The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a headline policy initiative of the European Green Deal. One of the drivers of the CBAM is that carbon emissions should have a price, and the CBAM is intended to “align the carbon price on imports with that applicable within the EU”. This…

Business Day - 18 January 2022 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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This paper seeks to add to the discourse on climate change mitigation in the petrochemical industry in South Africa, through a broad evaluation of the mitigation interventions available. For the purposes of the analysis, the scope is confined to the base and performance chemicals that are produced from the petrochemicals…

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="/" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> OverviewThis webinar, organised in partnership with Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), will provide participants with a first look at findings from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) report South Africa's Energy Fiscal Policies:…

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Engineering News - 31 January 2021 by Marleny Arnoldi

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Business Day - 31 January 2022 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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  Presentations   Towards a Green Economy Barometer for South Africa (Elize Hattingh, Researcher, TIPS)   Green Economy Tracker South Africa Launch (Chris Hopkins: GEC Economic Policy Lead)   South Africa's recovery efforts from a green economy perspective (Georgina Ryan, National Treasury)   South Africas Recovery and Stimulus Package…

TIPS, in collaboration with Green Economy Coalition, is hosting the second of four Green Recovery Dialogues webinars: Unpacking South Africa's Road to Building Back Better, Fairer and Greener - The EU’s Green New Deal and its implications for South Africa. Wednesday 6 April 10:00. Register online: . 

South Africa’s merchandise exports reached a new high in the second quarter of 2021 amounting to R520 billion, an 80.2% increase from the same period last year and a 26.3% increase from the previous quarter (Q1 2021). Although the large year-on-year increase in export values is partially reflective of a…

TIPS is looking for a Project Coordinator. TIPS Project Coordinators are assigned a group of projects for which they provide support to the research manager and research team. The position is based in Pretoria, Gauteng. Applications close on 15 April 2022. For more information about the position and how to apply go to vacancies.         

The Import Localisation and Supply Chain Disruption study is a quarterly report that seeks to identify goods from the list of imports identified in the Import Tracker report that South Africa could possibly viably manufacture. Each quarter focuses on five manufactured items from the list of imports in the corresponding quarter's Import Tracker report. The five products in this report are:  Product 1: Processing units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units (excluding those of heading 8471.41 or 8471.49 and…

This paper looks at the potential increase in regional gains, particularly in Lesotho and South Africa, through the wool value chain, with the aim of increasing regional productivity and the distribution of wealth through wool production. It also looks into the constraints that domestic, regional and international demand pose for…

Fin24 - 1 February 2022 by Lameez Omarjee

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Business Day - 1 February 2022 by Denene Erasmus 

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Fin24 - 1 February 2022 by Lameez Omarjee

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Business Day - 8 February 2022 by Gray Maguire 

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Business Day - 14 February 2022 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Engineering News - 17 February 2022 by Marleny Arnoldi 

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This policy brief investigates the issues of rules of origin (RoO), their implications in a free trade area, and their role in promoting industrialisation and forging regional value chains (RVCs) under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, with the main focus on the cotton and textile and clothing…