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Direct linkMayer, Marina J.; Altman, Miriam – Journal of Education and Work, 2005
This article argues that skills development in South Africa must be aligned to the economic and political imperatives of reducing unemployment and poverty, while fostering growth and international competitiveness. The legacy of a resource-based economy, overlaid by apartheid policies, has resulted in widespread poverty, inequality and unemployment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unemployment, Racial Bias, Racial Segregation
