Events
- Date Monday, 09 July 2001
- Venue University of Cape Town
- For enquiries or to register please contact tips@tips.org.za
Whilst most economic course work focuses either on macroeconomic relationships or on their micro foundations, at the practical level of public sector policy analysts and policy makers, considerable attention is paid to the intermediate or meso level of economic analysis. Key sector analysis, sectoral impact studies, partial and general equilibrium…
- Date Monday, 01 July 2002
- Venue Cape Town
- For enquiries or to register please contact Lawrence Edwards; E-mail: Ledwards@commerce.uct.ac.za
The School of Economics at the University of Cape Town and the Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) ran an intensive computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling course in Cape Town between 1 July - 12 July. Professor Rob Davies from the University of Zimbabwe lectured the course.
- Date Monday, 10 March 2003
- Venue Johannesburg, South Africa
- For enquiries or to register please contact Dirk Ernst van Seventer; Telephone: 011 6456404; E-mail: dirk@tips.org.za
The use of economic modelling techniques that capture economy-wide impacts of policy changes is growing in the South African academic, consulting and research circles. To cater for this increased demand, the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town in conjunction with the Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)…
- Date Monday, 30 June 2003
- Venue UCT, Cape Town
- For enquiries or to register please contact Lawrence Edwards; E-mail: Ledwards@commerce.uct.ac.za
The use of economic modelling techniques that capture economy-wide impacts of policy changes is growing in the South African academic, consulting and research circles. To cater for this increased demand, the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town in conjunction with International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) are…
- Date Monday, 29 March 2004
- Venue WITS University Gauteng
- For enquiries or to register please contact Dirk van Seventer; E-mail: dirk@tips.org.za
Input-output analysis, complemented by means of social accounting matrices is often used as a tool to conduct such meso-level economic enquiry. Researchers frequently use these tools to analyse the impact on production, the environment, prices, employment and income effects of policy related changes in international trade, taxes, fiscal policy and…
- Date Sunday, 04 July 2004
- Venue Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact Dirk Ernst van Seventer
The School of Economics at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) are running their fourth annual short course on computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling course in Johannesburg from 4/5-16 July 2004. The IT revolution has allowed techniques that were once the preserve…
- Date Monday, 04 April 2005
- For enquiries or to register please contact Dirk van Seventer; E-mail: dirk@tips.org.za
Input-output analysis, complemented by means of social accounting matrices is often used as a tool to conduct such meso-level economic enquiry. Researchers frequently use these tools to analyse the impact on production, the environment, prices, employment and income effects of policy related changes in international trade, taxes, fiscal policy and…
- Date Thursday, 27 October 2005
- Venue Gallagher Estates, Midrand.
- For enquiries or to register please contact Thembi Mlangeni; E-mail: Thembim@thedti.gov.za
The Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations is underway at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). With no prospect of a successful conclusion of the negotiations by the agreed deadline of 1 January 2005, the WTO General Council agreed in July 2004 to adopt a work programme that seeks to accelerate…
- Date Saturday, 17 February 1996
- For enquiries or to register please contact Owen Willcox; Telephone: 012 431 7900; E-mail: owen@tips.org.za
Due to high demand in South and Southern Africa, Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) is running their annual short course on computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling course in Gauteng from 17-24 February 2006. The course is targeted at those who wish to develop professional expertise in the area, as…
- Date Sunday, 04 June 2006
- Venue TIPS Offices, 814 Church Street Arcadia, Pretoria, South Africa
- For enquiries or to register please contact Owen Willcox; E-mail: owen@tips.org.za
Input-output analysis, complemented by means of social accounting matrices is often used as a tool to conduct such meso-level economic enquiry. Researchers frequently use these tools to analyse the impact on production, the environment, prices, employment and income effects of policy related changes in international trade, taxes, fiscal policy and…
- Date Wednesday, 18 October 2006
- Venue Birchwood Hotel, Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact dpruconf@commerce.uct.ac.za
More than ten years have passed since the advent of democracy in South Africa. Over this period, economic growth has been robust and employment has expanded. Nevertheless, unemployment has risen substantially and improvements in terms of poverty and inequality have been slow to materialise. It has therefore become increasingly clear…
- Date Thursday, 08 March 2007
- Venue Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), 814 Church Street, Arcadia, Pretoria, South Africa
Course Leaders: Dirk Ernst van Seventer (dirk@tips.org.za) | Rob Davies (rdavies@hsrc.ac.za) Course Material: The course was taught using a mixture of lectures and hands-on computer lab exercises. Because the emphasis was on developing an understanding of CGE modelling as a practical tool, many sessions involved both lectures and exercises. We…
The Forum is an annual event bringing together members of the research, academic and policy communities to discuss economic policy issues of South African and regional interest. The Forum is generally attended by upwards of 150 delegates, including senior academics and government officials from South Africa and the region. The…
TIPS and DPRU, in association with Cornell University, sponsored an international conference to bring the best global research on issues around macro- and micro-economic linkages to the attention of African policy-makers. The Conference had a broad remit, covering theory, empirics and policy, while addressing individual countries, groups of countries, and…
TIPS/DPRU Forum 2003: The Challenge of Growth and Poverty: The South African Economy Since Democracy
The annual forum serves as a platform for researchers, policy-makers and other stakeholders to discuss ongoing research and to enter into dialogue on policy-relevant issues resulting from research. TIPS hosted its seventh annual forum in September 2003 together with the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU). This year's forum focussed on…
The South African economy has undergone drastic changes since the establishment of democracy in 1994. The new Government embarked on the following restructuring process comprising of the following: macroeconomic stability; trade liberalisation; foreign exchange control reform; privatisation; deregulation of certain sectors and the establishment of sector-specific regulators; a revamped competition…
This forum provides an opportunity for national and international researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders to dialogue on important policy-relevant trade and industrial policy and broader economic policy issues. The fourth conference deals with the critical issue of employment. Unemployment is the most important social and economic issue in South…
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