth employability within South Africa. Specifically it considers the question of what capabilities are minimally req...
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Morphet, T., Davids, Y.D., Prosalendis, S. & Hadland, A. (2006) "Red door" SMME development strategy: impact study report. (Prepared for Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Western Cape, October).
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This HSRC report on the impact of the Red Door intervention begins with an assessment of SMME needs and performances in South Africa set in an international context, incorporates both qualitative and quantitative analyses of the 9 offices in the Western Cape and ends with some recommendations, especially in the light of new national SMME initiatives. The Red Door faces the challenge of dealin...
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Motala, S. (2010) Expanding and enhancing employment opportunities in the social sector, particularly for rural and marginalised women. (Paper presented at "Overcoming Inequality and Structural Poverty in South Africa: toward inclusive growth and development, Birchwood Hotel, Johannesburg, 20-22 September).
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Motala, S. (2009) Profiling poverty dimensions in South Africa. (Paper presented to the IQRAA Conference, 1 July).
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Ngandu, S. (2009) Employment and the development path: employment indicators. (Paper presented on 13 July).
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Ngandu, S. (2008) Exchange rates and employment critical issues. (March).
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This report discussies the mechanisms through which exchange rate shocks are transmitted to employment. Industry specific channels highlights important mechanisms through which the impact of exchange rate movements on employment can either be dampened or amplified. The economy wide channels highlight the need for an integrated industrial and development policy that can coordinate and influenc...
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Ngcobo, N. (2009) The challenge of youth unemployment in South Africa. (Paper presented at the HSRC Conference, Birchwood Conference Centre, Benoni, 16 September).
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Phillips, S., Harrison, K., Mondlane, M., Van Steenderen, W., Gordon, R., Oosthuizen, M., Weir-Smith, G. & Altman, M. (2009) Evaluation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in the North West. (Commissioned by the North West Department of Public Works, Road and Transport, October).
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The aim of this study was to assess the performance of the EPWP in the North West in the first five years of the programme, with the aim of producing recommendations for scaling up the programme in the next five years. The study included case studies of
three environmental sector, three infrastructure sector, and an environmental sector project; interviews and workshops, and desktop review. In...
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Pillay, U. (2006) South Africans pin job creation hopes on 2010. HSRC Review. 4(2):12-13.
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South Africans are very confident that the 2010 Soccer World Cup will bring increased job opportunities and improved economic growth to the country. They also believe that it will consolidate South Africa?s position in the international arena, reports Udesh Pillay.
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Plaatjies, D. & Nicalaou-Manias, K. (2005) Budgeting for job creation in social welfare services: exploring EPWP opportunities. (September).
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The topic of budgeting for social welfare services as indicated within this conference assumes that the budgeting for welfare services - in fact any public service - is not a contested terrain. The South African budget process is both a political and technical
process. It is a political process because the national Cabinet, on considering a range of public financing and service delivery priori...
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Prinsloo, C.H., Arends, F., Roodt, J., Erasmus, J., Mokgatle, G. & Joynt, K. (2011) An assessment of the implementation of the Employment Services of South Africa (ESSA). (Commissioned and funded by the Department of Labour (DoL), March).
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The aim of this study was to identify challenges in the implementation of ESSA and to identify and make recommendations on areas of improvement and strengthening.
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Ramachela, O. (2005) The business of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in the social sector. (September).
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An increasing number of people are becoming conversant with the aims and goals of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). These numbers, however, constitute a far cry from the desired critical mass of the target people whom the
EPWP is intended to benefit. Beyond the promise and expectation of a million jobs, the quality of this awareness remains nascent and emerging. What is required is a...
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Richter, L., Cosser, M., Altman, M., Moleke, P. & Pather, R. (2003) Advocacy document: youth education, livelihoods and employment. (Commissioned by Umsobomvu Youth Fund (UYF), October).
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The purpose of the document is to showcase the environment in which UYF is operating, looking at the needs of young people, formal and informal livelihood activities, and the capacity of youth service providers to respond to issues of education, livelihoods and employment of South African youth. The document is based on a review of research commissioned by the UYF to date as well as other sign...
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Roberts, B. & May, J. (2006) Poverty diagnostics using poor data: strengthening the evidence base for pro-poor policy making in Lesotho. (Paper presented at the 7th International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) Conference, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 17-20 July).
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Roberts, B. (2006) Youth and poverty reduction strategy processes in sub-Saharan Africa. (Paper presented at the 7th International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) Conference, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 17-20 July).
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Roefs, M. (2007) Monitoring & evaluation framework. (A paper prepared for the Jobs for Growth Programme of ASGI-SA, April).
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September, R., Du Toit, R., Kvalsvic, J. & Koopman, B. (2006) Early childhood development: a case for upscaling employment opportunities in the sector. (Commissioned by Services SETA, Case studies, January).
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Simkins, C. (2008) Projecting South African labour supply to 2024: phase I report. (March).
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This population projection has been carried out from 2007 to 2024, using the SPECTRUM model by population group, gender and age group. Particular attention has been paid to projections for 2014 and 2024. Both broad and narrow labour force definitions were considered. An estimate of labour supply to 2024 is given.
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Tregenna, F. (2007) Accounting for changes in manufacturing employment in South Africa. In: Deshpande, A. (ed). Globalization and development: a handbook of new perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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The objective of this study is to understand the components, as well as the possible causal determinants of the changes in manufacturing employment in South Africa. This paper focuses on the relationships between capital stock, capacity utilization, relative factor utilization and employment.
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Tregenna, F. (2007) Which sectors can be engines of growth and employment in South Africa?: an analysis of manufacturing and services. (May).
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Valodia, I., Davies, R., Altman, M. & Thurlow, J. (2007) Economic behaviour in South Africa's informal economy. (Commissioned by the Conflict and Governance Facility (CAGE), October).
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This report contributes to a larger project that seeks to understand the competitive behaviour of informal firms in a growing economy. This is relevant in SA where the formal economy dominates, and both output and employment are growing more rapidly than in the informal economy. In this situation, the informal economy does not appear to be dragging incomes down. But will informal economic activ...
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Van Seventer, D.E. (2006) Employment and skills in South African exports. (Employment and Economic Policy Research Programme, Occasional paper; 2). Cape Town: HSRC Press.
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Van Seventer, D.E.N. (2002) Appropriate analytical tools for economy-wide analysis of employment creating policies in South Africa. (April).
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This concept paper explores the usefulness of appropriate analytical tools to undertake economy-wide analysis for employment creating policies in South Africa. The compilation is neither complete nor exhaustive. We start with some background to the HSRC concerns about the lack of employment creating policies in South Africa, as this forms the context of our overview. We then pay some attention...
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Wilkinson, I. (2009) Innovation comes in small packages. HSRC Review. 7(4):23.
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Small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs), a central policy focus area in South Africa, specifically with regard to economic growth and employment creation, have the potential to become engines of innovation. But lack of funding hampers the sector's innovation development. Irma Wilkinson believes that current SMME policies and programmes need to be broadened to stimulate innovation.
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