Past Projects
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South Africa is continuing to urbanise, perhaps not as rapidly as some developing countries but certainly at a rate which has generated a considerable degree of policy anguish over its accompanying rising levels of urban poverty. The Presidency of the…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
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01 November 2008
Making Markets work for People and the Environment: Employment Creation from Payment for Eco-Systems Services
We conducted a partial sectoral analysis of the market for ecosystem goods and services in SouthAfrica by doing the following: We mapped the areas of high eco system productivity and poverty. By overlaying the two datasets, we identified the priority…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
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01 November 2008
Access to Services for Poor People in Urban Areas
This report provides an analytical reflection on the provision of infrastructure services in urban areas, with the aim of enhancing the access of the poor in urban areas to these services. It commences by considering what is meant by “access”…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
This report is based on work undertaken towards developing the urban component of a second economy strategy, as part of the Second Economy Project, an initiative of the Presidency. Within this project Urban LandMark (ULM) was appointed by Trade and…
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Conceptualising the second economy No detailed process will be followed in order to define the concept second economy’. The Second Economy Strategy Project (2008:2) probably summarises it best: “In sum, the concept of the ‘second economy’ is being used as…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
This paper unpacks from a spatial perspective, the duality of urban contexts in South Africa that is of unprecedented opulence on the one hand and remarkable deprivation on the other, as stated by Sen (1999: xi). Although focused on the…
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been implementing the trade protocol for more than seven years. The aim is to liberalise trade flows between members and eventually lead to deeper integration in the region. As member states are preparing…
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Trade and Industry
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20 October 2008
Working Paper 3-2008: TNC FDI Firms and Domestic SME Linkages Reflecting on three SADC Case Studies
The research process underpinning this article was focused on casting some light on factors influencing the way in which developing countries can enhance linkages between Transnational Corporation (TNC) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) firms and domestic small and medium enterprises (SMEs).…
16 October 2008
Working Paper 2-2008: Mozambican Air Transport Liberalisation: A Discussion Document
In this report, the meaning of liberalisation in the air transport sector is discussed and the difference between deregulation and liberalisation is highlighted. Liberalisation entails a progressive opening up of a market with state control enacted over the process, while…
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Centre for Real Economy Study (Crest)
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15 October 2008
Working Paper 4-2008: Balance of Payments dynamics, institutions and economic performance in South Africa: a policy-oriented study
SAIIA and TIPS have collaborated on a project investigating balance of payment dynamics issues in South Africa. Professor Andreas Freytag, who has a Chair of Economic Policy at Friedrich-Schiller University Jena in Germany, has been working with SAIIA and the…
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Trade and Industry
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This document is part two of a three part report on employment intermediation. Part one provides an overview of the sector, internationally and nationally, and part three captures the recommendations for further work towards strengthening the sector. In this second…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
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01 October 2008
Local labour placement project: Overstrand Municipality
The Local Labour Promotion Project (hereafter LLPP) has been developed internally within the Overstrand Municipality which is situated in the Overberg District of the Western Cape Province. The LLPP was developed initially in 2005 to deal with the high level…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
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01 October 2008
Business health check: Western Cape Bus Operators’ Transport Co-operative Ltd (Siyakhula)
Siyakhula, or the Western Cape Bus Operators’ Transport Cooperative Ltd, operates within the bus sector of the transport industry. A brief description of the sector follows in order to contextualise the operations of the cooperative. The transport, storage and communications…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
01 October 2008
Transport and the Urban Poor
The aim of the paper is to articulate necessary state interventions to improve transport services for the urban poor in South Africa. The paper forms part of a larger study intended to inform a strategic response to the challenges of…
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Unemployment is one of the biggest challenges facing South Africa. Growth has been inadequate, the skills level requirement of new jobs is continually rising, current skills among the workforce are low and inadequate numbers of low end, unskilled jobs are…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
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01 October 2008
Emergency Relief in Informal Settlements: Proposals for Action
CONTEXT This document is a response to the aspiration of National Treasury to define practical mechanisms which will enable emergency relief for informal settlements and associated urban economy interventions to rapidly occur on a national basis. This aspiration flows largely…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
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01 October 2008
The State of Land Use Management in South Africa
This paper contributes to the urban component of the forthcoming ‘second economy’1 strategy. The brief called for a reflection on the issue of urban land use management (LUM), and extraction of the implications for the urban poor. For the most…
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Presently, deep-sea vessels fishing Hake under-catch their annual allocation by nearly 10,000 tons and it is claimed that this is because there is no basis on which to target by-catch once the allowable Hake quota has been caught. The following…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
01 September 2008
Linking small and marginalised producers to external markets: New ideas for demand-side measures using value chain analysis
This executive summary is not presented in the usual manner of summarising the findings of each chapter of the report. The complexity and detail covered in the report, and the nuances in the debates, makes such an option impossible. Rather,…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
01 September 2008
Potential for a South African Aquaculture Industry on the Northern Cape's Namaqualand Coast
In the 1980s, aquaculture, or fish farming, was in its infancy, globally. Today, it accounts for close to 50 million tons annually, making up nearly half of all fish products consumed. Of this, Africa has a 1% market share and…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
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15 August 2008
Energy-based poverty indicators: Meeting AsgiSA targets
Since 1994 the South African government has identified poverty alleviation as a key policy goal. This objective was formulated under the auspices of the Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) policy which has arguably had limited success (Hassan, 2001). In 2004…
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Second Economy Strategy Project
This paper uses as its point of departure the recent demise of the world's largest financial institutions that set in motion the current global financial crisis. These financial institutions look set to re-evaluate their model of global finance and it…
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Trade and Industry
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11 June 2008
Who Benefits from SA's Bilateral Trade Agreements
Trade liberalisation is a key component of South Africa's post-Apartheid development strategy, aimed at accelerating growth and creating employment. There is evidence suggesting that multilateral reforms over the last decade have been successful. However, the government's emphasis has shifted in…
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Academic Data Access and Training
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION ISSUES AND SADC LAW
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25 January 2008
Community Work Programme
The Community Work Programme (CWP) is a South African government programme that provides an employment safety net. It supplements livelihood strategies by providing a basic level of income security through work. The programme was started to address high unemployment and contributes…
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Inequality and Economic Inclusion
24 January 2008
Second Economy Strategy Programme
The 2007 Annual Report of the Accelerated Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa (AsgiSA) identified a need to focus on what was then called ‘the second economy’, and on mechanisms to ensure shared growth reaches the margins of the economy.…
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Inequality and Economic Inclusion
19 January 2008
Academic Data Access And Training (ADAT)
Economic data resources for researchers and students in South Africa are difficult and expensive to access. In some cases the reasons for this lack of access revolve around the cost of sourcing, developing and maintaining these resources. But even relatively…
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Sustainable Development
In 2005, the Small Enterprise Development Agency (seda) - the dti's newly established agency for supporting small business - tasked TIPS to carry out a second annual review of South Africa's small businesses as part of its mandate to support…
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Small Enterprise Development
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In 2005, the Small Enterprise Development Agency (seda) - the dti's newly established agency for supporting small business - tasked TIPS to carry out a second annual review of South Africa's small businesses as part of its mandate to support…
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Small Enterprise Development
16 November 2007
Annual Review of Small Business in South Africa 2003
The Department of Trade & Industry's (the dti's) Enterprise Development unit is tasked with developing policy and strategy for the small business sector. The objectives of government policy and strategy on enterprise development are empowerment, economic development and job creation.…
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Small Enterprise Development
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TIPS has added Economic Regulation as one of its main research areas, where we'll focus mainly on essential services (energy, telecoms, transport and water) because of their social impact and network characteristics, to ensure universal and affordable access to essential…
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Economic Regulation
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No-one can dispute that electricity is an essential input to production and economic growth in South-Africa. Eskom, a wholly state-owned utility dominates electricity generation, it supplies approximately 95% of South Africa's electricity. The Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) has been facing…
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Trade and Industry
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This document has two objectives. First, it endeavours to capture the domestic clothing sectors major market and production trends, as well as broader dynamics. Second, these foundational elements operate as a mechanism to identify current clothing sector constraints and opportunities…
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Trade and Industry
The Motor Industry Development Program (MIDP) is widely regarded as a major success of South Africa's post-apartheid trade and industrial policies. The program was introduced in 1995, has been modified and/or extended several times, and is currently scheduled to continue…
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Trade and Industry
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As tariff barriers are reduced around the world, increasing attention has been paid to non-tariff measures. Although differing definitions exist of exactly what these NTMs are, let alone how their quantitative impacts are measured, they can basically be defined as…
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Trade and Industry
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13 April 2007
Trade Information Service 2005
One of the objectives of the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) is to develop capacitiesfor improving the export performance of businesses. To do so, the dti/TISA require easily accessible practical strategic and analytical tools for identifying growing markets…
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Trade and Industry
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As international tariffs are being reduced increased attention is being given to the role of non-tariff measures in impeding trade flows. The working definition of NTMs used in this report is “government measures other than tariffs that restrict trade flows”.…
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Trade and Industry
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11 April 2007
Analysis of Trade between South Africa and the EU and a Preliminary Attempt to Examine the Impact of the EU-SA FTA on Trade
This paper evaluates bilateral trade between South Africa and the EU over the past decade, where possible up to 2003. Structure of the Report: Part A: Aspects of trade and tariff patterns Basic trade flows between South Africa and the…
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Trade and Industry
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26 February 2007
Changes in HIV/AIDS knowledge and testing behavior in Africa: How much and for whom?
AIDS has had its most devastating impacts in Africa and the prevalence of the disease continues to rise in most African countries. With a feasible vaccine still years away, reduction in risk behaviors remains the only way to reverse the…
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Inequality and Economic Inclusion
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26 February 2007
SA/EU FTA: Mid-term Review
This paper evaluates bilateral trade between South Africa and the EU over the past decade, where possible up to 2003. Structure of the Report: Part A: Aspects of trade and tariff patterns Basic trade flows between South Africa and the…
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- Date Sunday, 29 February 2004
- Venue Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg, South Africa
- For enquiries or to register please contact Kari Heerman; E-mail: heerman@agritrade.org
Achieving Agricultural Development through Agricultural Trade is being presented by the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) in conjunction with the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Africa Regional Conference for Africa, February 29, 2004 in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 10:00 to 18:00 in the Sandton Convention…
An interactive session on the WTO: Globalization: The WTO and Sustainable Development. Guest Speaker : Mike Moore Director General of the WTO)
- Date Monday, 06 May 2002
- Venue Breakwater Campus, The Graduate School of Business,University of Cape Town.
- For enquiries or to register please contact Lucille Roberts; Telephone: 27 21 406-1324; E-mail: lucilleh@gsb.uct.ac.za
Competition Law governs the nature and extent of competitive interaction among firms in all industries. It prohibits certain types of interaction and provides for a rule of reason approach to the assessment of the impact of other types of behaviour on competition. Economic principles therefore underpin this legislation. A sound…
- Date Tuesday, 17 December 2002
- Venue Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact E-mail: tips@tips.org.za
Jean-Jacques Laffont, Director of Institut De Economie Industrielle, Toulouse, and Professor of Economics at University of Toulouse and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, gave a lecture on the Political Economy of Competition and Regulation of Network Industries.
- Date Tuesday, 20 February 2001
- Venue TIPS, Broll Place, Sunnyside Office Park, Parktown, Johannesburg
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…
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- Date Friday, 04 May 2001
- Venue Pooks Hill, Johannesburg
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…
- Date Monday, 24 June 2002
- Venue Sunnyside Park Hotel, Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact Sally Probert; E-mail: sally@tips.org.za
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).
- Date Thursday, 08 November 2001
- For enquiries or to register please contact E-mail: tips@tips.org.za
No Further information is available.
- Date Wednesday, 28 November 2001
- Venue Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact Rashad Cassim; E-mail: rashad@tips.org.za
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…
- Date Thursday, 13 December 2001
- For enquiries or to register please contact Eva Moeng; E-mail: tips@tips.org.za
No further information is available for this event.
- Date Thursday, 05 July 2001
- For enquiries or to register please contact Eva Moeng; E-mail: kennedym@bidpa.bw
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…
- Date Sunday, 17 November 2002
- Venue Mowana Safari Lodge, Kasane, Botswana
- For enquiries or to register please contact Eva Moeng; E-mail: evam@bidpa.bw
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…
- Date Monday, 05 August 2002
- Venue Cape Town
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.
- Date Wednesday, 16 October 2002
- Venue Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact Amanda Ryland; Telephone: 011 6456404; E-mail: amanda@tips.org.za
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…
- Date Friday, 14 February 2003
- Venue Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact Sally Probert; Telephone: 011 6456404; E-mail: sally@tips.org.za
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.
- Date Monday, 05 May 2003
- Venue Cape Town
- For enquiries or to register please contact Sally Probert; Telephone: 011 6456404; E-mail: sally@tips.org.za
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.
- Date Friday, 28 March 2003
- Venue Cape Town, South Africa
This was a brief brainstorming workshop on research methodolgy issues with regards to the motor industry development program.
- Date Wednesday, 02 July 2003
- Venue Gaborone, Botswana
- For enquiries or to register please contact Eva Moeng; E-mail: satrn@tips.org.za
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…
- Date Thursday, 20 November 2003
- Venue Maputo, Mozambique
- For enquiries or to register please contact Eva Moeng; E-mail: satrn@tips.org.za
The SATRN Symposium will be attended by Senior Policy-Makers, Officials from SADC Secretariat, Geneva based Ambassadors, Brussels based Ambassadors, and SATRN Researchers
- Date Tuesday, 19 August 2003
- Venue Gallagher Estate, Midrand
- For enquiries or to register please contact Thembi Mlangeni; Telephone: (012) 310 1285; E-mail: thembim@dti.pwv.gov.za
The South African Government is currently preparing its approach to the 5th Ministerial Conference in Cancun Mexico. As part of the preparations, the Government is convening a National Consultative Conference, so that interested parties can participate in informing the development of South Africa's approach to the meeting in Mexico. You…
- Date Monday, 25 August 2003
- Venue Breakwater Lodge, Cape Town
- For enquiries or to register please contact Karien Bezuidenhout; Telephone: 27 21 883 2208.; E-mail: karienbezuidenhout@tralac.org
Better preparing Developining countries now for the current round of agrculture negotiations: this TRALAC aims to help the participants identify what is at stake for them in the current Round of WTO agriculture negotiations and to allow them to return to their capitals with a clear understanding of what their…
- Date Monday, 10 November 2003
- Venue The Small Business Project offices, 79 Oxford Road, Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact Lucille Gavera; E-mail: lucille@tips.org.za
Since 1994, South Africa has been faced with the challenges of re-integration into world markets as a global economy, while at the same time positioning itself to realise the high expectations of its populace regarding a successful transition towards a more democratic order. To achieve the objectives of economic growth…
- Date Saturday, 28 February 2004
- Venue Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact Mr Sundru Pillay; Telephone: : 031 207 5633; E-mail: sundrup.metro@galileosa.co.za
The SA Department of Agriculture saw the UN FAO's Regional Conference for Africa as an excellent opportunity to interact with participants from Africa in a one-day workshop on Growth and Development through Agricultural Trade.
- Date Friday, 01 January 1999
- Venue Gauteng, South Africa
The tertiary sector accounts for around 60% of South Africa's GDP and formal employment. In addition, the sector provides key inputs to the manufacturing and primary sectors and in some cases is a crucial determinant of the competitiveness of these sectors. Nonetheless, services remain under-researched in South Africa, thereby limiting…
- Date Tuesday, 07 September 2004
- Venue V & A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa
- For enquiries or to register please contact Lucille Gavera; E-mail: lucille@tips.org.za
The third of a series of international conferences on regulation and competition under of the auspices of the Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) - the only one to be held in Africa - will be co-ordinated by the School of Public Management & Planning at the University of Stellenbosch,…
- Date Monday, 07 June 2004
- Venue Gallagher Estate, Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact Mariaan Minnaar; Telephone: 012 310 9540; E-mail: mminnaar@thedti.gov.a
The Strategic Competitiveness Unit of the Department of Trade and Industry in conjunction with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, invites you to attend a high-level conference on competitiveness. The focus of the conference is on the role of institutions in fostering competitiveness. The conference will host various international speakers…
- Date Thursday, 10 June 2004
- Venue 10-11 June 2004, Brakpan Civic Centre
- For enquiries or to register please contact Simon Roberts; Telephone: (011) 717 8126; E-mail: robertss@sebs.wits.ac.za
From being the largest producer of gold in the world, Ekurhuleni has evolved into a global competitor in business and industry. The mining boom in the East Rand facilitated the growth of a substantial manufacturing support base in the area, especially in terms of metal products, machinery, and engineering. Today,…
- Date Monday, 29 March 2004
- Venue Holiday Inn Hotel, c/o Beatrix and Church Street, Pretoria
The UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) produced a White Paper on Trade and Investment in mid-2004, which aimed to address, among other issues, how the multilateral trading system could be adapted to make it more flexible and of benefit to all its members, especially the poorest. As part…
- Date Saturday, 16 October 2004
- Venue Cape Town, South Africa
- For enquiries or to register please contact Dirk van Seventer; E-mail: dirk@tips.org.za
On behalf of the Department of Economics of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, TIPS will organise a workshop on Growth, Openness and Poverty in South Africa and Thailand. Attached find a paper that explores the interaction between investment and productivity in a intertemporal general equilibrium growth framework in…
- Date Thursday, 04 November 2004
- Venue 4th Floor, Diamond House, 35 Melle Street Braamfontein
- For enquiries or to register please contact Matthew de Gale; Telephone: 083 297 2939; E-mail: matthew@tips.org.za
"TIPS and the International Trade Centre (ITC) will be hosting a seminar which will focus on the utilisation of ITC's tools for market analysis in the development of international trade strategies. This seminar is of particular interest to businesses engaged in or planning to venture into international trade."
- Date Monday, 20 June 2005
- Venue 4th Floor, Diamond House, 35 Melle Street Braamfontein
"TIPS in collaboration with the Market Analysis Section (MAS) of the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO will be holding an Advanced Seminar on Market Analysis for Trade-led Growth Strategies. This seminar is of particular interest to trade policy analysts and academics involved in international trade research and planning."
- Date Monday, 25 October 2004
- Venue UCT-Upper Campus-Menzies Building-5th Floor-Room 5.36
- For enquiries or to register please contact Juliana Nkabinde; Telephone: 021 487 8700; E-mail: juliana@wesgro.co.za
WESGRO/TRALAC in conjunction with the Market Analysis Section of the International Trade Centre is pleased to invite you to a two day seminar
- Date Thursday, 25 November 2004
- Venue Midrand Conference Centre
The Presidency and the ComMark Trust, in collaboration with TIPS, hosted a workshop to assess and discuss the prospects of key sectors of the South African economy in preparation for the Presidency's contribution to the January 2005 Cabinet Lekgotla: The sectoral, micro-level dynamics and trends of key sectors; The constraints…
- Date Thursday, 27 January 2005
- Venue NEDLAC, 14A Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact Mrs Katy de Villiers; Telephone: 011- 339-2021; E-mail: devilliersk@saiia.wits.ac.za
As part of the DFID-funded South Africa Trade and Poverty Programme and its objective to promote informed dialogue on South Africa's trade policy amongst key stakeholders, TIPS in 2005 implemented a seminar series under the auspices of Nedlac. These seminars provided a platform for government and civil society representatives (business,…
- Date Wednesday, 06 April 2005
- Venue Pretoria Holdiday Inn, Beatrix Street, Arcadia
TIPS and the WITS School of Economics and Business Sciences hosted, on behalf of the World Bank, a seminar on poverty impacts of the Doha Development Agenda. This seminar reported on the findings from a forthcoming book based on a major international research project investigating the poverty impacts of a…
As part of the DFID-funded South Africa Trade and Poverty Programme and its objective to promote informed dialogue on South Africa's trade policy amongst key stakeholders, TIPS in 2005 implemented a seminar series under the auspices of Nedlac. These seminars provided a platform for government and civil society representatives (business,…
- Date Tuesday, 07 June 2005
- Venue TIPS Office, 814 Church Street Arcadia
- For enquiries or to register please contact Matthew de Gale/ Pamela Dakile; Telephone: 012 431 7900; E-mail: matthew@tips.org.za
TIPS will be holding an introductory training workshop on the use of the International Trade Centre's (ITC) online Market Analysis Tools (TradeMap & Product Map) in Pretoria.The seminar will focus on the utilisation of ITC's tools for market analysis in the development of international trade strategies.
- Date Wednesday, 29 June 2005
- Venue NEDLAC, 14A Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg
As part of the DFID-funded South Africa Trade and Poverty Programme and its objective to promote informed dialogue on South Africa's trade policy amongst key stakeholders, TIPS in 2005 implemented a seminar series under the auspices of Nedlac. These seminars provided a platform for government and civil society representatives (business,…
- Date Friday, 29 July 2005
- Venue NEDLAC, 14A Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg
As part of the DFID-funded South Africa Trade and Poverty Programme and its objective to promote informed dialogue on South Africa's trade policy amongst key stakeholders, TIPS in 2005 implemented a seminar series under the auspices of Nedlac. These seminars provided a platform for government and civil society representatives (business,…
- Date Wednesday, 31 August 2005
- Venue NEDLAC, 14A Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg
As part of the DFID-funded South Africa Trade and Poverty Programme and its objective to promote informed dialogue on South Africa's trade policy amongst key stakeholders, TIPS in 2005 implemented a seminar series under the auspices of Nedlac. These seminars provided a platform for government and civil society representatives (business,…
- Date Wednesday, 02 November 2005
- Venue NEDLAC, 14A Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg
As part of the DFID-funded South Africa Trade and Poverty Programme and its objective to promote informed dialogue on South Africa's trade policy amongst key stakeholders, TIPS in 2005 implemented a seminar series under the auspices of Nedlac. These seminars provided a platform for government and civil society representatives (business,…
- Date Monday, 01 January 2007
- For enquiries or to register please contact Amanda Ryland; E-mail: amanda@tips.org.za
Globalization offers new opportunities for accelerating development and poverty reduction, but also poses new challenges for policymakers. And there is much concern about the distribution of benefits; in particular whether the poor gain from globalization, and under what circumstances it may actually hurt them. To meet this important agenda, this…
- Date Monday, 03 April 2006
- For enquiries or to register please contact Latin American Trade Network; E-mail: info@latn.org.ar
This is a call for papers to address the role that research has had in inducing changes in trade policy, or in matters related to it, such as competition policy, investment policy or intellectual property rights. Selected papers will be discussed at a workshop in Buenos Aires in July 2006…
- Date Wednesday, 19 April 2006
- Venue NEDLAC, 14A Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg
As part of the DFID-funded South Africa Trade and Poverty Programme and its objective to promote informed dialogue on South Africa's trade policy amongst key stakeholders, TIPS in 2005 implemented a seminar series under the auspices of Nedlac. These seminars provided a platform for government and civil society representatives (business,…
- Date Monday, 26 June 2000
- For enquiries or to register please contact Owen Willcox; Telephone: 012 4317900; E-mail: owen@tips.org.za
Trade negotiators are faced with a bewildering array of new agreements on the horizon. Before embarking on any agreement, governments have to understand the consequences of such a policy. This course is aimed at equipping trade analysts with the economic and spreadsheet knowledge that they need to carry out such…
- Date Wednesday, 28 June 2006
- Venue NEDLAC, 14A Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank, Joahnnesburg
As part of the DFID-funded South Africa Trade and Poverty Programme and its objective to promote informed dialogue on South Africa's trade policy amongst key stakeholders, TIPS in 2005 implemented a seminar series under the auspices of Nedlac. These seminars provided a platform for government and civil society representatives (business,…
- Date Wednesday, 26 July 2006
- Venue NEDLAC, 14A Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg
As part of the DFID-funded South Africa Trade and Poverty Programme and its objective to promote informed dialogue on South Africa's trade policy amongst key stakeholders, TIPS in 2005 implemented a seminar series under the auspices of Nedlac. These seminars provided a platform for government and civil society representatives (business,…