Critical analysis of Modimolle local municipality labour-intensive projects (2002-2007)
II ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IV TABLE OF CONTENTS V LIST OF FIGURES XIII LIST OF TABLES XIV ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS AND GLOSSARY XV CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND AND STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 1 1.2 LABOUR–INTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION 2 1.3 SCOPE OF THE STUDY AND METHODOLOGY 3 1.3.1 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 3
The Expanded Public Works Programme : policy, rhetoric, reality and opportunities foregone during the expenditure of over R40 billion on infrastructure : construction and project management
In South Africa, the problems of unemployment (approximately 40% unemployed according to the broad definition and over 25% using the narrow definition) and poverty alleviation are of national strategic importance. The government of South Africa has made a nationally significant response to this problem through the largest development programme in the country's recent history. The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is a visionary component of the South African government's multi-pronged strategies towards poverty alleviation, job creation and skills development.
Did the metamorphosis from Export Processing Zones to Special Economic Zones improve the efficiency of trade enclaves in India?
In this paper, the efficiency of seven conventional Special Economic Zones in India is analyzed, by adopting a stochastic production frontier technique, for the period between 1986–1987 and 2007–2008.Results indicate that although the efficiency scores of these enclaves have improved over the years, specifically with the introduction of the SEZ policy (2000–2001), it is far below the threshold level as identified in the literature. Besides, one can also observe a discrepancy emerging between better export earning zones and efficient zones. On the determinants side, policy intervention and large geographical area, accompanied by clustering of units, are found to have impacted the efficiency scores of these enclaves positively.