Events
- Date Friday, 30 March 2012
- Venue TIPS Offices, 826 Government Avenue, Entrance at the Corner of Percy, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Robert Kirk
Dr. Robert Kirk is Senior Vice President at AECOM International Development and was until recently the Chief of Party at the Southern African Trade Hub. Robert, who is an expert in the area of trade policy analysis, has extensive experience in regional trade policy. He was formerly a policy advisor…
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- Reflections_on_the_SACU_Revenue_Sharing_Agreement.pdf (0 Downloads)
- Date Monday, 26 March 2012
- Venue TIPS Offices, 826 Government Avenue, Entrance at the Corner of Percy, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Wouter Schalken
Wouter Schalken is a Namibian based researcher specialized in a number of areas around strategic tourism planning, analysis and development. Wouter has worked for a number of development agencies (such as the UNDP, SIDA, USAID, the GTZ, the World Bank and UNESCO amongst others) at project-specific, national and regional levels.…
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- Regional_Tourism_in_Southern_Africa_Presentation.ppsx (0 Downloads)
- Date Tuesday, 13 March 2012
- Venue TIPS Offices, 826 Government Avenue, Corner of Percy, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Hamid Rashid
- Organisation United Nations Department of Economic Affairs
Hamid Rashid is Senior Adviser for Macroeconomic Policy in Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations. He leads a new UN initiative to provide alternative and credible policy advice to the Member States on fiscal, monetary and exchange rate related issues. The macroeconomic policy advice of…
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- Date Friday, 27 January 2012
- Venue TIPS Offices, 826 Government Avenue, Corner of Percy, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Mmatlou Kalaba
About the Presenter: Mmatlou Kalaba a research fellow at TIPS, specialising in trade research. He also carries out TIPS' capacity-building initiatives in the Southern African region, providing training courses on applied analytical and methodological tools. He currently holds a position in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of…
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- Top_Exported_Products_&_Markets.ppsx (0 Downloads)
- Date Thursday, 06 January 2011
- For enquiries or to register please contact http://pedl.cepr.org/
- Organisation CEPR, Department for International Development, UKAid
You can now apply for an Exploratory Research Grant under a new CEPR – DFID research initiative on private enterprise development in low-income countries. Over the next five years, Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) will pursue a research agenda that aims to better understand what determines the strength…
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- Call_for_proposals_‰ÛÒ_Exploratory_Grants.pdf (0 Downloads)
- Date Monday, 05 March 2012
- Main Speakers Dirk Ernst van Seventer and Rob Davies
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For enquiries or to register please contact
If you are interested in attending this workshop please send a short CV to: Dirk Ernst van Seventer Email: denves@xtra.co.nz or Rob Davies
Email: rdavies@hsrc.ac.za
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…
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- CGE_March_2012_Announcement.pdf (0 Downloads)
- Date Friday, 11 November 2011
- Venue TIPS Offices, 826 Government Avenue, Corner of Percy, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Peter Draper, Dianna Games
- Organisation SAIIA, TIPS
South Africa's economic dominance in Africa and in the southern African region is an accepted fact but its role in the continent has long been contested. South Africa's member ship of the G20 brought with it expectations from some quarters that it would represent Africa within that grouping. The recent…
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- Gateway_(Discussion).ppt.pdf (0 Downloads)
- Date Thursday, 01 March 2012
- Venue University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands
- For enquiries or to register please contact Should you have any further questions, please contact: m.f.clifford@utwente.nl
- Organisation Institute for Governance Studies (IGS), The African Studies Centre (ASC), The Microinsurance Network (MIN), The Center for Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR) Munich Re Foundation German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) The University of Mannheim
2012 Research Conference on Microinsurance You are invited to submit paper or panel proposals for the 2012 Research Conference on Microinsurance on 11,12,13 April 2012 at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands by: Institute for Governance Studies (IGS), The African Studies Centre (ASC), The Microinsurance Network (MIN), The…
- Date Tuesday, 18 October 2011
- Venue TIPS Offices, 826 Government Avenue, Corner of Percy, Pretoria
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Main Speakers
Trudi Hartzenberg is the Executive Director of the Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (tralac). She is an economist specialised in trade, industrial and competition policy, regional integration andindustrial organisation. She has taught at a number of Universities in South Africa as well as abroad in Denmark. She has worked on assignment for a number of international institutions including the IMF, African Development Bank and the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Lesley Wentworth has worked for over a decade on research and technical assistance in the area of FDI marketing and promotion. After several years at the World Bank agency, MIGA, she returned to South Africa and has worked as an independent consultant on socio-economic development projects, particularly in Africa.
Competition policy is playing an increasingly significant role in the trade and investment environment in South Africa. According to a 2010 IMF report, there is a high degree of product market restrictiveness in South Africa that is partly exacerbated by anti-competitive behaviour in the markets. This is regarded as being…
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- Mapping_South_Africa‰Ûªs_Incentives.ppt (0 Downloads)
- Date Wednesday, 21 September 2011
- Venue RSVP by email: Ipeleng@tips.org.za to confirm attendance.
- Main Speakers Professor Jenkins will be accompanied by Lawrence Edwards from the University of Cape Town during this visit.
- For enquiries or to register please contact RSVP by email: Ipeleng@tips.org.za to confirm attendance.
- Organisation TIPS, IDRC
TIPS has the pleasure to invite you to a preliminary project workshop to discuss the impact of China on South Africa. This project, sponsored by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, is headed by Rhys Jenkins from the University of East Anglia. While the objective of the workshop…
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- The_Impact_of_China_on_South_Africa.ppt (0 Downloads)
- Date Thursday, 14 July 2011
- Venue Arusha, Tanzania
Call for papers: TRAPCA is therefore calling for papers addressing the following themes for the Trade policy Forum 2011. 1) The Turn towards Regional and Bilateral Agreements This session will track the trend towards regional and bilateral trade agreements and seek to account for their rise and consider its implications…
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- forum_2011_call_for_papers1.pdf (3397 Downloads)
- Date Sunday, 28 August 2011
- Venue Geneva, Switzerland
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Main Speakers
Prof. Melaku Desta, The Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy. (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, UK
Prof. Simon Evenett, Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research (SIAW-HSG), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Prof. Kelly Sims Gallagher, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP), The Fletcher School, USA and Harvard Belfer Center
Moderation:
Doaa Abdel Motaal (TBC), Counsellor in the Office of the Director-General of the WTO. - For enquiries or to register please contact Johannes Schwarzer on johannes.schwarzer@oikosinternational.org
- Organisation International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
The five-day programme will encompass participants' paper presentations, guest lectures, professional development roundtables and social events. Participants also have the opportunity to apply their insights and skills in a practitioner day with the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) in Geneva. Application To allow in-depth discussions the oikos…
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- call_for_papers_iea_2011.pdf (4134 Downloads)
- Date Monday, 06 June 2011
- Venue TIPS Office - 826 Government Avenue - Arcadia - PTA
- Main Speakers Prof. James Manor
- Organisation TIPS
In 2005, India introduced the world's first employment guarantee, creating new meaning for the concept of a right to work. This is achieved through the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, established through an act of parliament (NREGA), which gives every rural household the right to demand 100 days of employment…
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- Briefing_Note.pdf (0 Downloads)
- Date Thursday, 01 December 2011
- Venue Le Meridien Hotel, Mauritius
- For enquiries or to register please contact v.tandrayen@uom.ac.mu and b.seetanah@uom.ac.mu
- Organisation Organized by the University of Mauritius and the WTO Chairs Programme
Globalisation is often cited as the dominant international economic trend stimulating the opening of the world economy. Many developing nations have significantly reduced their tariffs, opened their services sectors, and embraced foreign investment either unilaterally, or in bilateral trade agreements. Similarly, many rich nations including BRICs have had favourable experiences…
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- WCP-UOM_Call_for_Paper.pdf (0 Downloads)
- Date Tuesday, 16 November 2010
- Main Speakers Stephen Gelb
Introduction China became South Africa's biggest trading partner in 2009, when total trade between the two countries amounted to US$14.1 billion (ZAR119.5 billion). China's appearance at the top of the rankings was partly due to the global recession, which affected trade levels of the industrialised countries far more than those…
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- foreign_direct_investment_links_between_south_africa.pdf (2068 Downloads)
- Date Monday, 18 July 2011
- Venue Madrid, Spain
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For enquiries or to register please contact
Tobias Hausotter ICAP Project Manager
tobias.hausotter@icapcarbonaction.com
Phone: � (0) 30 308 77 60 81
Fax: � (0) 30 308 77 60 89 - Organisation ICAP Summer School
International Carbon Action Partnership are running a summer school and have called for applications to attend. This is an excellent opportunity for policy makers in developing (and developed) countries who want to know about the practical steps in implementing Emissions Trading Schemes. It takes place in July and the deadline…
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- icap_2011_tc_spain_preliminary_program.pdf (3789 Downloads)
- Date Tuesday, 12 April 2011
- Venue 826 Government Ave, Corner of Percy, Arcadia, Pretoria
Dr Lederman will present his recent research piece prepared with William F. Maloney, Lead Economist from the Development Economics Research Group of the World Bank. Dr Maloney has published extensively on issues related to international trade and finance, informality, developing country labour markets, innovation and growth. Dr Lederman will be…
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- quality_of_trade_tips_april_2011.ppt (1000 Downloads)
- Date Friday, 11 March 2011
- For enquiries or to register please contact THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Dirk via email on denves@xtra.co.nz
- Organisation DTI & Wits
DTI in conjunction with Wits is soon to be launching this programme which is of interest for capacity building of staff in the areas of industrial policy and economic development. Please could you circulate to relevant staff. Applications must be submitted to Hellen Mogoshao no later than Friday 11 March.…
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- wits_brochure_economic_and_development_297x630mm.pdf (3895 Downloads)
- Date Monday, 01 August 2011
- Venue University of Mauritius
- Organisation ILO & UOM
The Masters of Science in Social Protection Financing is designed to enhance national capacities of managers and financial specialists responsible for the financial planning and management of social protection schemes, including cash transfers and social insurance programmes, as well as personnel working in government ministries in charge of social protection…
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- Date Monday, 22 August 2011
- Venue 826 Government Ave, Arcadia, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Dirk van Seventer & Prof Rob Davies
- For enquiries or to register please contact RSVP to Ipeleng at ipeleng@tips.org.za.
- Organisation TIPS
In 2011 TIPS will be holding a workshop combining both levels of modelling, i.e., Economy-Wide Policy Impact Analysis and CGE modelling. The workshop will be structured so that participants can select whether to attend the whole event, to complete only that part dealing with Economy-Wide Policy Impact Analysis or, if…
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