SUBJECT: The Contemporary World
TOPIC: Global Migration
NOTE:
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Informal Sector and the Challenges of Development in South AfricaDr Lendy Spires
• After nearly two decades since the ending of apartheid colonialism, poverty, unemployment, inequality, and environmental degradation remain persistent problems
• In seeking to improve the quality of life for all its inhabitants, South Africa must also reduce poverty, create employment, and redress widening inequalities
• Both at national and provincial levels, policy development aims to enhance inclusive development
• 1950s and 1960s, modernisation theory made people to believe that traditional forms of work and production would disappear as a result of economic progress in developing countries
• Initially viewed as a site of simple and adapted technologies
• These technologies were viewed as responsible for the static nature of the informal sector
• Viewed as marginal in terms of place and contribution to the economy
• These observations do not apply uniformly in the informal sector
• The informal sector is linked to the formal economy
• Produces, distributes, and provides services to the formal economy
• The taxi industry which is mostly unregulated has close linkages with the formal vehicle companies, petrol and insurance industries
• The paper company Mondi owns 117 waste recycling centres in South Africa
• These centres are supplied by more than 300 waste collectors who are some of the most marginal workers in the informal economy
• Neither the public sector nor the private sector is able to provide enough jobs for the expanding labour force
• Informal sector is increasingly recognised as an alternative option to the growing unemployment, particularly among the youth and the poor
• Efforts to improve the performance of the sector should be seen in light of the potential contribution of informal sector to increasing the overall performance of the economy including its provincial and local productive economic capabilities
• Our emphasis is on the relative importance of the sector in the economy of South Africa
• Our contribution is on the policy logic and implications for evidence-base policy development and innovation
• Policy development and innovation can lead to improved performance of the informal sector particularly in the context of increasing need to reduce poverty and increase employment opportunities in South Africa
• Initially, studies of informal sector tended to be decontextualised
• Increased attention has been towards understanding the informal sector within its historical, geographical, political, and social context
• In the developed world, informal sector is often seen as a product and driver of advanced capitalism
• By contrast, in the developing world the largest part of informal sector tends to occur in the form of self- employment
SUBJECT: The Contemporary World
TOPIC: Global Migration
NOTE:
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Informal Sector and the Challenges of Development in South AfricaDr Lendy Spires
• After nearly two decades since the ending of apartheid colonialism, poverty, unemployment, inequality, and environmental degradation remain persistent problems
• In seeking to improve the quality of life for all its inhabitants, South Africa must also reduce poverty, create employment, and redress widening inequalities
• Both at national and provincial levels, policy development aims to enhance inclusive development
• 1950s and 1960s, modernisation theory made people to believe that traditional forms of work and production would disappear as a result of economic progress in developing countries
• Initially viewed as a site of simple and adapted technologies
• These technologies were viewed as responsible for the static nature of the informal sector
• Viewed as marginal in terms of place and contribution to the economy
• These observations do not apply uniformly in the informal sector
• The informal sector is linked to the formal economy
• Produces, distributes, and provides services to the formal economy
• The taxi industry which is mostly unregulated has close linkages with the formal vehicle companies, petrol and insurance industries
• The paper company Mondi owns 117 waste recycling centres in South Africa
• These centres are supplied by more than 300 waste collectors who are some of the most marginal workers in the informal economy
• Neither the public sector nor the private sector is able to provide enough jobs for the expanding labour force
• Informal sector is increasingly recognised as an alternative option to the growing unemployment, particularly among the youth and the poor
• Efforts to improve the performance of the sector should be seen in light of the potential contribution of informal sector to increasing the overall performance of the economy including its provincial and local productive economic capabilities
• Our emphasis is on the relative importance of the sector in the economy of South Africa
• Our contribution is on the policy logic and implications for evidence-base policy development and innovation
• Policy development and innovation can lead to improved performance of the informal sector particularly in the context of increasing need to reduce poverty and increase employment opportunities in South Africa
• Initially, studies of informal sector tended to be decontextualised
• Increased attention has been towards understanding the informal sector within its historical, geographical, political, and social context
• In the developed world, informal sector is often seen as a product and driver of advanced capitalism
• By contrast, in the developing world the largest part of informal sector tends to occur in the form of self- employment
This presentation is on structural realism. It explains the different or similar views of offensive and defensive realists on stability, war and best possible stable international system.
Globalisation and Outsourcing : Impact on Agriculture and PoliticsNikhil Gupta
This is a Powerpoint Presentation on Globalization and Outsorcing . It includes Acknowledgement, meaning of globalization, impact on agriculture,impact on politics. impact of globaliazation on Indian Economy.
This presentation is made by Nikhil Gupta (nikhilgupta1998@yahoo.in)
‘Nothing for Us Without Us’ - Towards an economic justice framework for Susta...UNDP Policy Centre
Presentation delivered by Masego Madzwamuse (OSISA) at the Rio+20 side event on the role of civil society and knowledge institutions in sustainable development: http://www.ipc-undp.org/PageNewSiteb.do?id=274&active=2
What is DE- Globalization & its examplesDEEPAK KUMAR
In this Assignment I have gone through the detailed of how de - globalization is taking place in this 21 century where most of the student are talking about globalization. this is the another part of the picture, we have focused about de - globalization.
Globalization represents an unavoidable phenomenon in the history of mankind, which is making the world smaller and smaller by increasing the exchange of goods, services, information, knowledge and cultures between different countries, therefore, it is very important to understand the "why, where, what and how" of our current situation.
2. OUT LINE
•GLOBALIZATION IN THE PACIFIC
•DEFINING GLOBALIZATION
•ENABLERS OF GLOBALIZATION
•GLOBALIZATION AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS
•GLOBALIZATION OF THE WORLD
•IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION
7. Globalization and its Characteristics
1. Improved Technology in Transportation and
Telecommunications
2. Increase Movement of People and Capital
3. Diffusion of Knowledge
4. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and
Multinational Corporations
5. Cultural Diversity
8. GLOBALIZATION OF THE WORLD
Politics of Globalization
- Nation states are less able to control social and economic events
within their territory
Economic of Globalization
Increasing economic interconnectivity
- International division of labor
- Capital remains concentrated among wealthiest nations
Mixed Evidence as to the effect of economic globalization
- Unsure whether it intensifies or reduces economic inequality
- Economic interdependence is related to more peaceful relations, but
those left behind tend to be resentful
9. GLOBALIZATION OF THE WORLD
Technology & Globalization
Increase access to information, but
- Access is unevenly distributed
- Has made it easier to seek out like-minded voices and avoid opposing views
Make surveillance and certain types of control easier
Cultural Globalization
Increases exposure to foreign ideas and practices
Some ethnic and religious groups feel threatened by globalization
- Has resulted in a sharp increase in reactionary “nationalist” & fanatical groups
- Has killed cultures
14. Adverse Effects of Globalization
• Global warming
Globalization
Human
activity
Global
warming
Rise in Sea
level
Pacific Island
nations
suffer
15. Impact on the Environment Unequal distribution of Wealth
16. Impacts on the Government
Political Influence
- E.G Australia Influence in Papua New Guinea
New Trading System
- Barter System to Modern Money System
- Creation of Economic Dependence
Foreign Investment
Foreign Trade and Banking
Economic Partnership
New system of Governance
Ripple Economy Effect
17. Impacts of Globalization on People
Changes to Local Religions
- Introduction of new religious beliefs and churches
Changes to Health
- Introduction to medicine and science
Value of Modern Money
- Selling of customary land
Rapid Urbanization
Unemployment
Transnationalism
Gender Equality and Inequality
• Remove Practical Barriers – access to education
• Creation of Specific Seats for women in parliament
18. Globalization Is Here to Stay
Globalization does have problems and negative effects, but it is not
going to disappear. Therefore…
We need to learn how to reap its benefits, and minimize its cost. To
achieve that, we must
- Understand its impact
- Work to remedy the problems
- Work to spread the benefits as widely as possible