Economics at the carnival : from social entrepreneurship to social cohesion
Date
2013-02
Authors
Jafta, Rachel
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Publisher
Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
Abstract
Rachel Jafta is Professor in Economics at Stellenbosch
University, where she lectures International Trade, Trade
and Industrial Policy, and the Economics of Technological
Change. Her research and publications are in the fields
of the Economics of Technological Change, International
Trade, Competition Economics, Social Entrepreneurship and
Innovation, and Black Economic Empowerment. She studied
at the Universities of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch in
South Africa, and at Luigi Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.
She is a director of various companies, and founder and
chairperson of a number of community engagement projects,
amongst others the Media24 Rachel’s Angels Mentorship
Programme and the Cape Town Carnival.
She has received awards for excellence in research, teaching
and community engagement, as well as the Antonio Veralda
Prize for the best final-year student in Italian (from UNISA). In
2011 she received the Stellenbosch University SRC Award for
Exceptional Alumni.
Description
Inaugural lecture delivered on 5 February 2013.
Keywords
Cape Town Carnival, Social entrepreneurship, Social entrepreneurship -- South Africa -- Cape Town, Social participation
Citation
Jafta, R. 2013. Economics at the carnival: from social entrepreneurship to social cohesion. Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, South Africa.