Janet Wilhelm
TIPS FDI Tracker
The TIPS FDI Tracker monitors inward foreign direct investment projects. Quarters 1, 2, 3 and 4, 2018 are now available online. See FDI Tracker.
Business Day - 20 November 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
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New pan-African trade bloc holds much promise for SA business
SA’s delicate balancing act — managing rising public debt while tackling inequality
Business Day - 6 November 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
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Prevention of violence and crime is an important benefit of CWP
FDI Tracker - Q3 2018
Monitoring for Quarter 3 identified 11 projects not previously captured by the FDI tracker; while five existing projects were updated during the quarter, with many of them coming to completion. Projects this quarter had a total pledged value of R47,7 billion, an increase from the R21,1 billion recorded in the previous quarter.
FDI Tracker - Q1 and Q2 2018
Monitoring for Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 2018 identified 12 projects that were not previously captured, with no major updates to existing projects.
The Johannesburg health cluster
This research report is focused on the healthcare sector in the City of Johannesburg (CoJ), in particular the medical devices sector and delves deeper to understand the problems faced by the sector and what would be required to leverage the sector for domestic growth and import substitution.
The City of Johannesburg has all the building blocks to grow, expand and develop current medical devices activity within its robust broader healthcare cluster. The cluster offers opportunities for increased city-based GDP and value-added growth, increased employment opportunities, substantial export opportunities and the opportunity to support the national government’s drive towards import substitution in a rapidly growing market segment. It appears that the national government is committed to growing the medical device sector and that any initiatives undertaken by the city would thus be in line with and support national industrial policy thinking. This is important as many of the constraints facing the sector can only be mitigated at a national level.
Big business’s hold on economic power spawns pervasive inequality
Business Day - 23 October 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
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