Bell, Trevor : Unemployment in South Africa

INSllIUTt TOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESCARCH
Ihm Instituta ran oatsblished in l9jl to conduct, etimulate,
ssn1.t and co-ordinate reaesrch in the Socis1 Scisncas at the
Unirermity of Durbsn-Westrille. Irsditionelly research hoe
focussed on issues of concern to Indim rasidantm of Nat.1,
slthouqh resesrch ie by no nesns confined in this regard.
Surreya undartaken hara inrestiqatad primary eocisl problem^
includinq levels of cducmtion (rind aspecieliy non-formal ndult
education) Imbour iesuea, houeinq problame, rur.1 devmlopmsnt.
crime, recrmotion snd community problame reletinq to the Croup
Araae Act and raaattlement. Ihe lnatituta eleo encourmqem,
aupporta end publiehas research by eteff in othar departsent. in
the University. In this regard surraye of wmqee, economic
dsrml6pment snd cunditiona, and the ecianca of rsllgion here baen
undertaken and eubasqusntly published. Ihaoreticai, empirlcel and
applied projects hsra therefore contributsd ta knowledge nnd
underetandinq on 8 broad front.
Ihrse publication sarias are produced:
RESCARCH RCPORIS - ~ubstentisl raports or monographs of sn
empirical and/or thsoreticel natura.
OCCLSIONAL PAPCRS - nhortcr raports daalinq with ramsmrch
findinqn and, in some cssae. concspt.
rulerent to the findinqe.
fAC1 PAPCRS - brief, dats-baaed documents aimed at
communicating rcseerch flndinqa to
intsrastcd people es quickly me possible.
A panal of specimlists in various fislda exists to comment on
potent in1 publicnt ions.
The Director and Staff welcome commcnts on psst project. snd
suqqestions concerning prob1a.s end issues which require
inreetigetirc sold applied research. Correspondence should be
addreescd to:
Ihe Dir~ctOr
Institute for Soclsl 6 Ecnno-ic
Private Bsq X14001,
OURRAN. Nntsl.
4001. R.S.A.
Research
Phone (011)- 821211 ~279 or 290