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- Date Monday, 17 January 2011
- Organisation UOM
Call for Research Proposal Proposals for research projects are hereby solicited from African researchers on subject areas in line with the WTO mandates and objectives. In particular, for the 2011 Edition, we welcome proposals addressing, but not limited to the following themes: * Trade issues in energy, natural resources, and…
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- Date Friday, 25 March 2011
- Venue TIPS Boardroom - 826 Government Ave, Arcadia, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Stephen Timm, Mike Herrington
The discussion will draw on information gathered on a face to face basis by Stephen Timm from entrepreneurs and government agencies in Brazil, India and South Africa in 2010. The discussion will focus on the following issues: How can business support, a culture of entrepreneurship, market support (set-asides) and finance…
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- stephen_timmmarch_2011.pdf (1163 Downloads)
- Date Friday, 12 August 2011
- Venue TIPS Offices, 826 Government Avenue, Corner of Percy, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Willam Mbuta, Trudi Hartzenberg & Paul Kruger
William Mbuta was the Science and Technology Development Officer at the National Science and Technology Council of Zambia before becoming assistant general manager in the area of policy research at a Chamber of Mines; he them worked at the SADC Secretariat where he was Programme Officer – Industrial Policy at…
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- Date Friday, 21 January 2011
- Venue 826 Government Ave, Arcadia, Pretoria
Jennifer Widner is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Director of the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for International Peace Justice at Princeton University. Before joining Princeton in 2004, she was Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and…
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- jennifer_widnerjan_2011_v3.pdf (1374 Downloads)
APORDE 2011 African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) and the French Development Agency (AFD), with the support of the French Embassy in South Africa and organised by the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) are co-hosting the fifth African Programme on Rethinking…
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- Date Monday, 20 September 2010
- Venue 826 Government Ave, Arcadia, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Brent Cloete: Peet du Plooy
- Organisation TIPS
Brent Cloete from DNA Economics will discuss the motivation for a carbon tax, its history around the world, its likely economic, social and environmental impacts and the considerations for an optimal tax design. Peet du Plooy from TIPS will then consider the role that a carbon tax could potentially play…
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- dd_presentation_carbon_taxes_tips_b_cloete.pdf (1330 Downloads)
Alternative Energy Generation , Opportunity, Policy & International Comparison - TIPS & PDG Workshop
- Date Tuesday, 22 June 2010
- Venue Diep in Die Berg, Pretoria East
The Employment Promotion Programme run from UCT commissioned TIPS and PDG to establish priority Alternative Energy Generation technologies for South Africa. A comparison of international experience in other developing nations will help inform a recommended policy response to support growth in the sector, while extracting the maximum developmental benefit.…
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- Saliem_-_The_energy_mix_and_industrialisation.pdf (3504 Downloads)
- Date Friday, 07 May 2010
- Venue TIPS Offices, 826 Government Avenue, Corner of Percy, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Dr. Matthew Stern and Prof. Roman Grynberg
- Organisation TIPS
Dr. Matthew Stern & Prof. Roman Grynberg The SACU Revenue Sharing Formula: Looking Backwards & Thinking Forwards Chair: Xavier Carim, ITED (the DTI) Xavier Carim is deputy director-general of International Trade & Economic Development at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). He was previously chief director in the ITED division…
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- SACU_Revenue_Sharing_Stern.pdf (1455 Downloads)
- Date Tuesday, 14 September 2010
- Venue 826 Government Ave Arcadia Pretoria
- Organisation TIPS - Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies
Introduction to Economy-Wide Policy Impact Analysis TIPS Workshop: 14-17 September, 2010 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 public and private sector economic analysts often…
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- CGE_SEP_Programme.doc (0 Downloads)
The Conference will be hosted by the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) and Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) As with most other emerging market economies, South Africa has not escaped the real economy effects of the global financial crisis. The impact on economic growth, foreign and domestic investment and…
- Date Friday, 23 April 2010
- Venue TIPS Offices, 826 Government Avenue, Corner of Percy, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Johann Fedderke
- Organisation TIPS
Professor Johann Fedderke Sustainable Growth in South Africa Chair: Alan Hirsch, The Presidency About Professor Johann Fedderke Johann Fedderke is a Professor at Pennsylvania State University. He holds the Helen Suzman Chair in Political Economy and a position in the Business School at the University of the Witwatersrand. He…
- Date Thursday, 20 May 2010
- Venue Premier Hotel, Pretoria, South Africa
- For enquiries or to register please contact tanya@tips.org.za
- Organisation TIPS and TRALAC
The Southern African Development Research Network (SADRN) was launched in August 2007 as a broad-based policy and research network. The programme is funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and managed by Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). SADRN was initiated with the purpose of capacity building with specific…
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- SADRN_Policymakers_Workshop_Programme.pdf (0 Downloads)
- Date Friday, 16 April 2010
- Venue TIPS, 826 Government Avenue, Pretoria (Entrance in Percy Street)
- Organisation TIPS
Professor Medhi Shafaeddin Experience of South-South Regionalism: The Case of East and South East Asia About Professor Medhi Shafaeddin Professor Mehdi Shafaeddin is a development economist and holds a D.Phil. from Oxford University. He is currently an international consultant affiliated to the Institute of Economic Research, University of Neuchâtel,…
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- Experience_of_East_Asia_in_S-S_cooperation.pdf (0 Downloads)
- Date Monday, 15 March 2010
- Venue 826 Government Avenue, Arcadia, Pretoria, South Africa
- For enquiries or to register please contact denves@xtra.co.nz
- Organisation Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies
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 public and private sector economic analysts often need an economy-wide focus that combines the macroeconomics of the economy as a whole with…
- Date Tuesday, 09 September 2008
- Venue Silver Lakes Clubhouse, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Carlo Pietrobelli
- For enquiries or to register please contact Mmatlou@tips.org.za
SADRN contributed to some of regional integration efforts through a particular initiative by coordinating industrial policy workshop in South Africa on September�Â� 9 - 10, 2008. The initiative was closely linked to some of SADC's regional goals encompassed in the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Programme and the broader vision of…
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- 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
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 Friday, 24 July 2009
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…
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- Date Friday, 03 July 2009
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…
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- Rankin_presentation_TIPS_July2009.ppt (932 Downloads)
- Date Wednesday, 10 June 2009
- Venue 826 Government Avenue, Arcadia (entrance at the corner of Percy & Government Avenue)
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 Friday, 08 May 2009
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…
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- Jha_Poverty_and_Growth_in_India.pdf (1100 Downloads)