Tilting the playing field
Subtitle: labour absorbing growth and the role of industrial policy
By: Anthony Black
Contributors: University of Cape Town. Centre for Social Science Research
Series: CSSR working paper -- no. 279; CSSR working paper -- no. 279.
Publisher: Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Rondebosch
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
ISBN-13: 9781770112186; 9781770112193
Subjects: Job creation; Unemployment; Industrial policy
Description: "South Africa faces a severe problem of persistent structural unemployment. This results not only from low growth but more importantly from the pattern of growth over many decades. The recent recession aside, there has for the past several years been a significant improvement in South Africa's growth performance. However, although new jobs have been created, this has been at a frustratingly slow pace and it would be difficult to argue that there has been a structural shift to a more labour demanding growth path. The data remain controversial but even the more optimistic projections show that very large scale unemployment will remain a major problem even under quite optimistic growth scenarios. If it were not for increased social payments, poverty would have continued to increase over the period."--P. [1].
Notes: "November 2010."

"Centre for Social Science Research, Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-15).