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South Africa is continuing to urbanise, perhaps not as rapidly as some developing countries but certainly at a rate which has generated a considerable degree of policy anguish over its accompanying rising levels of urban poverty. The Presidency of the…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
In discussing the relationship between governance and inclusivity this paper’s central argument is that unless there is an ability to build a responsive government at all spheres than there is no connection between the two. The ability of the state…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
01 October 2008
Transport and the Urban Poor
The aim of the paper is to articulate necessary state interventions to improve transport services for the urban poor in South Africa. The paper forms part of a larger study intended to inform a strategic response to the challenges of…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
01 October 2008
Emergency Relief in Informal Settlements: Proposals for Action
CONTEXT This document is a response to the aspiration of National Treasury to define practical mechanisms which will enable emergency relief for informal settlements and associated urban economy interventions to rapidly occur on a national basis. This aspiration flows largely…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
17 April 2009
Employment Intermediation for Unskilled and Low-skilled Work Seekers - Part 1: Overview of the Sector
Unemployment is one of the biggest challenges facing South Africa. Growth has been inadequate, the skills level requirement of new jobs is continually rising, current skills among the workforce are low and inadequate numbers of low end, unskilled jobs are…
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Conceptualising the second economy No detailed process will be followed in order to define the concept second economy’. The Second Economy Strategy Project (2008:2) probably summarises it best: “In sum, the concept of the ‘second economy’ is being used as…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
This paper unpacks from a spatial perspective, the duality of urban contexts in South Africa that is of unprecedented opulence on the one hand and remarkable deprivation on the other, as stated by Sen (1999: xi). Although focused on the…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
01 October 2008
The State of Land Use Management in South Africa
This paper contributes to the urban component of the forthcoming ‘second economy’1 strategy. The brief called for a reflection on the issue of urban land use management (LUM), and extraction of the implications for the urban poor. For the most…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
The task is to reflect on the building of the second economy in small and medium sized towns. This involves a review of secondary sources, as well as an input on quantitative measures to support the main arguments. The paper…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
01 November 2008
Making Markets work for People and the Environment: Employment Creation from Payment for Eco-Systems Services
We conducted a partial sectoral analysis of the market for ecosystem goods and services in SouthAfrica by doing the following: We mapped the areas of high eco system productivity and poverty. By overlaying the two datasets, we identified the priority…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
Presently, deep-sea vessels fishing Hake under-catch their annual allocation by nearly 10,000 tons and it is claimed that this is because there is no basis on which to target by-catch once the allowable Hake quota has been caught. The following…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
01 September 2008
Potential for a South African Aquaculture Industry on the Northern Cape's Namaqualand Coast
In the 1980s, aquaculture, or fish farming, was in its infancy, globally. Today, it accounts for close to 50 million tons annually, making up nearly half of all fish products consumed. Of this, Africa has a 1% market share and…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
21 April 2009
South Africa and the Credit Crunch
Nicola Viegi (UCT) Ben Smit (BER & Stellenbosch) & Christopher Loewald (National Treasury) South Africa and the Credit Crunch. About the panel members: Dr Christopher Loewald was appointed Deputy Director-General of the new Economic Policy Division of the National Treasury in March 2006. He ran the 2006 Budget as Acting…
- Date Friday, 15 May 2009
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Development Dialogue Seminars
24 April 2009
India Emerging - Reality Checks in a Globalizing Economy
TIPS has the pleasure to invite you to the following Development Dialogue Seminar: Dr.Veena Jha India Emerging: Reality Checks in a Globalizing Economy About Dr. Jha Dr. Veena Jha is a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Advanced studies, University of Warwick, UK, and a research fellow at the…
- Date Friday, 08 May 2009
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Development Dialogue Seminars
15 May 2009
What Can Developing Countries Learn About Curbing Inequality From The Record Of Industrial Countries?
TIPS has the pleasure to invite you to the following Development Dialogue Seminar: Professor Albert Berry on What Can Developing Countries Learn About Curbing Inequality From The Record Of Industrial Countries? About Professor Albert Berry: Albert Berry is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Research Director of the Programme on Latin…
- Date Wednesday, 10 June 2009
- Venue 826 Government Avenue, Arcadia (entrance at the corner of Percy & Government Avenue)
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Development Dialogue Seminars
Dr. Neil Rankin What Do We Know About South African Exporters From Micro-Data? About Dr. Rankin: Dr Neil Rankin is a Senior Lecturer and the founding Director of the African Microeconomics Research Umbrella (AMERU) in the School of Economic and Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). Dr Rankin obtained…
- Date Friday, 03 July 2009
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Development Dialogue Seminars
26 June 2009
Economic Policy in Turbulent Times
This paper employs the Bernanke-Gertler-Gilchrist "financial accelerator" model to study current economic conditions in South Africa. Given the turbulent financial market conditions we investigate the optimal monetary policy response as well as the potential role fiscal policy might play. As typical in the literature, we find that monetary policy should…
- Year 2009
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Michael Parusel; Nicola Viegi
- Countries and Regions South Africa
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TIPS Research Grant Papers
Johan Fourie Tourism from a Trade Perspective: Sources of Comparative Advantages and Implications for South Africa and the Region About Johan Fourie Johan Fourie is lecturer in the Department of Economics at Stellenbosch University. Johan is currently pursuing his PhD in Economic History at Utrecht University. His interests are wide…
- Date Friday, 24 July 2009
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Development Dialogue Seminars
The "Services Sector Development" Thematic Working Group was launched on the 18th of June 2009 at La Pirogue hotel in Mauritius. The launch was coupled with a workshop on the same theme, whereby participants from several ESA countries discussed on potential and prospective research on the theme. SADRN has earmarked…
- Date Thursday, 18 June 2009
- Venue La Pirogue Hotel, Mauritius
- For enquiries or to register please contact Mr Sawkut Rojid at sawkutrojid@yahoo.com
- Organisation TIPS and University of Mauritius
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