The aim of this seminar was to develop a rigorous economic framework to evaluate the SMME sector in South Africa. There is a rich tradition of SMME work in SA and our aim was not to simply reproduce another SMME report. Instead, to date the synergies between the mainstream economy…

The trade policy training workshop was a follow-up of a TIPS-hosted summer school by Alan L Winters, held during November 1999, that focussed on Trade Policy Tools. One of the aims of the Winters course was to expose researchers to various applied techniques to stimulate research in this area with…

The objective of the workshop was to present preliminary results from two studies carried out in South Africa as part of a UK Department for International Development funded research project which has been looking at the impact of globalisation on poverty in four countries (Bangladesh, Kenya, South Africa and Vietnam).

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…

The South African economy has undergone drastic changes since the establishment of democracy in 1994. The new Government embarked on the following restructuring process comprising of the following: macroeconomic stability; trade liberalisation; foreign exchange control reform; privatisation; deregulation of certain sectors and the establishment of sector-specific regulators; a revamped competition…

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The World Bank releases an annual report called the Global Economic Prospects and Developing Countries. The team leader of this report Ataman Aksoy from the World Bankgave a seminar on this report at TIPS. He then presented a brief overview of the report, and talked about some of the outstanding…

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The School of Economics at the University of Cape Town and the Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) ran an intensive computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling course in Cape Town between 1 July - 12 July. Professor Rob Davies from the University of Zimbabwe lectured the course.

Senior SADC Trade negotiators, researchers and academics met in Gaberone from July 5-6 for the launching of the Southern Africa Trade Research Network (SATRN). Thjis was the first time that senior SADC trade negotiators and researchers have met to map out strategy to enhance the negotiating capacity of SADC negotiators…

The First SATRN Symposium had two main objectives: - To identify ways in which SADC countries can integrate into the Global Trading System; and - To identify key issues of interest to the SADC countries in the review of special and differential treatment currently taking place at the WTO The…

The course consisted of three trade modules covering theoretical issues in international trade, a detailed review of trade in South Africa and the role of trade institutions, specifically the World Trade Organisation.

One of the critical issues facing the South African economy is the extent to which trade liberalisation is accompanied by increasing exports. Exports however, are not just dependent on reductions in tariff rates but on a range of other factors. In sum, a successful trade liberalisation program will depend heavily…

TIPS is organised a one day workshop to present the findings of two case studies done by various researchers on Energy Services and Tourism. These sectors are in different ways, of critical importance to the South African Economy. They are also important to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) services negotiations.

The use of economic modelling techniques that capture economy-wide impacts of policy changes is growing in the South African academic, consulting and research circles. To cater for this increased demand, the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town in conjunction with the Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)…

TIPS is organizing a short course on the Economics of the Environment in Cape Town from the 5th to the 9th of May 2003 The Course will be taught by Myrick Freeman.

The annual forum serves as a platform for researchers, policy-makers and other stakeholders to discuss ongoing research and to enter into dialogue on policy-relevant issues resulting from research. TIPS hosted its seventh annual forum in September 2003 together with the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU). This year's forum focussed on…

This was a brief brainstorming workshop on research methodolgy issues with regards to the motor industry development program.

The objective of the meeting was to review progress made on the Doha Work program and identify key areas of agreement and disagreement in the different proposals submitted by member states and ways in which progress can be made in areas of disagreement. Participants to the meeting iincluded SADC's Geneva…

The SATRN Symposium will be attended by Senior Policy-Makers, Officials from SADC Secretariat, Geneva based Ambassadors, Brussels based Ambassadors, and SATRN Researchers