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Sunday, 08 December 2013

The Community Work Programme: Building a Society that Works

  • Year 2013
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Kate Philip
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
In the context of a global jobs crisis, there is renewed interest in the role of public employment in providing work opportunities. This context has also seen a range innovation in public employment, with new forms of work and new approaches to implementation and delivering different kinds of outcomes. The…
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Monday, 09 September 2013

South African Green Economy Modelling Report

  • Year 2013
  • Author(s) United Nations Environment Programme
The South African Green Economy Modelling (SAGEM) Report explores the question of whether equal or higher growth could be attained with a more sustainable, equitable and resilient economy. South Africa views a green economy as a sustainable development path that is based on addressing the interdependence between economic growth, social…
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Published in External Publications
Friday, 23 August 2013

An Appraisal of Local Economic Development Impact Assessment Methodologies in the Context of the Community Work Programme

  • Year 2013
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Evans Chinembiri; Mbofholowo Tsedu
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper looks at the strengths and weaknesses of current methodologies in capturing the kinds of local economic development impacts from the CWP. It aims to fill the gap of methodologies available for measuring economic multipliers in a local economy. (The Employment Promotion Programme (EPP) Research)
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Published in Community Work Programme
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Tuesday, 20 August 2013

The Transformative Potential of Public Employment Programmes

  • Year 2013
  • Organisation University of Cape Town Graduate School of Development Policy and Practice
  • Author(s) Kate Philip
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
After the Great Depression in the 1930s, part of the recovery in the United States of America relied upon a massive programme of public works, under the Works Progress Administration. Its impact was not just as a stimulus; it also provided a focus of social participation and inclusion. Yet, in…
Published in Community Work Programme
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Thursday, 25 April 2013

The South African Community Capability Study: The Context of Public Primary Education and the Community Work Programme

  • Year 2013
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Centre for Democratising Information
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
A key part of the motivation to potentially scale up the CWP to a million participants included a proposed strategy of support to schools. This research looks at the impact of CWP's schools support at a sample of schools that have received such support. (The Employment Promotion Programme (EPP) Research)  
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Thursday, 25 April 2013

The South African Community Capability Study: The Community Work Programme

  • Year 2013
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Centre for Democratising Information.
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This qualitative study assessed the impact of the Community Work Programme (CWP) on the capabilities of participants and communities. It showed the programme had significantly expanded participants capability set and had contributed to improving both individual and community wellbeing. (The Employment Promotion Programme (EPP) Research)
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Published in Community Work Programme
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Thursday, 25 April 2013

Predicting Poverty Impacts of Expanding the Community Work Programme in South Africa

  • Year 2013
  • Organisation Development Policy Research Unit
  • Author(s) DPRU
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper looks at the role that potential poverty-reducing impact that the CWP could have is expanded. While acknowledging that there are significant non-monetary impacts, the focus is on measuring the impact that earning the CWP wage would have on household poverty and inequality. (The Employment Promotion Programme (EPP) Research)
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Monday, 15 April 2013

Tracking Climate Finance Inflows to South Africa

  • Year 2013
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Discussion document prepared for the Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG) Global Forum held in Paris in March 2013. This paper conducts a case study focused on the state of the tracking of public and private climate-related inflows to South Africa. It investigates South Africa's strategy on climate finance (tracking) and…
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Published in Climate Change
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Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Regulating for Clean Electricity and Heat in Poor Households: The roles of the South African Development State and Private Sector

  • Year 2013
  • Author(s) Du Plooy, P. Boiling Point Issue 61, Climate Change: Adaptation, Resilience and Energy Security
  There is a role for a developmental state to drive access to modern energy throughout the economy, but particularly for poor households. While the technological solutions are understood, implementing them needs a policy and regulatory environment that encourages investment in these technologies by households, governments and the private sector. 
Published in External Publications
Friday, 01 February 2013

Green Jobs and related policy frameworks An overview of South Africa

  • Year 2013
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Sustainlabour
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This report is part of the project called the “Social Dialogue for Green and Decent Jobs. South Africa - European Dialogue on Just Transition” funded by EuropeAid's budget line SA/21.060200-01-08. The project has been cofunded by Sustainlabour. The Congress of South African Trade Unions – COSATU acts as partner organization.…
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Saturday, 19 January 2013

Ports Regulation: Global Experience and its Applicability to South Africa

  • Year 2013
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Sheila Farrell
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Ports Regulation: Are we achieving the objectives of the Ports Act? Comparisons with Ports Regulators from India, Australia and elsewhere (19 November 2013). Presentation by Dr Sheila Farrell, Imperial College London:
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Monday, 05 November 2012

Working Paper Series 2012-01: An Investigation of the Determinants of Intra-Industry Trade Between Zambia and its Trading Partners in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

  • Year 2012
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Chonzi Mulenga
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC), Zambia
Intra-Industry trade (henceforth IIT) has generally been perceived to be a feature of the industrialized countries. As the past few years have seen a rapid increase in Zambia's trade with its trading partners in the SADC, trade statistics reveal that a substantial part of such intra-SADC trade is in fact…
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Published in Trade and Industry
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Monday, 29 October 2012

Modelling Tourism Demand for South Africa using a system of equations approach: The Almost Ideal Demand System

  • Year 2012
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Andre Botha
  • Countries and Regions European Union (EU), South Africa
This research aims to model tourism demand for South Africa from the UK and the USA by using an almost ideal demand system. An error correction almost ideal demand system (EC-AIDS) is used to quantify the responsiveness of UK and USA tourism demand to South Africa relative to changes in…
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Published in TIPS Research Grant Papers
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Monday, 29 October 2012

Working Paper Series 2012-02 Green Economy Policy Framework and Employment Opportunity: A South African Case Study

  • Year 2012
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
In 2012, South Africa remains faced with the triple developmental challenge of unemployment, poverty and inequality. In addition, the country's current economic growth model is heavily resource and energy-intensive, aggravating pressures on the environment and the threat of climate change. The transition to a green economy, stemming from the concept…
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Published in Inequality and Economic Inclusion
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Monday, 08 October 2012

Working Paper Series 2012-03: Harnessing Public Trade Finance to Foster a Green Economy in Developing Countries: Current State of Play and Way Forward

  • Year 2012
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
This paper investigates the potential to harness trade finance to foster the development of a green economy in developing countries. The world is facing multiple crises of sustainability: global financial crisis, climate change, and the overuse of natural resources. Many developing countries are additionally destabilized by poverty, disease, corruption, and…
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Published in Green Economy
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Tuesday, 21 August 2012

How the structure of the economy impacts on opportunities on the margins

  • Year 2012
  • Author(s) Kate Phillip
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
In the face of a long-standing unemployment crisis that increasingly threatens social and economic stability, employment has at last taken centre stage in South African policy, and with this, a focus on the structural constraints on employment creation within the economy. The New Growth Path, approved by Cabinet in November…
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Published in Second Economy Strategy Project
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Monday, 13 August 2012

Inequality, unemployment and poverty in South Africa

  • Year 2012
  • Author(s) Fiona Tregenna; Mfanafuthi Tsela
Unemployment and earnings inequality in South Africa have declined in recent years, while the trend in overall income inequality is unclear. Inequality and unemployment both remain at extremely high levels by historical and international standards. There has been a very close relationship between trends in unemployment and earnings inequality in…
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Published in Second Economy Strategy Project
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Monday, 18 June 2012

How the state and private sector can partner to boost support to SMEs: Lessons from Chile & Malaysia

  • Year 2012
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Stephen Timm
For South Africa, the promotion of small businesses remains key to creating jobs and a more equitable economy. Evidence from Chile and Malaysia – both countries with similar emerging economies as South Africa – reveals that by partnering to provide finance and business support, the government and the private sector…
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Published in Small Enterprise Development
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Research Report 2011-05: Current issues and debates in industrial policy , some reflections for the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)

  • Year 2012
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Sandy Lowitt
This paper forms part of a broader research project TIPS has been involved in around common regional industrial policies. It provides an overview of key issues in global industrial policy literature. It begins with a brief examination of the link between industrial policy and development and the differences between the…
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Published in Trade and Industry
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Thursday, 12 April 2012

Research Report 2011-04: Examples of industrial policy approaches within regional integration initiatives

  • Year 2012
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Sandy Lowitt
This paper forms part of a broader research project TIPS has been involved in around common regional industrial policies. It looks at three examples of regional integration: the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the European Union and Mercosur. The focus is on understanding the drivers and motivation for regional…
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Monday, 23 January 2012

Assessment of crèches supported by the Bohlabela Community Work Programme October 2011 by Lima Rural Development Foundation

  • Year 2012
  • Organisation TEBA; Lima
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The Community Work Programme (CWP) was implemented as a pilot programme in Bushbuckridge and several other municipalities in 2009. The programme is essentially an employment safety net employing 2 200 people in Bushbuckridge within four sectors of community work, these being food security, palliative care, community infrastructure refurbishment and teacher…
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Published in Community Work Programme
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Friday, 18 November 2011

Mediating from the margins: The role of intermediaries in facilitating participation in formal markets by poor producers and users

  • Year 2011
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Marlese von Broembsen
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Patrick Sathorar acts as a marketing consultant for a group of 25-30 HIV-positive women in Nyanga, Cape Town. They produce textile and beaded products and Patrick facilitates their participation in the formal market by sourcing and negotiating contracts for them. Patrick’s role comprises the following: first, he meets with a…
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Published in Second Economy Strategy Project
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Linking small marginalised producers to modern markets: Are we trying to fit a square peg in a round hole?

  • Year 2011
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Sandy Lowitt
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Improving small, marginalised producers access to modern markets has increasingly been accepted as an important element in South African policy debates on improving the employment, income and livelihood opportunities for such producers. The importance of market access arises because in the absence of such access, these producers are restricted to…
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Published in Second Economy Strategy Project
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Monday, 14 November 2011

A qualitative evaluation of the Community Work Programme - Umthwalume CWP October 2011 by Thutong Training and Development

  • Year 2011
  • Organisation Thutong Training and Development
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The findings clearly answer the question of how beneficiaries have been impacted by CWP. The findings show that the beneficiaries are pleased with the quality of services that are provided through the CWP programme such as home based care, cleaning of cre?ches and teachers assistants etc. It becomes evident that…
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Published in Community Work Programme
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Wednesday, 09 November 2011

Studying the impact of the Community Work Programme on its participants , Matric geography project 2011 Bohlahela CWP

  • Year 2011
  • Author(s) Megan Cochrane
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Aim: The Community Work Programme (CWP) is an initiative of the State President's office which is designed to create an employment safety net in rural areas. The aim of this investigation is to study whether or not the CWP has made a positive impact on the lives of its participants…
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Tuesday, 01 November 2011

Identifying appropriate interventions to support the transition from schooling to the workplace

  • Year 2011
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Miriam Altman (HSRC) ; Carmel Marock (Singizi Consulting)
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Youth unemployment is extremely high in South Africa, approximately double the national rate. While this is not uncommon internationally, it poses a special problem in South Africa where at least half of young school leavers are unlikely to find work before the age of 24. In many other countries, the…
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Published in Second Economy Strategy Project
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Friday, 26 August 2011

Trade Liberalisation, Prices and the Skill Premium in South Africa

  • Year 2011
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Jeffrey Mashiane
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
We look at how trade liberalisation, working through product prices, has affected the skill premium in South Africa over the period 1990-2009. Our main finding is that trade liberalisation led to a reduction in prices over this period, and, through prices, mandated a rise in the skill premium of 3.3%.…
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Published in TIPS Research Grant Papers
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Sunday, 21 August 2011

Asset inequality

  • Year 2011
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen
The promise of asset-based approaches to poverty, as well as its limitations can be summarised with reference to the popular idiom: “teach a person to fish, rather than giving him a fish”. If the idiom were a development programme or project, it would aim to undertake two interventions (i.e. 1.…
Published in Second Economy Strategy Project
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011

TIPS Working Paper 01-2011: A Re-Examination of SADC Industrial Development Policies & Lessons for SACU

  • Year 2011
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) William S. Mbuta
The absence of growth in intra-SADC trade in industrial products since the tariff phase-downs were initiated prompted by the ratification of the SADC Protocol on Trade in 2000 continues to generate interest amongst policymakers and other stakeholders as it appears that removal of market access constraint alone is not a…
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Published in Trade and Industry
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Tuesday, 02 August 2011

Working Paper 02-2011: Infrastructure and Tourism Development: Dual Approach

  • Year 2011
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) B Seetanah; K Padachi; R Juwaheer; R V Sannassee; M Lamport; U Subadur; J Matadeen
This paper models tourist arrivals into Mauritius from various parts of the world with a view to understand the contribution of different determinants in explaining the success of the island as an international tourism destination. A dual methodological approach was adopted namely panel date and survey frameworks. Results from the…
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