Can the GNU deliver? Shaping South Africa's economic and development future

This seminar explores the effect that pro-growth policies could have on the country’s future.
Overview
South Africa’s Government of National Unity promises positive change, but what exactly is possible? Drawing on extensive modelling the seminar explores potential pathways for the country’s growth and development and the effect that pro-growth policies could have on our future.
The Institute for Security Studies’ African Futures team will present a long-term forecast of the impact of various sectoral policies on income, poverty, growth and economic size over the next two decades.
Read the full South Africa report here.
This seminar is co-hosted by African Futures at the Institute for Security Studies, News24 and the Hanns Seidel Foundation.
Moderator: Alize le Roux, Senior Researcher, African Futures & Innovation, ISS
Panelists:
Dr Jakkie Cilliers, Head, African Futures & Innovation, ISS
Xolelwa Kashe-Katiya, Indlulamithi Scenario Project Leader, MISTRA
Dhesigen Naidoo, Senior Research Associate, Climate Risk and Human Security, ISS
Image: AFP
Development partners
This seminar is funded by The Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The ISS is also grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the European Union, the Open Society Foundations and the governments of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
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