Mother city, mother lode?: Cape Town's global competitiveness under the gun

A team of researchers scrutinised a host of statistics and interviewed 88 companies employing over 40 000 workers for a Cape Town City Council study to analyse the city's economy and provide advice about how to boost performance in the years ahead. The broad conclusion was that the City needs a bolder approach towards economic policy, because business-as-usual will not suffice for the future, writes IVAN TUROK and SHIRLEY ROBINSON

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2025-05-29
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https://doi.org/10.14749/29178644
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Local Economic Development and Planning
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Abstract

A team of researchers scrutinised a host of statistics and interviewed 88 companies employing over 40 000 workers for a Cape Town City Council study to analyse the city's economy and provide advice about how to boost performance in the years ahead. The broad conclusion was that the City needs a bolder approach towards economic policy, because business-as-usual will not suffice for the future, writes IVAN TUROK and SHIRLEY ROBINSON

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