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- Date Thursday, 03 September 2009
- Venue Durban, South Africa
We are pleased to announce that the 2009 African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) will be held in Durban (South Africa) from the 3rd to the 17th of September. Building on the success of the first two editions of APORDE, in 2007 and 2008, we are seeking applications from…
- Date Monday, 23 February 2009
- Venue 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 need to focus on the industry/sector or meso level of economic activity. Key sector analysis,…
- Date Wednesday, 16 July 2008
- Date Tuesday, 04 March 2008
- Venue TIPS, 828 Government Avenue, Pretoria, South Africa
TIPS, in collaboration with the Overseas Development Institute and as part of its AusAID-funded Southern African Trade Development Programme, in March 2008 held an EPA workshop at its office in Pretoria. The objectives of the workshop were to present the content of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), East African…
- Date Thursday, 22 May 2008
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- 2nd_Economy_15Year_Review_Presidency_April08.pdf (1826 Downloads)
- Date Thursday, 04 September 2008
The Community Work Programme means we cannot put a board on the gate that says: 'No Job.' Instead we need a board that says: Jobs are Here! We Need People!' King George Mohlala CWP Project Manager, Bokfontein. Contents 1. Attendance 2. Purpose 3. Key Themes from Site Reports 4. Monitoring…
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- Date Monday, 29 September 2008
Monday 29 September 2008 09:00 Opening Chair Josephilda Nhlapo, Presidency Context and Introduction Alan Hirsch, Presidency A Framework for Second Economy Strategy: Addressing Inequality and Economic Marginalisation Kate Philip, Second Economy Strategy Project 11:00 Inequality Trends and Policy Options Neva Makgetla Asset and…
- Date Wednesday, 23 April 2008
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Centro internacional de confr????ncia Joaquim Chissano
- Organisation The faculty of law Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM); The Shouthern Africa development community - SADC; The ministry of industry and trade (MIC) Republic of Mozambique
First international conference on regional integration issues and SADC law Premi�Ã��Â�©re conf�Ã��Â�©rence internationale sur les questions de l'int�Ã��Â�©gration r�Ã��Â�©gionale et le droit de la SADC Centro internacional de confr�Ã��Â�©ncia Joaquim Chissano. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
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- Date Monday, 17 March 2008
- Venue Antananarivo, Madagascar
In March 2008, members of the TIPS team, Myriam Velia and Ximena Gonzalez-Nu�Ã��Â�±ez, provided a series of training sessions in Antananarivo, Madagascar to participants from a wide range of backgrounds - government and customs officials, industry representatives and statistical employees. The course, which largely followed the programme and objectives of…
- Date Friday, 08 February 2008
- Venue Jan Smuts House, East Campus, Wits University
- For enquiries or to register please contact RSVP: Judy Govender by 4th February, Tel: (011) 339 2021, Fax: (011) 339 2154, Email: Judy.Govender@wits.ac.za
The South African Institute of International Affairs and The International Institute for Sustainable Development cordially invites you to a Roundtable discussion on: Trade and Sustainable Development: Regional Trade and Investment Regimes The interface between trade and environmental impacts has long been a topic of heated debates. �Â� As sustainable development…
- Date Wednesday, 12 March 2008
- Venue TIPS / The ComMark Trust Office, 826 Government Avenue, Pretoria
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…
- Date Monday, 19 November 2007
- Organisation UNCTAD
The UNCTAD Virtual Institute (VI) builds capacity in developing and least developed countries by providing universities and research institutions with tools to enhance their knowledge and expertise in trade, investment and development issues. In cooperation with the Division on Africa and the Least Developed Countries and the Trade Analysis Branch…
�Â� The successful and rapid progression of the Eastern and Southern African integration process needs to be underpinned by comprehensive expertise from the region, including government, the private sector, non-governmental organisations and academics. Regional integration has become increasingly important and affects many countries worldwide. The importance of regional integration for…
- Date Wednesday, 29 August 2007
- Venue BUSA Offices, 1st Floor, 3 Gwen Lane, Sandton, Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact RSVP: Judy Govender (by Friday 24 August)Email: Judy.Govender@wits.ac.zaTel: (011) 339 2021Fax: (011) 339 2154
Liberalisation of goods trade has enjoyed substantial advances in Southern Africa in recent years, notably through the SADC and COMESA free trade agreements (FTAs). Notwith-standing ongoing problems with rules of origin pertaining to tariff concessions, tariff rates have been reduced substantially and processes established to liberalize and/or harmonize services trade…
TIPS is pleased to announce the launch of a new development-focused research network funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). SADRN's broad objectives are to: Increase the supply of policy-relevant research in the SADC region by creating a pool of suitably-skilled researchers based in institutions in SADC, Improve the…
- Date Tuesday, 17 July 2007
TIPS is holding an introductory training workshop on basic market analysis for the National Department of Agriculture from 17 to 18 July 2007 in Pretoria. The course is based on the use of the International Trade Centre's (ITC's) online Market Analysis Tools - TradeMap, ProductMap and Market Access Map -…
- Date Thursday, 21 June 2007
- Venue Windhoek, Namibia
TIPS will conduct a Southern African Trade Database workshop on 21 June in Windhoek, Namibia as a follow-up to the workshop held in 2006, but this time the focus will be on the updated SADC trade data and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations, as well as on agricultural trade…
- Date Tuesday, 22 May 2007
- Venue Kopanong Conference Centre in Benoni, Johannesburg
- Organisation Overseas Development Institute
Since 2005 there have been two training workshops to equip interested individuals and organisations to prepare for the Economic Partnerships Agreement (EPA) negotiations. As the SADC EPA negotiations are now heading towards the final months, one more workshop is offered. The main focus will be extraction of data from the…
- 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…