Addressing the challenge of youth unemployment in South Africa Presentation to a World Bank seminar Dr. Miriam Altman Executive Director Centre for Poverty Employment & Growth HSRC maltman@hsrc.ac.za or altmanm@mweb.co.za May 5‚ 2010 Government commitment • Government has committed to reducing unemployment by half between 2004 and 2014 – from 28% to 14% • HSRC estimated this would require the creation of avg 500‚000 net new jobs annually • This average was reached prior to the downturn •
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WORLD ECONOMY South-South cooperation and development Introduction Basically speaking‚ the biggest bottleneck in the development world economy is the unbalanced development of developing countries. Over long time‚ the unequal distribution of resource wealth and resource result in the vicious cycle of developing countries. Thus‚ accelerating economic and social development of developing countries is the important way to achieve prosperity of the world. South-South cooperation is now playing
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state‚ and what could cause South Africa or any other state in Africa to be a failed state. The term ‘state’ has been used to refer to a number of things‚ from a collection of institutions to a territorial unit and even a philosophical idea. The state‚ however‚ can be easily understood as apolitical and legal entity with power over the people in its territorial boundaries. This essay will examine a states characteristics as well as examine the causes of failed states in Africa by analyzing the case of
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Policy Brief: HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Adolescents in South Africa Heterosexual intercourse among adolescents is the primary method of HIV transmission in South Africa‚ with the majority of new infections occurring in the 21 25 year age group. An HIV-prevention campaign promoting abstinence among young people would seem to be an effective barrier to further infections. However‚ a policy promoting abstinence approaches the problem only superficially‚ and would not take into account all of
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Linguistic attitudes among English varieties in South Africa - Do South Africans tolerate English linguistic diversity? Presented at the Faculty for Anglistic University of Potsdam Bachelor thesis In partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Frauke Ferber 1 Abstract In the ongoing search for identity‚ the turbulent history of Johannesburg (and South Africa) resulted in a society that is “torn between the extremes of utopian dreamworld
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Youth Unemployment in South Africa: Reasons‚ Costs and Solutions Word Count: +- 1940 words Introduction – A description of the question: “What are the causes of youth unemployment?” A high employment rate among the people of a nation promotes a spirit of dignity‚ independence‚ achievement and innovation – it isn’t only about earning a form of income. In stark contrast‚ unemployment in South Africa is accompanied by social troubles such as violence‚ poverty‚ a loss of
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Small-scale‚ nature-based tourism as a pro-poor development intervention: Two examples in Kwazulu-Natal‚ South Africa Trevor Hill‚ Etienne Nel and Dayle Trotter Discipline of Geography‚ School of Environmental Sciences‚ University of KwaZulu-Natal‚ Pietermaritzburg‚ South Africa Department of Geography‚ Rhodes University‚ Grahamstown‚ South Africa Abstract Tourism is widely acknowledged as a key economic sector that has the potential to contribute to national and local development and‚ more specifically
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B. A. PROGRAMME APPLICATION COURSES TOURISM Convenor & Coordinator : Prof. K.V. Bhanumurthy Joint Coordinator : Dr. Abha Mathur 1 Tourism Course Objective The application course aims to familiarize the students with a brief background of tourism‚ its concepts‚ development and scope with special reference to India. Expected Learning Objectives Considering that Tourism Industry is experiencing a phenomenal growth world over‚ a student who has studied this course would
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South Africa became a well-rounded democratic republic after several years of being run under a government that was a stronghold for conservative-minded white South Africans. This shift of power led to the enactment of new‚ liberal policies that were put in place to hopefully alter South African society as many citizens were attempting to live in a more accepting‚ resourceful country. Many people believe that the three main types of legislation passed--social‚ political and economic--were closely
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This mostly showed in the social and economic conditions. But‚ because they were the same country‚ they had some similarities. The economies of each region at the time were only similar in the way they were expanding and growing stronger. One way the two regions differed in economics was in the base of their economy. For example‚ the South’s economy was based on cotton farming‚ while the North’s economy was based on manufacturing. Because the South did not manufacture goods‚ they were forced
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