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Friday, 20 May 2016
The truth about South Africa’s “jobs bloodbath”
BusinessTech 18 May 2016
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TIPS In the News
Tuesday, 07 February 2017
The changing global trade architecture: Implications for Africa's regional integration and development
This paper argues that the dramatic changes in the trade architecture of the world during the first decade of the new millennium have created both opportunities and challenges for Africa’s development. African countries need to develop proactive strategies to harness these new changes and use them to advance the integration…
- Year 2017
- Organisation Journal of World Trade 51, no. 1
- Author(s) Dr Faizel Ismail
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External Publications
Monday, 13 June 2016
The Real Economy Bulletin - First Quarter 2016
Main bulletin: The Real Economy Bulletin - First Quarter 2016 In this edition: Production and sales: The first quarter of 2016 was marked by a contraction in GDP, with the economy reported as shrinking by 0,3%, or 1,2% on an annualised basis. The immediate cause of the downturn was a 4,9% quarterly decline (equal to 18% in annualised terms) in mining and a 1,7% fall (or 6,5% at an annual rate) in agriculture. These contractions had a particularly sharp impact on overall growth because of a longer-term slowdown in growth in manufacturing and, to a lesser extent, the rest of the…
Published in
Quarterly Bulletin
Monday, 20 June 2016
Annual Forum 2016 - Industrialisation and the mining economy
The TIPS Annual Forum 2016 was held in partnership with the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development and the SARChI Chair in Industrial Development at the University of Johannesburg, and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), and in association with the Departments of Trade and…
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Annual Forum
Thursday, 16 June 2016
The impact of stranding power sector assets in South Africa: Using a linked model to understand economy-wide implications
Session 9: Energy Utilisation
- Year 2016
- Organisation Energy Research Centre
- Author(s) Jesse Burton; Tara Caetano; Alison Hughes; Bruno Merven; Fadiel Ahjum; Bryce McCall
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Mining, energy and low-carbon economy in South Africa: A platinum case study
Session 9: Energy Utilisation
- Year 2016
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Thursday, 23 June 2016
The scope for beneficiation of mineral resources in Zimbabwe: The case of chrome and platinum
Session 8: Minerals Beneficiation
- Year 2016
- Organisation ZEPARU
- Author(s) Cornelius Dube
- Countries and Regions Zimbabwe
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Defining a reliable planning, monitoring and evaluation framework for the implementation of a mining company's social licence to operate: An honest approach to community development in South African mining
Session 7: Mining Communities and Migrancy
- Year 2016
- Organisation Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation
- Author(s) Mpho Ndaba
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Thursday, 23 June 2016
The mining sector local profiles and impact
Session 7: Mining Communities and Migrancy
- Year 2016
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Dr Tacy Ledger
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Workplace and labour issues in the gold mining sector
Session 7: Mining Communities and Migrancy
- Year 2016
- Author(s) Chere Monaisa
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Africa's industrial transformation: Harnessing the potential of low-value minerals as a catalyst for industrialisation
Session 6: Industrial Development
- Organisation UNECA
- Author(s) Paul Msoma
- Countries and Regions Africa
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Mining and industrialisation in African economies: Implications of public policy and entrepreneurship
Session 6: Industrial Development
- Year 2016
- Organisation Akinseye Olowu; Edwin Ijeoma; Rachel Masu
- Author(s) Joseph Ayo Babalola University
- Countries and Regions Africa
Thursday, 23 June 2016
The export-led growth hypothesis in Lesotho: A case of the mining industry
Session 5: Mining and Economic Growth
- Year 2016
- Organisation Central Bank of Lesotho
- Author(s) Senei Molapo; Moeti Damane
- Countries and Regions Lesotho
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Mining sector and economic growth in Southern Africa economies: A panel data analysis
Session 5: Mining and Economic Growth
- Year 2016
- Organisation University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Author(s) Dr Olwaumi D Awolusi
- Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Dispersing the middle? Middle class formation in South Africa's manufacturing sector
Session 5: Mining and Economic Growth
- Year 2016
- Organisation University of Pretoria
- Author(s) Dr Jason Musyoka
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Sustainable management of natural resources via enhancing knowledge bases: experiences from Latin American countries
Session 4: Sustainable Growth
- Year 2016
- Organisation UNU-MERIT
- Author(s) Dr Michiko Iizuka; Fernando Vargas; Jakob Baumann
- Countries and Regions Latin America
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Mining and the environment in South Africa: unpacking the key challenges
Session 4: Sustainable Growth
- Year 2016
- Organisation WWF; TIPS
- Author(s) Ellen Davies; Georgina Ryan; Gaylor Montmasson-Clair; Manisha Gulati
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Extractive industries versus human development? Towards sustainable economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Session 4 SustainableGrowth
- Year 2016
- Organisation Rhodes University
- Author(s) David Fryer and Serge Hadisi
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Illicit financial flows in the mining sector in South Africa: Implications for industrialisation - Asanda Fotoyi (TIPS)
Sesion 3: Financial Flows
- Year 2016
- Organisation TIPS
- Author(s) Asanda Fotoyi
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Thursday, 23 June 2016
The significance of large cash holdings among JSE-listed firms - Exploring innovation in industrial development for inclusive and transformative development in Africa
Session 3: Financial Flows
- Year 2016
- Organisation Kingston University, London; SOAS
- Author(s) Dr Ewa Karwowski; Pedro Mendes Laureiro