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AFRICAN LEADERS TO HOLD SUMMIT OVER BURUNDI VIOLENCE

BUJUMBURA – East African leaders will meet on Sunday at a special summit to discuss the crisis in Burundi, where police and protesters continue...

Greece shows what can happen when the young revolt against corrupt elites

By Paul Mason — The rise of Syriza can’t just be explained by the crisis in the eurozone: a youthful generation of professionals has had...

25 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Is the World about to Change Course on Capitalism’s Triumph over Communism?

Fazila Farouk – This year, 2014, heralds 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. It’s a momentous anniversary...

SPII responds to the establishment of the Ministry of Small Business in the Business Day

Brian Mathebula, Researcher working on the “Social Protection and Local Economic Development: Graduation” looks at micro/survivalist-enterprises from a policy perspective and what the scope...

Patriarchy: An obstacle to women empowerment?

By Matshidiso Motsoeneng and Brian Mathebula The CGAP-Ford Foundation Graduation pilot programs around the world have been credited for reaching the most vulnerable groups...

Debt, uneven development and capitalist crisis in South Africa: from Marikana microfinance mashonisas to Moody’s macroeconomic monitoring

By Patrick Bond The power, vulnerability and destructiveness of financial markets have spiraled out of control in a South Africa that by 2012 was...

Measures of Local Economic Development-Briefing Note-January 2013

The examples of the measurement of local economic development presently available are mostly located in a developed country context. The challenge arises in identifying...

Concept note (2012) Linking of cash transfers to local economic development

Despite robust economic growth averaging 3.5% to 5.2% between 2004 and 2007,1 South Africa remains amongst the most unequal societies in the world. One...

A supply side intervention in support of local economic development (LED)-Policy Brief January 2012

The role of local economic development (LED) represents policies to redress the economic marginalisation and dualism in the South African economy as a result...