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06 November 2006
About TIPS
Mandate
Established at the request of senior policy-makers of the new Government in 1996, TIPS is an independent, non-profit economic research institution. The organisation initially operated as a project within the IDRC's Johannesburg Office, and became a Section 21 Company in 2001.
Vision
To be a leader in independent economic policy analysis and research in pursuit of development in Africa.
Mission
- Developing an internal critical mass of intellectual capacity to undertake and disseminate ground-breaking and relevant economic research.
- Stimulating debate between policy practitioners and the wider research community to generate viable policy options.
- Building on our links with key international policy-relevant institutions to draw the quality of our research efforts ever closer to international best practice.
Objectives
We are active in both the South African and Southern African economic policy arenas and co-ordinate a wide network of established researchers. Our aim is to remain responsive to the local policy environment, government and other clients' research and information needs; to deliver high-quality, policy-relevant research; and to maintain an overt and strong interest in public policy in the areas associated with developing country economic policy.
Published in
General
30 November 2006
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PO Box 11214, Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa 0028
234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria, South Africa 0108
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Published in
General
15 June 1999
Examining the Cost of Services Protection in a Developing Country: The Case of South Africa
In the lead-up to the next round of WTO talks, some commentators have argued that developing countries should liberalise their service industries for their own benefit and not just in response to industrial country demands. This paper critically explores this…
Published in
Trade & Growth Dynamics
22 September 1999
Small and Medium-Sized Metal Workers in the Witwatersrand - Facing the Global Issue
- Year 1999
- Author(s) Anna Kesper
01 December 1999
An Assessment report on the DCC Scheme and its Auditing Process
- Year 1999
- Author(s) Kabelo Reid
15 June 1999
Competitiveness, International Trade and Finance in a Mineral-Rich Economy: The Case of South Africa
The aim of this paper is to consider the relationship between competitiveness, international trade and financial factors in the South African economy. The term ‘competitiveness’ is used here in two closely related, but distinctly different, senses. One of these refers…
Published in
SADC Trade Development
The South African Competition Act of 1998, implemented on 1 September 1999, establishes a range of criteria for evaluating mergers and company practices that are deemed to harm economic efficiency, among other objectives. In particular, the Act prohibits a range…
Published in
Trade & Growth Dynamics
This paper describes formal employment trends in the South African economy since 1970, through using both survey and time-series data. In addition, the study tries to understand the forces that have shaped these employment trends. The descriptive statistics reveal that…
Published in
SADC Trade Development
15 June 2000
Service Sector Dynamics and Service Regulation
In most industrialised economies, service sectors do not only show high growth rates of output and employment : they also go through dramatic changes with respect to use of technology, innovation, and regulatory frameworks. Service sector performance becomes more and…
Published in
Trade & Growth Dynamics
Rapid technological change has impacted on the provision of telecommunications in South Africa, as in other countries. The increasing capacity of fibre optic networks, the growing powers of computers, the growth of satellite communications and other broadband developments are major…
Published in
Trade & Growth Dynamics
01 January 2000
A Critical Analysis of the Regional Trade Model for South Africa (RTMSA): Implications for Future Research
The studies of Evans (1996, 1997a,b) appear to be the most analytically ambitious attempts to address, empirically, the question of the economic desirability of a southern African free trade area (FTA). Evans (1996) is apparently the only serious study available…
Published in
SADC Trade Development
Low investment levels in the South African economy are consistently identified as the principal factor behind suboptimal growth rates. Despite the increasing recognition of the importance of investment there is relatively little analytical research available in South Africa on the…
Published in
Trade & Growth Dynamics
It is generally acknowledged that there is no sufficient, exhaustive and elaborate empirical examination of the quantitative impact of policies pertaining to import demand and economic growth in South Africa. In order to arrive at conclusive, sagacious and applicable policies…
Published in
SADC Trade Development
The paper aimed to establish the changes that had occurred in the institutional structures governing trade policy in South Africa during the period 1990-1998. It also examined the forces that had influenced the application of tariff policy by the major…
Published in
SADC Trade Development
15 June 2000
FTAs with India and Brazil: An Initial Analysis
The purpose of this report is to launch a debate on the proposed free trade agreements (FTAs) with Brazil and India by providing some preliminary analysis. Two different but complementary research methodologies have been employed, each of which provides a…
Published in
SADC Trade Development
01 December 2001
Reform and Opportunity: The Changing Role and Patterns of Trade in South Africa and SADC
In this paper, we examine the changing role of trade in South Africa and SADC from different vantage points. We first review progress in liberalizing South Africa's trade regime, and conclude that, while signs of progress are clear, the levels…
Published in
SADC Trade Development
15 June 2000
Trends in Employment and the Employment Elasticity in Manufacturing 1971-1992: an International Comparison
The growth of employment in the manufacturing sector has been an important issue in development economics for a long time. Employment growth is, of course, limited by output growth in this sector, but the elasticity of employment with respect to output has varied widely in different regions and economies. This…
- Year 2000
- Author(s) Dipak Mazumdar
15 June 2000
The Incidence of Unemployment in South Africa
- Year 2000
- Author(s) Geeta Kingdon and John Knight
15 June 2000
Effects of Fiscal, Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy on the Structure of South African Growth and Employment
- Year 2000
- Author(s) Dirck Stryker; Balakanapathy Rajaratnam