{"product_id":"9781770104099","title":"How South Africa Works: And Must Do Better","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe overwhelming challenge that South Africa faces, and has to date failed to address, is unemployment, which falls especially on African youths who were promised a better future after 1994. If the current unemployment challenge is not addressed, it will be impossible to sustainably lift many millions of people out of poverty. \u003cem\u003eHow South Africa Works\u003c\/em\u003e reviews the country's major economic achievements over the past two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough numerous interviews with politicians, business leaders and analysts, it examines the challenges and opportunities across key productive sectors - including agriculture, manufacturing, services, and mining - illustrative of the policy challenges that leaders face. It scrutinises the social grant and education systems to understand if South Africa has established mechanisms for people not only to escape destitution but be ready to be employed, and identifies steps that some of South Africa's most notable entrepreneurs have taken to build world-class enterprises. Recognising the essential challenge to cultivate more employers to employ people, \u003cem\u003eHow South Africa\u003c\/em\u003e Works concludes by offering an agenda and active steps for greater competitiveness for government, business and labour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan South Africa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636638044401,"sku":"9781770104099","price":10.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781770104099_p0.jpg?v=1765527177","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770104099","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}