Colin Mitchell

strategy, organisational development, & M&E

Position: Owner

Institution: CMC

Expertise: Strategy, Organisational Development, & M&E

Studied as an accountant and since 1998 have worked in the fields of international development and public sector development related to: Strategy and Scenario Crafting , Private Sector Development, Organisational Change Management; Monitoring & Evaluation and Value Chain / Cluster development.

Creating jobs, reducing poverty I: Why the informal sector should be taken seriously and enabled properly

What is the role of manufacturing in boosting economic growth and employment in South Africa?

Who are the middle class in South Africa? Does it matter for policy?

Why are foreign-run spaza shops more successful? The rapidly changing spaza sector in South Africa

Informal settlements: poverty traps or ladders to work?

Adcorp’s employment and unemployment figures are not taken seriously by researchers – yet they can do much harm

How much is inequality reduced by progressive taxation and government spending?

How high is graduate unemployment in South Africa? A much-needed update

A job in the informal sector reduces poverty about as much as a job in the formal sector

Who creates jobs, who destroys jobs? Small firms, large firms and labour market rigidity