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Working papers on pathway design and labour market access.

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Working Paper 001

Pathway Design Failure

South Africa does not only face an unemployment crisis. It faces a system design problem in how exposure, skills, credentials, and jobs connect.

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Working Paper 002

Flexicurity Case Study

A case study of Denmark's flexicurity model and what South Africa can learn from treating unemployment as a managed transition rather than a dead end.

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