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Doing things better in marginalised rural localities
In almost all low-income countries rurality is associated with geographic regions trapped in backwardness, poverty and underdevelopment. Rural areas are hardly seen as territories for producing new ideas and modern knowledge, unless they host a world-class university or research facility. The authors document how new ideas to do thing better can improve the quality of life in rural areas.
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The young and the discontented: youth views on unemployment
Between February and October 2012, a group of HSRC research interns embarked on a study entitled the Youth-Driven Development Project. The study sought to bring together unemployed graduates to express their views on current development challenges and provide alternatives that could help foster inclusive economic growth, as well as highlight the perspectives of South African youth on current development challenges. Lizzy Mabotja and Hlokoma Mangalaza share their initial findings.
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The social dynamics of innovation for rural development
The idea that innovation is only for increased market shares and profits is widely held. How poor communities benefit from innovations as direct users but also as innovative actors in their own right is rarely discussed. Peter Jacobs et al* explore how people at the bottom of the rural socioeconomic pyramid might benefit from progress in science technology and innovation (STI), drawing on new evidence from rural South Africa.
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Promoting innovation for inclusive rural transformation in South Africa
HSRC Policy Brief, October
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Social innovation in South Africa's rural municipalities: policy implications
HSRC Policy Brief, March