Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Development Dialogue on Gendering Industrial Policy
Opening Remarks by Moderator: Liako Mofo (TIPS)
Presentations and discussion:
- Neva Makgetla (TIPS) – Insights from Paper
- Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS) – Insights from Paper
- Josephilda Hlope (DPME) – Discussant
PRESENTATIONS
Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS) Women’s economic access and the limitations of “men in hard hats” industrial policy.
Neva Makgetla (TIPS) Toward an industrial policy for women
MEDIA
NEVA MAKGETLA: Women lose out with SA industrial policy
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Moderator
Liako Mofo is a senior economist at TIPS. She has worked on trade policy and regional value chains in different sectors.
Dr Neva Makgetla is a senior economist at TIPS. Makgetla has published widely on the South African economy and worked for many years in government.
Nokwanda Maseko is a senior economist at TIPS. Her work is at the intersection of industrial policy, gender and the just transition. She previously worked as a Budget Analyst at the National Treasury, and as an Assistant Director for Industrial Policy at the Economic Development Department.
Josephilda Hlope is Outcome Facilitator responsible for Social Protection and Social Cohesion and leads engagement on the G20 Development Working Group at the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. . She served as Chief Policy Analyst in the Advisory Services Directorate Economic in the Presidency from 2008 to 2010, and was a member of the National Planning Commission Secretariat for the NDP in the Presidency from 2010 to 2014. As part of her career, she has developed evidence-based policies and programmes, streamlined monitoring and evaluation processes, and implemented innovative national development strategies.
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy. TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
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