2nd Economy Strategy Project

The 2007 Annual Report of the Accelerated Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa (AsgiSA) identified a need for more focus on ‘the second economy’, and on mechanisms to ensure shared growth reaches the margins of the economy. It was in this context that the Second Economy Strategy Project was initiated; it reports to the AsgiSA High Level Task Team in the Presidency, but is located outside government, in TIPS.

The Second Economy Strategy Project has commissioned research and engaged with practitioners and policy makers inside and outside government. Outcomes from this process were presented to a ‘Work in Progress’ workshop in May 2008 and to a conference entitled ‘Second Economy Strategy: Addressing Inequality and Economic Marginalisation’, from 29 September – 1 October 2008. Key papers and presentations from this process are available under ‘Research Themes’ and ‘Events’ below.

A strategic framework and a set of ‘headline strategies’ from this process were approved by Cabinet in January 2009, and form part of the AsgiSA Annual Report tabled on 16 April 2009.