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TIPS Newsletter October 2023
This newsletter includes the latest editions of The Real Economy Bulletin, details of the TIPS Annual Forum and APORDE programme, with links to recent research and videos from TIPS Development Dialogues held recently.
TIPS Newsletter May 2023
This 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.
TIPS Newsletter December 2022
This newsletter reports on some of our recent projects, including the new Green Economy Bulletin, the Annual Forum and APORDE, with links to recent research and policy briefs.
TIPS Newsletter April 2017
Projects covered in this issue include:
- The Manufacturing Circle's new survey: the Manufacturing Composite Investment Tracker (MCIT),
- Details of the research support for the Department of Trade and Industry's agro-processing desk, and
- TIPS's input to the Fees Commission on the social, economic and financial implications of providing fee-free higher education and training.
TIPS Newsletter November 2016
Projects covered in this issue include:
- TIPS's work for the Steel Task Team,
- The green economy project for the Department of Trade and Industry, and
- A study on reducing the administrative burden for small business.
TIPS Newsletter July 2016
Research covered in this issue:
- The trade and investment relationship between South Africa and the United States.
- Research commissioned by WWF South African on climate change adaptation and agriculture in South Africa.
- TIPS's work for the Steel Task Team.
TIPS Newsletter March 2016
Research covered in this issue:
- Regional integration and regional value chains: this included research on South Africa's industrial policy and industrialisation as part of a SADC strategy on regional economic growth and integration.
- A paper for Nedlac on regional industrial development; and a look at three regional value chains: soya, infrastructure and capital equipment.
- Details of a study conducted to determine a baseline expenditure on Green R&D.
TIPS Newsletter October 2015
Research covered in this issue:
- Some key findings from the Manufacturing Circle's second quarter survey and bulletin.
- Findings from research on mining value chains and green growth in South Africa.
- A study for the United Nations Development Programme on the impacts of social and economic inequality on economic development in South Africa, with an article, based on the study, published by City Press on Inequality is growth's enemy.
TIPS Newsletter June 2015
Research covered in this issue:
- A study for the Department of Trade & Industry on how South Africa can improve the strategic use of its technical infrastructure to lock out substandard and unsafe products, and through this grow the local manufacture of high-standard, safe products for the domestic economy and for export.
- A review for Nedlac of the electricity planning process through an evaluation of South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan.
- A collaboration with the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation on a study on migrancy and mining in the North West Province in the context of the strikes on the platinum mines.
TIPS Newsletter February 2015
Research covered in this issue:
- A look at the benefits for South Africa of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
- A study on the impact of electricity price increases on the energy usage practices and competitiveness of selected mining sector and smelting value chains in South Africa.
Global Value Chains
PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY A PANEL DISCUSSIONSession 1: 9:30 – 11:15
Tea Session 2: 11:30 – 12:30: Panel Discussion Background: The concept of Global Value Chains (GVC) takes forward the idea that the activities that bring a product from its conception to its end use and beyond are divided among multiple firms and / or spread across multiple geographic locations / countries. This includes activities such as design, production, marketing, distribution and support to the final consumer. GVCs are being promoted by some as the way forward for economic development for developing countries, that value chains need to be invested in, and an enabling environment needs to be created to attract the kind of investment that would promote GVCs. Others are more sceptical about the opportunities for developing countries in these GVCs and the extent to which firms are able to upgrade and move up the value chain. Thomas Farole will introduce the results of recent World Bank research and discuss the relevance and implications of GVCs for South Africa and the wider region. |
RSVP by email: daphney@tips.org.za to confirm attendance
Presenters
Thomas Farole is a Lead Economist at the World Bank, where he works on the intersection between jobs and productivity, trade, and private sector development. He is the author of a number of books and papers on topics such as special economic zones, FDI spillovers in local markets, and the implications of trade for lagging regions. He holds a PhD in economic geography from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Faizel Ismail has recently been appointed as Adjunct Professor at the UCT School of Economics. He is also an advisor to the dti on International Trade and Special Envoy on the African Growth and Opportunity Act. He has served as the Ambassador Permanent Representative of South Africa to the WTO (2010-2014).
Ben Turok was a Member of Parliament in South Africa until recently, representing the ruling party, the African National Congress. In the 1994 democratic government, he was first Head of the Commission on the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) in the Gauteng Provincial Cabinet and then moved to Parliament in 1995. He was Co-Chair of the Committee on Ethics and Member’s Interests of both Houses in Parliament. He was a member of the Liberation Movement for decades, was an accused in the 1956 Treason Trial, served three years in prison, and was in exile for 25 years, returning in 1990.
Mining and the rest of us
Neva Makgetla, Programme Manager, Trade and Industry
World at Work (Independent) September 20, 2015
A perfect storm
Neva Makgetla, Programme Manager, Trade and Industry, and Saul Levin, TIPS Executive Director
World at Work (Independent) September 20, 2015
Finding the missing jobs
Neva Makgetla, Programme Manager, Trade and Industry, TIPS
World at Work (Independent) September 20, 2015
The Real Economy Bulletin - Third Quarter 2015
The Real Economy Bulletin - Third Quarter 2015: 
Growth in the GDP and employment: In the past quarter manufacturing showed a significant recovery, although both mining and agriculture contracted. Read more
Trends in trade: In US dollar terms, exports declined in the past year, but rapid depreciation means they have generally increased in rand terms. Within manufacturing, the past quarter saw higher exports from wood and paper and to a lesser extent from auto, but chemicals exports dropped sharply. Imports declined in both dollar and rand terms over the year to the third quarter of 2015. Read more
Profitability and investment: In the second quarter of 2015 — the latest available — mining as a whole made a loss, but construction saw a higher return on capital. Investment trended down in mining compared to 2014, but increased in manufacturing. Read more
What's behind the trends? Slower growth in the real economy mostly resulted from the end of the commodity boom, with a sharp downturn in mining and metals refineries. Still, within manufacturing, electrical equipment and most consumer goods industries have done well in the past six months, essentially due to the national build programme, the more competitive exchange rate, and the end of loadshedding. Agriculture and agro-processing have, however, been slowed by the drought. Read more
Electricity and the carbon tax: Lower production by the main metals refineries means loadshedding has ended, although breakdowns at municipal level still cause unpredictable blackouts. The National Treasury's proposed carbon tax aims ultimately to make coal and oil more expensive fuels. Although it is being initially introduced at a low rate, to achieve the desired outcome would require a fundamental shift in the structure of manufacturing. Read more
Manufacturing Competitiveness Enhancement Programme in context: The recent freeze on applications to the dti’s MMCEP stirred controversy. The short-term decision to end applications essentially reflects increasing efficiency in the dti approval processes. In the medium term, however, Treasury's current efforts to reduce state spending seem likely to bring to a halt the past decade’s rapid growth in the resources available for the incentive. Read more
Third quarter Manufacturing Bulletin & The end of the commodity boom: Some implications for the South African economy
PRESENTER: BABA-TAMANA GQUBULE
Economist: Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies
From 2011, the decade-long commodity boom ended, with sharp falls in the international prices of South Africa’s main mining exports – platinum, iron ore, coal and gold. This development dialogue will explore some key implications for South Africa, including the effects on manufacturing, tax revenues, infrastructure investment, and the policy discourse.
PRESENTER: DR NEVA MAKGETLA
Programme Manager: Trade & Industry (TIPS)
Neva Makgetla was previously the Deputy Director General for economic policy in the Economic Development Department. Prior to that she was the Lead Economist for the Development Planning and Implementation division at the Development Bank of Southern Africa. She has worked at a senior level in the Presidency, Department of Public Service and Administration, the Department of Labour as well as in COSATU. She has a PhD in economics and has worked for over 10 years as an economics lecturer.
Planning systems to support the challenges of rapidly growing cities: Lessons from Mumbai
SPEAKER: UMA ADUSUMILLA
Uma Adusumilli has been heading the Regional Planning department in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), an institution that has wide scope for Regional Planning & Development, Financing, Institution Building and Co-ordination for the last eleven years. Prior to that, she worked for 15 years as an Urban Planner with the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO), a new town planning and development agency, on the project of planning and development of Navi Mumbai newtown.
She holds a Masters Degree in Planning from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India (1987) and also a M.Sc in Urban Housing Management from IHS, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and the Lund University of Sweden (2003).
She had a career spanning over 26 years across the spectrum of spatial planning with focus on housing, urban and regional planning. In addition to her career in the public sector, she has been involved in research, representing India in the International Comparative Research projects between 1995 and 2004 on housing for the low income groups with emphasis on land supply, regulatory framework and partnerships.
Myriam Velia
Myriam Velia is a lead researcher at the School of Built Environment and Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She has a PhD in International Economics from Sussex University, UK. She has worked on a range of projects for a number of funders over the years. She is currently involved in sectoral and industrial research.
Myriam was Head of Research at TIPS between February 2008 and March 2012.