Questions and Answers: The Informal Economy

Dear SA LED Network Member,

The informal economy is a very important and yet very complex part of the economy. A paper on this topic, The Informal Economy: A primer for development professionals attempts to answer critical questions such as whether or not the informal economy is an impediment to development and whether it should be eliminated or promoted. Please click on the picture below to download the full document.

Article: The University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Local Economic Development (CENLED) in partnership with the DTI and the University of the Western Cape will roll out a degree for Local Economic Development Practitioners from 2012. The full article is available here: Collective training of future leaders.

Article: Another feature article is Women's co-op a big success story. This 16 women co-operative from Kwanonkqubela Township  in Alexandra cultivates chicory and a variety of vegetables. In February they produced a record 6875 tons of chicory. The full article is available here. 

Event:  From 22-24 November 2011 CENLED will be running a short course: Statistical Capacity Building: Learning to use Statistics to improve Development Strategies. Please click here for information regarding the course outline and registration information.

Event: Another upcoming course is the 3-day A Green Economy for Africa course which is intended to be informative, participatory and practical. It will involve a mixture of presentations and interaction. The course will be from 23-25 November 2011. For more information please click here.

Job: The Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality seeks to employ a Director: District Economic Development and Tourism. Applications close on 4 November 2011. Please click here for more information about the position.

Job:  The Cape Agency for Sustainable Integrated Development in Rural Areas (Casidra) has a vacancy for an Agriculture Project Coordinator. The closing date for applications is 7 November 2011; if you are interested in this position please click here to find out more information.

Tender: The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality invites bidders for Vendors to sell Pre-Paid Electricity on behalf of the municipality. The deadline for the submission of bid documents is Friday, 11 November 2011 at 12:00. Please click here to see the full details.

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