FEDUSA indicates that South Africa's present economic growth trajectory cannot meet the country's employment needs. Faster growth is required over an extended period of time to significantly increase labour absorption, reduce high unemployment and achieve a more equitable distribution of income. FEDUSA welcomes the attention given to the serious socio-economic problem of unemployment through the proposed new growth path. According to FEDUSA, previous programs such as the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP), Growth Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) and Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa (ASGISA) had this as their primary goal. The current strategies and programs contained in the budget already contain elements of the proposed new growth path.