Intra-Industry trade (henceforth IIT) has generally been perceived to be a feature of the industrialized countries. As the past few years have seen a rapid increase in Zambia's trade with its trading partners in the SADC, trade statistics reveal that…

Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) is pleased to announce a short workshop on computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling, to be held at the TIPS offices in Pretoria from 5-9 March 2012. It will be restricted to 16 participants. The IT revolution has allowed techniques that were once the preserve…

Mail & Guardian - 19 November 2012

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ANNOUNCEMENT Introduction to Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modelling with GAMS Workshop Trade and Industry Policy Strategies (TIPS) 13-18 May, 2013 Pretoria   Most economics curricula deal with macroeconomic tools for studying the economy as a whole and microeconomic tools for studying the behaviour of individual agents or markets. However, practical…

CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd International Conference on International Trade and Investment Special Conference Theme: 'Non-tariff measures, the new frontier of trade policy?' 4-6 September 2013, Mauritius Organized by the University of Mauritius (UoM) and the WTO Chairs Programme (WCP) Even though import tariffs have declined globally owing to the demands…

Natasha joined TIPS in February 2013 as a Project Coordinator. She holds a Diploma in Office Administration and Personal Assistant, a Diploma in Business Computing and has a certificate in Project Management. She has over 13 years’ experience in administration including project administration and coordination, logistics management, contract management, customer relations, staff supervision, office management and operations, and personal assistant duties at both local and international level. She has extensive experience in office operations and managing conferences at a national and international level. Before joining TIPS she was employed at CIDA (Canadian High Commission Funded) and she was also with the City…

PEP general meetings are international events that gather hundreds of participants – development researchers, practitioners, lead experts and policy stakeholders - from around the world, who travel to learn and share knowledge on the most recent methodologies, concepts and findings in the analysis of policy issues related to poverty, economic…

  There is a role for a developmental state to drive access to modern energy throughout the economy, but particularly for poor households. While the technological solutions are understood, implementing them needs a policy and regulatory environment that encourages investment in these technologies by households, governments and the private sector. 

Community mapping is a visual way of telling a community’s story. It is a powerful new tool to assist with participatory planning, as well as enabling a participatory approach to monitoring and evaluation. The TIPS GIS Mapping Team has assisted four Community Work Programme sites to pilot the mapping of the work they do. See www.tipsgis.com

The TIPS GIS Mapping Team provides a comprehensive mapping and GIS support service. We can successfully and accurately execute your GIS-related projects.

Our working model includes:

•       Quality solutions and services

•       Training and skills transfer

•       Setup – GIS design, planning and implementation

•       Project management

•       Database design and management

•       Data-processing and analysis

•       Spatial analysis and modelling

•       Monitoring and on-going support

•       Subscription based service for on-going support is available

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For more information, please contact Rozale Sedwuth at rozale@tips.org.za

EXPERIENCE

Community mapping is a visual way of telling a community’s story. It is a powerful new tool to assist with participatory planning, as well as enabling a participatory approach to monitoring and evaluation.

The TIPS GIS Mapping Team has assisted four Community Work Programme (CWP) sites to pilot the geographical mapping of all the projects they manage as part of their work. 

See www.tipsgis.com

Dr Saul Levin joined TIPS in April 2013 and was appointed Executive Director in December 2014.  He has a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Johannesburg, with his thesis on industrial financing. He has a Master’s and Honour’s Degree in Sociology as well as a BCom from the University of Witwatersrand. Saul was previously a chief director in the Economic Development Department (EDD) with oversight of the Development Finance Institutions reporting to EDD, including the Industrial Development Corporation and the Small Enterprise Finance Agency. As part of his responsibilities he oversaw the merger of the small business finance…

Discussion document prepared for the Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG) Global Forum held in Paris in March 2013. This paper conducts a case study focused on the state of the tracking of public and private climate-related inflows to South Africa.…

  Abstract:  The International Energy Agency stated in its World Energy Outlook 2012 that global conventional crude oil production peaked in 2008. Total world oil exports have been stagnant since 2005 as oil exporting countries consume more of their own output and some battle against depletion. Unconventional oil production is…

This report is part of the project called the “Social Dialogue for Green and Decent Jobs. South Africa - European Dialogue on Just Transition” funded by EuropeAid's budget line SA/21.060200-01-08. The project has been cofunded by Sustainlabour. The Congress of…

This qualitative study assessed the impact of the Community Work Programme (CWP) on the capabilities of participants and communities. It showed the programme had significantly expanded participants capability set and had contributed to improving both individual and community wellbeing. (The…

This paper looks at the role that potential poverty-reducing impact that the CWP could have is expanded. While acknowledging that there are significant non-monetary impacts, the focus is on measuring the impact that earning the CWP wage would have on…

A key part of the motivation to potentially scale up the CWP to a million participants included a proposed strategy of support to schools. This research looks at the impact of CWP's schools support at a sample of schools that…

Business Day - 23 February 2012

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Business Day - 7 March 2012, 

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