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Towards Employment-intensive Growth in South Africa
Editor: A Black
South Africa’s high rate of unemployment (26%) makes it a complete outlier compared with other middle-income countries. Indeed, the unemployment rate rises to 36% if discouraged workers are taken into account. It underpins extreme poverty and inequality and is a major contributor to social dislocation. If it were not for increased social payments, poverty would have continued to increase since the advent of democracy in 1994. Unemployment also represents a huge cost to growth. This book focuses on the growth path of the economy. The starting point is that while more rapid economic expansion is an important objective, at any given level of growth, the economy as a whole needs to become more labour-absorbing. Apart from presenting an alternative growth path which could start to shift the economy in new directions, the book tackles themes which have received only limited attention, such as wage subsidies, youth unemployment and employment growth in rural areas.
HEALTH
Building and Evaluating Research Capacity
in Healthcare Systems
Case studies and innovative models
Editors: N Edwards, D Kaseje & E Kahwa
Over the past decade, there have been many international calls to strengthen and support/sustain research capacity in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This capacity is considered an essential foundation for cost-effective healthcare systems. While there have been long-standing investments by many countries and research funding organisations in the training of individuals for this purpose, in many LMICs research capacity remains fragmented, uneven and fragile. There is growing recognition that a more systems-oriented approach to research capacity-building is required. This book captures what was learned from teams working on The Global Health Research Initiative; it brings together the experiences of research capacity-building teams co-led by Canadians and LMIC researchers in several regions of the world, including Jamaica, Kenya, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Uganda.
2016
384 pages
Soft cover
Print: 978 1 77582 007 9 Web pdf: 978 1 77582 166 3 World rights available R482.00 / $42.95 / £ 30.50 BISAC: BUS068000
BIC: KCFM
2016
224 pages
Soft cover
Print: 978 1 77582 207 3 Web: 978 1 77582 221 9 World rights available R316.00 / $31.50 / £18.50 BISAC: MED078000/ SOC024000
BIC: GPS, MBP