Business Day - 28 February 2017 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Main Bulletin: The Real Economy Bulletin - Fourth Quarter 2016 In this edition: Quarterly GDP growth: South Africa’s GDP fell by 0.08% over the past quarter, driven mostly by a decline in the real economy, above all mining. Mining contracted by 3,0%, manufacturing by 0,8%, and agriculture by 0,1%. These trends contributed to the continued slowdown in growth, which came to just 0,3% for 2016 as a whole. Read more. Employment: Employment showed the typical seasonal bump from the third to the fourth quarter, growing 250 000 overall. Year-on-year figures, which compensate for seasonal fluctuations, show more modest growth, at 50 000.…

Renewable energy technologies have experienced an exponential growth in South Africa, thanks to the procurement of large-scale power plants. However, South Africa’s electricity sector still lacks a level playing field. Significant vested interests have maintained overwhelming support for centralised, coal-based electricity generation, preventing the development of renewable energy technologies to…

Business Day - 14 March 2017 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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This policy brief provides an overview of South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry’s industrial park revitalisation programme (IPRP). It then highlights some key success factors for implementing successful spatially-targeted industrial development interventions such as industrial parks. Although infrastructure provision is a crucial (and necessary) investment facilitator, other key factors…

Presentation and Panel Discussion Rod Crompton and Judith Fessehaie (CCRED)Simon Roberts (CCRED) Neva Makgetla and Asanda Fotoyi Discussant: Edwin Ritchkin Background  The presentation by Rod Crompton will discuss the impact of public procurement policy on Transnet's procurement of 1064 railway locomotives as an instrument to develop local rail rolling stock…

The paper considers new heterodox theoretical contributions to the industrial policy debate in developing countries. Specifically it focuses on the challenge of “getting industrial policy right in circumstances where the country is run by flawed leaders presiding over a politically weak and internally fragmented state” (Change 2010). The paper covers…

Business Day - 28 March 2017 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Business Day - 11 April 2017 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Medical Brief  - 7 September 2016

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Independent Media - 15 April 2017 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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The latest TIPS newsletter reports on some of our recent projects, including the latest editions of the REB State of Small Business and Provincial Review, the Black Intustrialists Case Studies, the Annual Forum and APORDE, with links to recent research and policy briefs. Read more here.

Presentations Practical Ideas in Heterodox Industrial Policy Thinking: Sandy Lowitt (TIPS Research Fellow)South Africa's Industrial Policy - by the Numbers: Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist) Discussant: Garth Strachan (DDG: Industrial Development Division, Department of Trade and Industry) Background Industrial Policy in the 21st century has fundamentally changed in nature. (Largely)…

IMMP 2017 4-8 SEPTEMBER 2017: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) is holding the first edition of the Industrial Policy for Policy Makers training programme (IPPM) alongside the annual African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE). The programme is for senior government officials from South Africa and…

This brief presents three pragmatic industrial policy implementation ideas based on recent heterodox thinking. The examples were identified during the research for a theoretical think piece on current heterodox industrial policy literature. The ideas are presented without the context of supporting theory, but simply as ideas that incumbent industrial policy…

Business Day - 9 May 2017 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Import tariffs aren't just set up to unfirly protect commercial farmers

Huffington Post - 10 May 2017 by Tinashe Kapuya and Wandile Sihlobo

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Letter in Business Day - 11 May 2017: Makgetla is wrong about food prices and tariff formulation

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The Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker was a quarterly index tracking investment spending in the manufacturing sector. It measured investment by manufacturing enterprises in property, plant and equipment, research and development, and human capital. 

TIPS and the Manufacturing Circle collaborated on seminars to share insights from the quarterly survey results, inform policy strategies and facilitate a collaborative policy development process.

Brochure: Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q3 2018 - Summary Findings and Outlook

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q2 2018 - Summary Findings and Outlook

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q2 2018 - Media Statement

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q1 2018 - Summary Findings and Outlook

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q1 2018 - Media Statement

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q4 2017 - Summary Findings and Outlook

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q4 2017 - Media Statement

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q4 2017 - Presentation

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q3 2017

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q3 2017 - Summary Findings and Outlook

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q3 2017 - Media Statement

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q2 2017 - Summary Findings and Outlook

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q1 2017 - Summary Findings and Outlook

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q4 2016

Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Q3 2106

The Manufacturing Circle launched its  Map to a Million New Jobs in a Decade on 24 November 2017, a plan to create an environment in which manufacturing in South Africa can thrive and jobs can be created.

Map to a Million New Jobs in a Decade

Business Day - 23 May 2017 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Letter in Business Day - 25 May 2017: Neighbours not a dump

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The theme of the TIPS Annual Forum 2017 was Industrialisation and Sustainable Growth - see www.developmentdialogue.co.za. View programme: Annual Forum 2017 Programme. View Photo Gallery. Get copies of the papers and presentations.

Engineering News - 29 May by Terence Creamer.

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