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23 July 2016
The Scandanavian model - an interpretation
The economies in Scandinavia have for long periods had high work effort, small wage differentials, high productivity, and a generous welfare state. The seminar will explore the economic and political equilibrium in these economies and how they combine models of collective wage bargaining, creative job estruction, and welfare spending. The presenter…
- Date Thursday, 01 September 2016
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 227 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Professor Karl Ove Moene
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Development Dialogue Seminars
Business Day - Mark Allix 22 July 2016
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TIPS In the News
27 July 2016
Illicit flows could have funded Africa’s development
Engineering News - Natasha Odendaal 21 July 2016
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TIPS In the News
16 August 2016
Four creative ways to open university access
Business Day - Neva Makgetla 16 August 2016
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TIPS In the News
22 August 2016
APORDE 2016: Inequality, investment and growth
TOPIC South Africa is among a small group of uniquely unequal countries; if inequality acts as a constraint on growth – and greater equity unlocks it – how does it do so? What are the transmission mechanisms that lead to this effect? Can it be assumed that all forms of…
- Date Saturday, 06 August 2016
- Time 14:00
- Venue Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), 227 Lange Street, Pretoria
- Main Speakers José Gabriel Palma and Kate Philip (discussant)
- For enquiries or to register please contact rozale@tips.org.za
- Organisation Economies of Regions Learning Network in association with the African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE)
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APORDE
26 August 2016
Debates on the sugar tax
The National Treasury proposed 20% tax on sugary soft drinks derives from the National Department of Health strategy to reduce obesity. It is rooted in the scientific consensus that these kinds of drinks are a key factor behind rising obesity and the attendant ailments of diabetes, heart disease and some…
- Year 2016
- Author(s) Neva Makgetla
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Policy Briefs
27 August 2016
APORDE 2016: Alice Amsden Memorial Lecture
Alice Amsden Memoria Lecture Topic: The State-Business Relationship and Industrial Policy Speaker: Malusi Gigaba, Minister of Home Affairs About the Speaker Malusi Gigaba is the Minister of Home Affairs. He was South Africa's Public Enterprises Minister and prior to this appointment, he was the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs for South Africa. Gigaba is…
- Date Monday, 05 September 2016
- Time 18:30 for 19:00
- Venue Braamfontein Campus Senate Room, 2nd Floor, Senate House. Wits University, Johannesburg
- Main Speakers Malusi Gigaba, Minister of Home Affairs
- For enquiries or to register please contact rozale@tips.org.za
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APORDE
27 August 2016
APORDE 2016: Public seminars
African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) APORDE is an annual training programme that brings together academics, policymakers and civil society representatives to investigate economic development options. It aims to build capacity in economics and economic policymaking. The course is run for two weeks and consists of lectures and seminars…
- Venue Pretoria and Johannesburg
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APORDE
City Press - 29 August 2016 by Dewald Van Rensberg
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TIPS In the News
30 August 2016
Fatal flaw in sugar industry argument, new analysis shows
Business Day - 30 August 2016 by Tamar Kahn
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TIPS In the News
30 August 2016
Sugary drink companies copy tobacco textbook
Business Day - 30 August 2016 by Neva Makgetla
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TIPS In the News
04 September 2016
SA’s proposed sugar tax: claims about calories & job losses checked
Africa Check - 31 August 2016: Researched by Kate Wilkinson & Vinayak Bhardwaj
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TIPS In the News
04 September 2016
Sugar tax “pro poor” says health expert
Healty-e News - 2 September 2016 by Amy Green
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TIPS In the News
04 September 2016
Kelello Mashiane
Kelello Mashiane is assisting with the Foreign Direct Investment Project. She has a bachelor’s degree from UNISA and two years' work experience as a research assistant at the Economic Development Department. She worked on several data collection projects at EDD and provided research support to the Chief Economist.
- Position Assistant Researcher
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TIPS Staff
11 September 2016
The Real Economy Bulletin - Second Quarter 2016
Main bulletin: The Real Economy Bulletin - Second Quarter 2016 In this edition: Quarterly GDP growth: South Africa’s GDP grew by 0,8% in the second quarter of 2016, in a marked recovery from the 0,3% contraction in the first quarter of the year. Mining and manufacturing made the largest sectoral contributions to growth. Mining grew (quarter on quarter) by 2,8%, while manufacturing grew by 2,0%. Agriculture continued to decline as the drought persisted, utilities fell by 0,4% and construction remained unchanged. Read more. Employment: Despite the relatively rapid growth in GDP in the second quarter of 2016, according to the official data employment in…
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Quarterly Bulletin
13 September 2016
Innovation needed to boost small enterprises
Business Day - 13 September 2016 by Neva Makgetla
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TIPS In the News
05 October 2016
Making the best of AGOA through export-promotion policies
Ten years is a very short time in the global economy, and by all accounts a decade is all that is left of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). While the United States’ unilateral preferential access programme for Africa has been reauthorized three times since it began in 2000,…
- Year 2016
- Organisation Integrating Africa: AfDB Blog
- Author(s) Christopher Wood, TIPS Economist
- Countries and Regions Africa
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External Publications
The Conversation - 3 October 2016 by Faizel Ismail
Faizel Ismail is Adjunct Professor in the School of Economics, University of Cape Town and a TIPS Research Fellow
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TIPS In the News
11 October 2016
SA’s tracking of Bric economic fate demonstrates dependence
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TIPS In the News