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Mark Swilling

The developmental state

A SKIP TO THE LEFT? The ongoing media obsession with the ANC leadership race has blinded many to the real story driving ANC discourse – the notion of the ‘developmental state’.

Rethinking ‘Binding Constraints’

South Africa should watch out that a drive for higher growth figures does not come at the expense of sustainable development.

Summer 2007

Mark Swilling

The food crisis - Getting to the root of it

Soil degradation – rather than a temporary market imbalance – is the gremlin causing drastic rises in global food prices.

Summer 2008

Mark Swilling

Decoupling growth from consumption

Working out how to reduce consumption and make economies grow at the same time is at the crux of sustainable development, and an international panel of experts is finding the clues.

Autumn 2008

Mark Swilling

Living next door to them

The Challenge of Real Integration On 11 February 2007, the first sentence of the front page story in Rapport: under the sensationalist headline “Woonbuurt-skok”, reads as follows: “Suid-Afrikaaners wat in the die toekoms ’n nuwe huis wil koop, gaan in gevolge konsep-regeringsbeleid verplig word om armes as bure to aanvaar.

Spring 2007

Mark Swilling