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In the media
As South Africa commemorates Women’s Month, SA-TIED celebrates the women behind the programme, where over half of research published includes a woman co-author; 53% of participants in capacity-building activities are women; and, 57% of attendees...
August 2020
In the media
A stringent lockdown in South Africa came into effect on 26 March 2020 and shut down most sectors of the economy. New SA-TIED research on the impact of COVID-19 on the South African economy estimates...
July 2020
Macro-fiscal analysis
Climate and energy
In the media
Economist, and researcher under the work stream on climate change and energy , Faaiqa Hartley was interviewed by Knowable Magazine on her recent SA-TIED working paper Faster than you think: Renewable energy and developing countries...
January 28, 2020
Climate and energy
In the media
Channing Arndt, an expert in our SA-TIED programme and divisional Director of Environmental and Production Technology at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), appeared on Talk Radio 702 following several days of unseasonably heavy...
11 December, 2019
In the media
During a speech to parliament on Tuesday, 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...
26 November 2019
In the media
An expert with the SA-TIED programme was interviewed on an eNCA national news broadcast as the results of a recent SA-TIED Working Paper on widespread poverty and inequality cause concern in the country. Professor Murray...
28 August 2019
In the media
Murray Leibbrandt, who co-leads the SA-TIED work stream on Turning the tide on inequality , was interviewed by Financial Mail this week for a feature on poverty, inequality, and social mobility in South Africa. He...
August 2019
Labour market and inequality
In the media
Channing Arndt, an expert in our SA-TIED programme and divisional Director of Environmental and Production Technology at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), appeared on SABC following a policy workshop in Pretoria on 28-29...
August 2019
In the media
A working paper from the SA-TIED programme is the basis for an article on the gender wage gap in South Africa. The paper, titled 'Distributional changes in the gender wage gap in post-apartheid South African...
August 2019
Labour market and inequality
In the media
Another working paper from the SA-TIED programme has been the subject of a Financial Mail feature. The full coverage is available online as 'SAs VAT hike under scrutiny' with the byline, "New research suggests SA...
July 2019
Public revenue
In the media
A recent working paper from the SA-TIED programme’s body of new research has been featured in the largest business weekly in South Africa. The Financial Mail ’s feature is headlined: “Reserve Bank vindicated — the...
3 July 2019
In the media
A study by Simone Schotte, Rocco Zizzamia, and Murray Leibbrandt was cited in The Economist , 25 April 2019 print edition; the article is available online under the title Cyril Ramaphosa faces a daunting task...
3 May 2019
In the media
A new paper from the SA-TIED programme by University of Cape Town researcher Jacqueline Mosomi was the subject of an article first appearing on BusinessLive. The work sheds light on the difference between what men...
2 April 2019
Labour market and inequality
In the media
A new working paper from the SA-TIED programme on the costs of substituting coal-fired power with renewable energy in order to meet global goals on climate change has made headlines in South Africa. The first...
Climate and energy
In the media
On 31 January, the SA-TIED programme hosted a research results meeting and a poster presentation by SA-TIED's Young Scholars in Pretoria, South Africa. The day started with a very fruitful conversation on tackling unemployment and...
1 February, 2019
In the media
New working papers from SA-TIED on profit shifting and transfer mispricing have made headlines in South Africa. The research has renewed the ongoing conversation about the fair and effective taxation of multinational enterprises. To find...
15 January 2019