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Wednesday, 25 April 2018

Governance for South Africa’s sustainability transition: A critical review

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation TIPS and GEC
  • Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
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…
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Monday, 26 March 2018

Case study on the agricultural inputs regional value chain in Southern Africa: South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Tracy Ledger
This research report aims to identify opportunities to develop the regional value chain in agricultural inputs, and the opportunities within that value chain for regional trade. It also aims to detail policy initiatives to be undertaken by the South African Department of Trade and Industry to capitalise on those opportunities…
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Thursday, 15 March 2018

A green economy: Industry and trade analysis

  • Year 2018
  • Organisation Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE)
  • Author(s) TIPS
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
A green economy industry and trade analysis: Assessing South Africa’s potential A global transition to sustainable development is under way as a response to multiple environmental crises, including the widespread impacts of climate change. South Africa has embraced the shift to a green economy to attain inclusive, equitable and sustainable growth…
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Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Regional integration in Southern Africa: A platform for electricity sustainability

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair; Bhavna Deonarain
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
The energy landscape in Southern Africa has been rapidly evolving over the last decades. An economy-wide transition to sustainability is underway, with energy at its core. In addition, a progressive movement of regional integration with numerous energy-related initiatives is taking place, principally through the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP). At…
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Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Case study on the forestry regional value chain in Southern Africa: South Africa, Mozambique and Tanzania

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Tracy Ledger
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
This study provides an overview and analysis of the structure, key functions and characteristics of the forestry value chain operating in and among South Africa, Mozambique and Tanzania in order to identify market opportunities and the interventions required to support the growth of the regional value chain. The research focuses…
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Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Regional technical regulations and institutions: the role of standards institutions in unlocking value chains

  • Year 2016
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Christopher Wood
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Technical regulations refer to standards and compulsory specifications that apply to certain products and processes, and which can play an important role in regional trade. Firms that wish to trade in value chains need to be able to comply with the regulations set by lead firms and state regulators, or…
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Monday, 15 January 2018

Cross-cutting logistics issues undermining regional integration across SADC

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Sandy Lowit
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
The paper begins with a broad contextual overview of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC’s) transport and logistics performance in terms of the Logistics Performance Index and tracks the performance of individual member states in the decade from 2007. Two interesting findings emerge. First that the better performing SADC member…
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Monday, 20 November 2017

Working paper: The crisis at Eskom and industrialisation

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Neva Makgetla
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The current electricity model incorporates a paradox in which continual increases in price contribute to falling demand, which in turn leads to higher unit costs and prices. In this context, high levels of capital expenditure by Eskom have become a critical cost driver. The contradictory response of raising prices in…
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Sunday, 24 September 2017

Estimating publicly-mobilised private finance for climate action: A South African case study

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation OECD Environment Working Papers, No. 125
  • Author(s) Lauren McNicoll, Raphaël Jachnik (OECD), Gaylor Montmasson-Clair and Shakespear Mudombi, Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)
This study estimates and analyses publicly-mobilised private finance for climate action in South Africa, between 2010 and 2015. The mobilisation effect of public climate finance on private finance is first estimated through an analysis and attribution of project-level co-finance data. A pilot-methodology (the investor perspective) then expands the analysis to also incorporate the…
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Monday, 18 September 2017

TIPS Forum 2017 Industrialisation and Sustainable Growth - Summary report

The Annual Forum 2017 was hosted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) in partnership with the South African Research Chair in Industrial Development, based at the University of Johannesburg, and in association with the Green Economy Coalition (GEC). It was supported by funding and assistance from the European Union (DCI-ENV/2016/372-84) and…
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Changing market and policy dynamics of clean energy and economic innovation and low carbon development pathways in South Africa: Drivers, trends, and outlook

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation Rutgers University, US
  • Author(s) Jacob Park (Rutgers University)
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 1: Renewable energy and inclusive growth
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Capital intensity, employment and sustainability in the South African manufacturing sector

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation University of Cape Town
  • Author(s) Anthony Black; Stephanie Craig; Paul Dunne
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 2: Manufacturing and sustainable development: South African experiences
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The nature and role of industrial symbiosis in South Africa

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation GreenCape
  • Author(s) Sarah O’Carrol; Lauren Basson; Jarrod Lyons; Sam Smout; Henry Nuwarinda
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 2: Manufacturing and sustainable development: South African experiences
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Growth and development in the cosmetics, soaps and detergents regional value chains: South Africa and Zambia

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation CCRED; ZIPAR
  • Author(s) Teboho Bosiu; Farasai Chinanga; Mwanda Phiri
  • Countries and Regions Zambia
Session 3: Manufacturing and sustainable development: International experiences
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What are the factors hampering the manufacturing sector performance in Namibia?

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation National Planning Commission, Namibia
  • Author(s) Victoria Nambinga
  • Countries and Regions Namibia
Session 3: Manufacturing and sustainable development: International experiences
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Solar thermal for decarbonising industrial process heat: industrial development without carbon emissions

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation WWF-SA
  • Author(s) Manisha Gulati; Louise Scholtz
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 5: Carbon-intensive industries and sustainability
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Impact of climate change policy on the cement industry in India

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
  • Author(s) Pooja Pal
  • Countries and Regions India
Session 5: Carbon-intensive industries and sustainability
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Decarbonisation and the transport sector: a socio-economic analysis of transport sector futures In South Africa

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town
  • Author(s) T Caetano; B Merven; F Hartley; F Ahjum
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 6: Towards a sustainable transport sector 
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Economic benefits of extended producer responsibility initiatives in South Africa the case of waste tyres

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation University of Cape Town
  • Author(s) Faaiqa Hartley; Tara Caetano; Reza C Daniels
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 6: Towards a sustainable transport sector 
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Sustainable agriculture for a better economy: policy planning and public financing

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
  • Author(s) Selebogo Leshoro
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 7: Agricultural value chains and sustainability
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Towards labour absorptive, low-carbon economic development: identifying interventions for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in key agricultural value chains in the Western Cape

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation GreenCape
  • Author(s) Pieter Frederik Janse van Vuuren; Catherine Pineo; Lauren Basson; Usisipho Gogela
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 7: Agricultural value chains and sustainability
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Growth and development in the sugar to confectionery value chain in Zambia and South Africa

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation ZIPAR; CCRED
  • Author(s) Francis Ziba; Reena das Nair; Maria Nkhonjera
Session 7: Agricultural value chains and sustainability
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Increasing carbon financing: A strategy for climate change mitigation in Uganda

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda
  • Author(s) Jennifer Turyatemba Tumushabe
Session 8: Financing the sustainability transition
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A benchmarking paper on the role of infrastructure in economic development and promoting an inclusive low-carbon future in South Africa

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Struan Robertson
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 8: Financing the sustainability transition
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Some learnings from the water, food and energy nexus about decolonising the green economy for an Anthropocene Southern Africa

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation Wits School of Governance
  • Author(s) Mike Muller
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
 Session 9: Unpacking the water-energy-food nexus
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Fragmented sectoral approach on water, energy and food in South Africa

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation The Innovation Hub
  • Author(s) Ntombi Radebe-Tsotetsi
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 9: Unpacking the water-energy-food nexus
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Climate change vulnerability and value chain assessment in Egypt and Kenya

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation Sustainability & Resilience (su-re.co)
  • Author(s) Takeshi Takama, Ibnu Budiman, Novelita Wahyu Mondamina, Yudiandra Yuwono, Cynthia J Ismail
Session 9: Unpacking the water-energy-food nexus
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Development towards green growth in Gauteng province: Opportunities and challenges

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation The Innovation Hub
  • Author(s) Ndidzulafhi Nenngwekhulu
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 10: Sub-national experiences and sustainability 
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An assessment of the influence of growth poles on land use transformations in Uganda: Evidence from Kampala Industrial and Business Park

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation Makerere University, Uganda
  • Author(s) Aaron Achoroi
Session 10: Sub-national experiences and sustainability 
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Tuesday, 11 July 2017

New roles for South African municipalities in renewable energy - A review of business models

  • Year 2017
  • Organisation South African-Germany Energy Partnership
  • Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, Karin Kritzinger, Louise Scholtz, Manisha Gulati
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The growth of renewable energy technologies is re-shaping energy systems across the globe. In South Africa, which relies on coal-fired power plants for 90% of electricity generation, this trend suggests a critical shift in dynamics, generating numerous risks and opportunities at all levels of the value chain. This is particularly…
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