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Opinion: A mixed economy for development? Yes, but…
Following up on my post about the road ahead for the South African economy this one opines on those fundamental drivers of growth and development and some recent comments from the ANC’s national...
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#SONA2013
Today President Zuma will deliver the State of the Nation Address in Parliament and expectations are high. We though it might be interesting to look back at last year’s SONA and the year that was 2012....
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Guest post: Success of the NDP depends on collaboration between Business and...
SUCCESS OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN DEPENDS ON INCREASED COLLABORATION BETWEEN BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT, SAYS PROFESSOR RAYMOND PARSONS Giving a keynote address at the Annual Conference of the Steel...
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Opinion: What does the NDP mean for SA?
Last week’s #NDPdebate saw a strange question and answer session that we followed via Twitter. This one says it all: Cosatu guy asks question on NDP. Says it is only now in 2013 we hear about it. Calls...
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The NDP: Getting down to business?
On Friday Prof Raymond Parsons delivered the opening address at the national congress of the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut. We are happy to share it here: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL...
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Recommended reading
Right at the start of the year students are buying textbooks for the new semester, but if you are an economist in training, you need to read a bit wider than just the prescribed texts. Last year three...
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RPP: Recovery and reform in the SA economy
This article first appeared in the Sunday Independent on 6 July 2014. The 20th anniversary of SA’s democracy, the 2014 elections and the advent of the National Development Plan (NDP), have converged at...
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Prof Parsons speaks at the SA-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Today Prof Raymond Parsons is speaking at the SA-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the topic: RECESSION, RECOVERY AND REFORM IN THE SA ECONOMY ‘In the fast-growing economies, policymakers...
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A mini budget with a major message
The MTBPS may be called a ‘mini- budget’ but it carried a major message: SA is in a low growth trap and until this changes, the government will have ‘to cut its coat according to its cloth’. Growth...
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Prof Derick Blaauw was among a number of government, educational and non-governmental role-players invited by the National Planning Commission to attend a Roundtable Discussion on the Social Protection...
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