LOCALISING NATIONAL GOVT ECONOMIC POLICY AND THE NEED FOR COOPERATIVESTRATEGY.
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Transcript of LOCALISING NATIONAL GOVT ECONOMIC POLICY AND THE NEED FOR COOPERATIVESTRATEGY.
LOCALISING NATIONAL GOVT ECONOMIC POLICY AND THE NEED FOR
COOPERATIVESTRATEGY
BRIEF OVERVIEW: ECONOMIC HISTORY
• Pre-1994: stagnation & imminent crisis
• 1994 to 2001: macroeconomic stabilisation
• 2001-2014- accelerated growth, employment and equity
MICROECONOMIC REFORM STRATEGY
• Macroeconomic fundamentals in place but: unemployment, poverty & lack of equity
• Dualistic nature of economy• New interventions required to achieve vision 2014
– Integrated Employment Strategy– Investing in economic infrastructure– Investing in human capital– Raising savings & investment levels
ACTIONS REQUIRED
• Increase income levels of the poor• ISRDS and URS implementation• BEE and WEE• Employment creation• Social welfare and use of other grants• Accelerated investment in infrastructure (priority
projects) e.g IDZs • Accelerated skills development & aggressive
recruitment of critical skills from other countries• Develop and implement appropriate investment
incentives such as Critical Infrastructure Fund
WHY ALIGMENT
• Need to develop strategies within national economic framework
• Build congruence and synergy between policies and programmes
• Policy coherence & certainty important for building domestic confidence
• Joint effort in programmes, initiatives and project have maximum impact
HOW
• Localisation of MERS basis for partnership• Sustained policy dialogue• Need to identify key priority projects which national
and local spheres of government can work on, e.g spatial initiatives, logistics, economic infrastructure development, joint marketing initiatives etc
• More effective IGR & coordination of activities between provinces, national & cities
• Capacity building: strengthening of IDPs ito analysis of economic activities & opportunities: develop economic potential
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