The news archive for the Development Policy Research Unit. The articles are listed from latest to oldest.

March 2020

Employment creation potential, labor skills requirements, and skill gaps for young people: methodological framework - Thu, 03/05/2020 - 12:15

February 2020

Unveiled: The DPRU's new look for #3DecadesOfTheDPRU - Mon, 02/10/2020 - 14:30

December 2019

Call for Papers: 2020 Jobs and Development Conference - Mon, 12/09/2019 - 13:00

November 2019

RFP: Reporting by Business on Executive Pay Ratios - Wed, 11/27/2019 - 14:00
RFP: Job Creation in the Primary Agricultural Sector - Wed, 11/27/2019 - 13:00

October 2019

RFP: Facilitation & Development of Sectoral Masterplans - Mon, 10/14/2019 - 14:00
October Call for Applications: The IGP Panel of Researchers and Related Professionals - Tue, 10/08/2019 - 10:00
New Working Paper: An Initial Assessment of Biodiversity-Related Employment in South Africa - Wed, 10/02/2019 - 12:15

September 2019

Haroon Bhorat appointed into the Presidential Economic Advisory Council - Mon, 09/30/2019 - 09:15

April 2019

Call for Applications: The IGP Panel of Researchers and Related Professionals - Wed, 04/17/2019 - 12:15
Prof Haroon Bhorat & the SDGs... - Fri, 04/05/2019 - 12:15

March 2019

CALL FOR PAPERS: The 4th Industrial Revolution: 2019 Research Colloquium - Tue, 03/19/2019 - 12:15
Addressing Inequality: Haroon Bhorat at #FWDKF20 - Fri, 03/08/2019 - 12:15

February 2019

Economic Complexity: CoP Training Workshop - Mon, 02/04/2019 - 12:15

January 2019

2018 Jobs & Development Conference: DPRU Special Session - Tue, 01/01/2019 - 11:30

October 2018

Call for Papers: 2019 Jobs & Development Conference - Fri, 10/26/2018 - 12:15

September 2018

Seminar: Daniel Kaufmann "State Capture & the Challenge of Governance around the World" - Fri, 09/28/2018 - 12:15

July 2018

Building Economic Complexity Workshop - Wed, 07/25/2018 - 12:15

June 2018

4th Industrial Revolution: Workshop - Thu, 06/21/2018 - 12:15

May 2018

Publication: South Africa: Beyond State Capture and Corruption - Fri, 05/18/2018 - 12:15
#StockholmStatement: Video - Thu, 05/17/2018 - 12:15
#Jobs4Dev Conference 2018 - Welcome Video - Mon, 05/07/2018 - 12:15

February 2018

#Jobs4Dev Conference 2018 - Tue, 02/20/2018 - 12:15

January 2018

WEF Transformation Map: South Africa - Mon, 01/29/2018 - 13:15
Just published: Report "2018 African Economic Outlook (AEO)" - Wed, 01/24/2018 - 08:15

December 2017

Message from Prof H Bhorat: Illegal use of my name - Wed, 12/13/2017 - 16:00
Call for Papers: 1st IZA/World Bank/NJD Conference on Jobs and Development - Thu, 12/07/2017 - 12:30
International Anti-Corruption Day - 9 December 2017 - Mon, 12/04/2017 - 15:30

November 2017

Launch: South-South Global Thinkers - Thu, 11/30/2017 - 08:15
Just published: Report "Industrialize Africa - Strategies, Policies, Institutions and Financing" - Tue, 11/21/2017 - 08:15
Income Inequality Trends in SSA: WB Africa Economics Seminar Series - Fri, 11/17/2017 - 08:15
Statement by Civil Society Organisations on the Integrity of the Budget Process - Fri, 11/17/2017 - 08:15

June 2017

VIDEO: 27 June 2017: UCT Panel Discussion on State Capture and the Emergence of a Shadow State in SA - Thu, 06/29/2017 - 08:15

May 2017

Just published: Eskom Enquiry Reference Book - Fri, 05/26/2017 - 08:15
Just published: Betrayal of the Promise: How SA is Being Stolen - Fri, 05/26/2017 - 08:15
Strategies to Overcome Poverty and Inequality: DPRU posters - Tue, 05/16/2017 - 11:00

January 2017

Latest EPP Factsheet: 2016 Q3 - Wed, 01/18/2017 - 11:00
Call for Papers: 2nd WIDER Development Conference on “Migration and mobility” - Wed, 01/18/2017 - 11:00
Call for Papers: joint World Economic Forum, IDRC, World Bank Group - Wed, 01/18/2017 - 11:00

October 2016

Jobs and Development Conference - November 2-3, 2016 - Wed, 10/26/2016 - 12:30

August 2016

ELLA Summit on Informality and Inclusive Growth: Johannesburg, 4&5 Oct 2016 - Fri, 08/05/2016 - 10:45

July 2016

Call for Papers: World Congress 2017 - Globalization, Growth and Sustainability - Thu, 07/28/2016 - 09:15
Google Hangout: Labour Regulations and Enforcement - Fri, 07/22/2016 - 13:45
Call for Papers: Jobs and Development Conference: November 2016 - Thu, 07/14/2016 - 12:30
New blog: ‘Does informality help inclusive growth in Africa?’ - Tue, 07/12/2016 - 09:00

June 2016

Youth Unemployment in SA: Infographic - Wed, 06/22/2016 - 11:45
DPRU a founding institution of The Global Research Consortium on Economic Structural Transformation (GReCEST) - Tue, 06/21/2016 - 10:00
New blog: In West Africa, education = jobs and jobs = development - Tue, 06/21/2016 - 09:15

April 2016

Report: Investigating the Feasibility of a National Minimum Wage for South Africa - Wed, 04/13/2016 - 14:15
Applications OPEN: ELLA Online Learning Alliance on Informality and Inclusive Growth - Tue, 04/12/2016 - 12:45