Policy dialogue
29 Jun 2021 / 14:00
to
15:15
Macro modelling
On 29 June 2021, the SA-TIED programme will host its fourth online policy dialogue as part of the SA-TIED Dialogues – Research into Policy series. This policy dialogue will be hosted under the work stream...
Research seminar
9 Jun 2021 / 12:00
to
13:00
Public revenue
On 09 June the SA-TIED programme will host an online seminar on skills polarization in the South African labour market. The presentation will be given by Rob Davies and Dirk van Seventer under the SA-TIED...
Working paper
The demand for livestock-derived foods has steadily grown over the past decades and rising incomes and human populations are expected to see demand further increase. It is unclear if current livestock feed resources are adequately...
June 2021
Climate and energy
Policy dialogue
28 May 2021 / 10:00
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11:15
Enterprise development
On 28 May 2021, the SA-TIED programme will host its third online policy dialogue as part of its SA-TIED Dialogues – Research into Policy series. This policy dialogue will be hosted under the work stream...
In the media
During a speech to parliament on Tuesday, South Africa’s Minister of Social Development, Lindiwe Zulu, highlighted SA-TIED’s important research on COVID-19.
May 2021
Public revenue
In the media
During a speech to parliament on Thursday, South Africa’s Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, discussed the important work being carried out by the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme. Mboweni highlighted the achievements...
May 2021
Enterprise development
Public revenue
Macro modelling
Inequality
Climate and energy
Regional growth
Working paper
Analyses for water infrastructure investment planning must consider the interdependencies of local and regional water, energy, food, and environmental systems. This highly complex decision problem requires decision support tools to objectively determine the multi-sector economic...
May 2021
Climate and energy
Working paper
The WHAT-IF model was applied to Southern Africa to investigate the impact of climate change and variability on water infrastructure investment planning for the Zambezi River Basin. Zambezi water investment decisions are linked with the...
May 2021
Climate and energy
Working paper
Overall income inequality in South Africa is very high, and inequality generated in the labour market is a key driver of inequality. In this paper, I use the Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series, the General Household...
May 2021
Inequality
In the media
Murray Leibbrandt, Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town and a Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, published an article in New Frame this week.
May 2021
Inequality
Research seminar
21 May 2021 / 15:00
to
16:00
Public revenue
On 21 May the SA-TIED programme will host an online seminar on the distributional effects of medical expenditure considerations in South Africa. The presentation will be given by Senia Nhamo and Edinah Mudimu under the...
Policy dialogue
19 May 2021 / 14:00
to
15:30
On 19 May 2021, TIPS is hosting a development dialogue on the economic impact of COVID-19 on SADC. As in the rest of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic had a severe economic fall-out in southern...
Policy dialogue
12 May 2021 / 15:00
to
16:15
Climate and energy
On 12 May, the SA-TIED programme will host its second online policy dialogue as part of its SA-TIED Dialogues – Research into Policy series. This policy dialogue will be hosted under the work stream on...
Working paper
We study the role of trade credit in enhancing the resilience of financially constrained firms from 2010 to 2017. Implicit borrowing in trade finance allows financially constrained firms to bridge the financing gap, expand employment...
May 2021
Enterprise development
Working paper
The aim of this paper is to assess South Africa’s fiscal multiplier across different states of the economy, with a focus on the financial accelerator mechanism of fiscal policy shocks, by estimating impulse response functions...
May 2021
Macro modelling
Working paper
This study investigates the impacts of public expenditure innovations on exchange rate volatility in South Africa using quarterly data for the period 1970–2019. To achieve this objective, a version of the vector autoregressive impulse response...
May 2021
Macro modelling