Tim Köhler, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill, 26 May 2023 About three years have passed since the South African government introduced the COVID-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) in response to the pandemic and associated lockdown...

On 4 May 2023, representatives from the European Union, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and the South African Revenue Services (SARS) visited South Africa's National Treasury (NT) to learn more about the secure...

Submission deadline: 18 June 2023 Background United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), together with its partners, invites research proposals for the second phase of the Southern Africa Towards Inclusive Economic Development...

As part of a joint capacity building initiative between the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme and the Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI) a training event was held from 13–17...

South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. This income inequality is mostly due to high unemployment and large differences in wages. In South Africa today, economists and policymakers typically focus...

Technical Note 6 | This technical note describes the compilation of a 2019 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for South Africa. SAMs are economy-wide databases that are used together with analytical techniques to strengthen evidence-based policy...

The Employment Tax Incentive was introduced in 2014 in response to South Africa’s chronic structural youth unemployment crisis. Its aim was to encourage employers to hire young people by subsidizing their wages. ‘High youth unemployment,’...

Urbanization provides a unique opportunity to accelerate economic and social development across Africa. South Africa has some of the technical capabilities to support the process through systematic planning, institution building and investment in essential infrastructure...

Regional integration in Africa is underway but progress requires that the gains are widely spread. South Africa’s huge regional trade surplus in manufactured goods is leading to protectionist pressures in neighbouring countries. Agro-processing is a...

To mark International Women’s Day (IWD), the United Nations World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) is supporting this year’s United Nations Observance of IWD, DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality, through a United...

On April 4th, the SA-TIED team had the pleasure of meeting with Nelson Muffuh, the UN Resident Coordinator in South Africa, to discuss joint efforts aimed at promoting inclusive economic growth in the region. The...

The Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme will continue delivering on our mandates during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Some areas of programme operations however will be subject to temporary disruption during...

This paper estimates the distribution of personal wealth in South Africa by combining tax microdata, household surveys, and macroeconomic balance sheet statistics. We systematically compare estimates of the wealth distribution obtained by direct measurement of...

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. Murray argues that it is time to confront...

This paper explores how Southern Africa can leverage its mineral resources to support growth and industrialization. It considers the aggregate and spatial effects of transport infrastructure improvements, and the relative benefits of financing these investments...

On 4 April, a workshop centring on the main principles of macroeconomies takes place at the National Treasury of South Africa. The event focuses on current, international discussions on modern macroeconomic models, including their strengths...