Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) is pleased to announce a short workshop on computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling, to be held in Pretoria from 15-19 October 2012.
The IT revolution has allowed techniques that were once the preserve of a handful of leading theoreticians to become part of the practical economist's everyday toolkit. CGE modelling is one of a number of approaches to economy-wide analysis that have become accessible and practicable as data and computer based techniques have developed. An increasing number of economists use this framework to analyse real world issues that were previously approached through less appropriate partial equilibrium methods. As part of their commitment to ensuring that Southern Africa benefits from these development, TIPS has (co)presented a series of related short workshops over the past ten years. The current workshop is part of this on-going programme.
Registration closing date is Friday 10 August 2012. Seats will be reserved until the payment closing date of 7 September 2012. The offering of the workshop is dependent on attracting a minimum number of 15 students by the time of the payment closing date while the maximum number of students is 20. Note that unfortunately, TIPS cannot
• allow for participation without payment,
• allow for payment after the workshop
• accept purchase orders
Please do not apply if any of the above is relevant. Moreover, TIPS' invoice documentation (tax clearance, bank clearance etc) will only be send on request by registered post. Thus, it is important to factor-in sufficient time for these processes. Otherwise, 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: robdavieszim@gmail.com