Business Day - 10 April 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Muhammed Patel joined TIPS in 2017. He holds a Masters in Economics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where his thesis focused on the relationship between income and health in South Africa. Muhammed’s background spans work in industrial development, and competition and regulatory economics. While completing his Master’s degree, Muhammed worked as a junior researcher at the School of Development Studies conducting research on the manufacturing sector of eThekwini. He also lectured undergraduate economics students over this time. In 2015, Muhammed joined competition and regulatory consultancy Genesis Analytics, where he spent two years working on competition and regulation cases. Notably, his…

This paper assesses the state of play in South Africa at each level of policymaking, relying on a policy pyramid approach. The policy pyramid framework aims to merge both top-down and bottom-up approaches of policymaking in a dynamic and iterative fashion. At all levels, this method suggests a cooperative governance…

Business Day - 24 April 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Agenda 10:00 - 10:15 Opening and Welcome: Chairperson (Rudi Dicks, DPME)  10:15 - 12:00 Presentation and discussion of research findings  Motivation and Constraints of Corporate Firms in South Africa, Neva Makgetla (TIPS) Ownership, Control and Investment in South Africa, Thando Vilakazi and Simon Roberts (CCRED) Economic Transformation in the Top…

This Development Dialogue seminar considered different aspects of the corporate landscape and its impact on the economy. For more information and copies of presentations go to Corporate ownership in South Africa. 

The rapid growth of trade in environmental goods creates opportunities for South Africa, but is complicated by rising global protectionism, which demands a pro-active strategy to support South African exporters. This policy paper discusses a possible South African strategy for trade in environmental goods. It forms part of a series…

Nokwanda Maseko is a Senior Economist at TIPS. Her work at TIPS is at the intersection of industrial policy, gender and the just transition. Her recent publications include an analysis of the petroleum-based transport value chain for the Sector Jobs Resilience plans and technical reports for the Presidential Climate Change Commission on gender and inequality in the just transition. Before joining TIPS, she worked as a Budget Analyst at the National Treasury and Assistant Director at the national Economic Development Department (EDD) focused on industrial policy.

IMMP 2018 3-7 SEPTEMBER 2018: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS The second edition of the Industrial Policy for Policy Makers (IPPM) training programme will be taking place in September 2018, and will be held alongside the annual African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE). This year’s theme for IPPM is: Structural Change,…

This policy brief first assesses the GDP trends and why the latest quarter appears out of step; then reviews the factors that might lead to an overstatement of the slowdown; and finally outlines the longer-term slowdown.

Main Bulletin: The Real Economy Bulletin - First Quarter 2018 In this edition GDP growth: South Africa’s GDP shrank by an estimated 0.5% in the first quarter of 2018, although the estimated decline may be overstated for technical reasons. The contraction partially offset the gains in growth experienced in the last three quarters of 2017. Read more. Employment: Employment in the real economy declined by 1.1% between the first quarters of 2017 and 2018, although total employment climbed by 1.2%. Manufacturing employment expanded, but agriculture, construction, utilities saw losses in employment compared to a year earlier. Read more. International trade: In the first quarter of 2018, South…

The bulletin is a review of quarterly trends, developments and data in the real economy, together with analysis of the main manufacturing industries. Additional notes in this issue are on Challenges around the GDP data for the first quarter 2018, Map to a Million - what's the map to a million about? and Desalination - panacea of peril for South Africa? See The Real Economy Bulletin - First Quarter 2018.

Business Day - 8 May 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Business Day - 22 May 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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Business Day - 5 June 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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These background materials on the Community Work Programme were prepared as part of induction training for non-profit agencies appointed to implement the CWP, and as an introduction for other stakeholders. The materials were originally developed for the Department of Co-operative Governance by TIPS in 2013. They have been partly updated…

Business Day - 19 June 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)

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5 out of 10 for South Africa’s transition to a green economy The South Africa Green Economy Barometer 2018 provides a snapshot of the transition to a fair, green economy. It is drawn from evidence of policy progress as well as the insights of civil society organisations who are tracking the transition…

Engineering News - 21 June 2018 by Nadine James

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AGENDA 09:30–09:45 Opening and Welcome: Nadira Bayat (Global Economic Governance Africa) 09:45–10:45 Presentation and discussion of research findings: Border economies Border economies at Beitbridge border post, Elisha Tshuma (Zimbabwe Trade Forum) and Christopher Wood (TIPS) Border economies at Chirundu border post, Dale Mudenda (University of Zambia) and Anna Ngarachu (Tutwa…