Events
- Venue Johannesburg
African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) APORDE is an annual training programme that brings together academics, policymakers and civil society representatives to investigate economic development options. It aims to build capacity in economics and economic policymaking. The course is run for two weeks and consists of lectures and seminars…
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- Date Thursday, 17 August 2017
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Neva Makgetla, Mbongeni Ndlovu, Philippa Rodseth, Xhanti Payi
- For enquiries or to register please contact daphney@tips.org.za
Presentations Agro-processing: Manufacturing Circle input to the dti regarding opportunities for transformation and growth through an APSS solution - Philippa Rodseth Aro-processing: An opportunity for manufacturing growth - value chains - Neva Makgetla and Mbongeni Ndlovu Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker (MCIT) Q1 & Q2 findings: Xhanti Payi Background Since 1998 food processing…
- Date Monday, 26 June 2017
- Time 13.30-16.00
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk,Pretoria
- Main Speakers Wytske Chamberlain (University of Pretoria), Tracy Ledger (TIPS Research Associate)
- For enquiries or to register please contact daphney@tips.org.za
Presentations on two recent books Inclusive Business in Agriculture. What, how and for whom? Critical insights based on South African cases: presentation by Wytske Chamberlain (University of Pretoria) An Empty Plate: Why we are losing the battle for our food system, why it matters, and how we can win it…
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- Date Monday, 04 September 2017
- Venue Johannesburg (to be confirmed)
- For enquiries or to register please contact rozale@tips.org.za
IMMP 2017 4-8 SEPTEMBER 2017: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) is holding the first edition of the Industrial Policy for Policy Makers training programme (IPPM) alongside the annual African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE). The programme is for senior government officials from South Africa and…
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- IPPM Application Forum 2017 (4679 Downloads)
- Date Wednesday, 31 May 2017
- Time 13.30-16.00
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Sandy Lowitt and Neva Makgetla (TIPS) Discussant: Garth Strachan (Department of Trade and Industry)
- For enquiries or to register please contact rozale@tips.org.za
Presentations Practical Ideas in Heterodox Industrial Policy Thinking: Sandy Lowitt (TIPS Research Fellow)South Africa's Industrial Policy - by the Numbers: Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist) Discussant: Garth Strachan (DDG: Industrial Development Division, Department of Trade and Industry) Background Industrial Policy in the 21st century has fundamentally changed in nature. (Largely)…
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- Muting of expectations - some current heterodox thinking on industrial policy (1717 Downloads)
- South Africa’s industrial policy - by the numbers (1714 Downloads)
- Date Tuesday, 04 April 2017
- Time 13h30-16h00
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Rod Crompton, Judith Fessehaie, Simon Roberts (CCRED), Neva Makgetla, Asanda Fotoyi (TIPS)
- For enquiries or to register please contact rozale@tips.org.za
Presentation and Panel Discussion Rod Crompton and Judith Fessehaie (CCRED)Simon Roberts (CCRED) Neva Makgetla and Asanda Fotoyi Discussant: Edwin Ritchkin Background The presentation by Rod Crompton will discuss the impact of public procurement policy on Transnet's procurement of 1064 railway locomotives as an instrument to develop local rail rolling stock…
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- Date Wednesday, 08 February 2017
- Venue TIPS
- Main Speakers Baba-Tamana Gqubule (TIPS), Xhanti Payi (Nascence Advisory & Research), Christopher Wood (TIPS), Kelello Mashiane (TIPS), Moleboheng Ntene (SARS)
- For enquiries or to register please contact daphney@tips.org.za
Presentation and Panel Discussion Baba-Tamana Gqubule (TIPS) and Xhanti Payi (Nascence Advisory & Research): Presentation on Outcomes of the latest quarterly Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker Christopher Wood (TIPS) and Kelello Mashiane (TIPS): Presentation on FDI Data Moleboheng Ntene (Reserve Bank): Presentation on Reserve Bank data Discussant from the dti Background…
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- Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker MCIT Q4 - TIPS presentation (1688 Downloads)
- Manufacturing Circle Investment Tracker MCIT Q4 - Xhanti Payi (1609 Downloads)
- FDI Projects Database - TIPS presentation (2197 Downloads)
- Foreign direct investment flows and stocks - Reserve Bank (1747 Downloads)
- Date Tuesday, 24 January 2017
- Time 13h30-16h00
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Faizel Ismail, Malose Letsoalo, Christopher Wood, Tinashe Kapuya
- For enquiries or to register please contact natasha@tips.org.za
Presentation and Panel Discussion: Faizel Ismail – TIPS and UCT: AGOA - A Game of Chicken Malose Letsoalo – Department of Trade and IndustrY Christopher Wood – TIPS: Making the Best of AGOA through Export Promotion Policies Tinashe Kapuya - Agricultural Business Chamber: An Agriculture Industry Perspective Background The importance…
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- US-SA trade relations and AGOA (1870 Downloads)
- SA-US AGOA Negotiations A Game of Chicken (5176 Downloads)
- AGOA and export promotion policies (2046 Downloads)
- Balancing complex interests in agriculture (1675 Downloads)
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- Date Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, Christopher Wood, Shakespear Mudombi (TIPS)
TIPS Development Dialogue on behalf of Partnership for Action on Green Economy DESIGNING POLICY FRAMEWORKS FOR A CLIMATE-COMPATIBLE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT TRANSITION IN SOUTH AFRICA The South African Government is progressively introducing the policy changes aimed at supporting the transition to a sustainable development pathway. These processes aim to manage a balancing act…
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- Climate change and industrial development in South Africa (1854 Downloads)
- Developing green trade and industry opportunities in South Africa (1971 Downloads)
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), hosting the 2017 Annual Forum from 13 to14 June, 2017. Supported by the European Union and the Department of Trade and Industry. The…
- Date Wednesday, 02 November 2016
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 234 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Alec Erwin, Ubu Holdings and Sithembiso Mtanga (TIPS)
BUILDING A VALUE CHAIN FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IN AFRICA The Nigerian Market for automobiles is substantial and can readily sustain an automobile industry. In 2012, the country imported about $4 billion worth of automobiles of which about two thirds were pre-owned. Estimated annualdemand for vehicles is over half a…
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- Venue Pretoria and Johannesburg
African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) APORDE is an annual training programme that brings together academics, policymakers and civil society representatives to investigate economic development options. It aims to build capacity in economics and economic policymaking. The course is run for two weeks and consists of lectures and seminars…
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- APORDE 2016 public seminars (6216 Downloads)
- Alice Amsden Memorial lecture - Malusi Gigaba, Minister of Home Affairs (7414 Downloads)
- Date Monday, 05 September 2016
- Time 18:30 for 19:00
- Venue Braamfontein Campus Senate Room, 2nd Floor, Senate House. Wits University, Johannesburg
- Main Speakers Malusi Gigaba, Minister of Home Affairs
- For enquiries or to register please contact rozale@tips.org.za
Alice Amsden Memoria Lecture Topic: The State-Business Relationship and Industrial Policy Speaker: Malusi Gigaba, Minister of Home Affairs About the Speaker Malusi Gigaba is the Minister of Home Affairs. He was South Africa's Public Enterprises Minister and prior to this appointment, he was the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs for South Africa. Gigaba is…
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- Date Saturday, 06 August 2016
- Time 14:00
- Venue Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), 227 Lange Street, Pretoria
- Main Speakers José Gabriel Palma and Kate Philip (discussant)
- For enquiries or to register please contact rozale@tips.org.za
- Organisation Economies of Regions Learning Network in association with the African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE)
TOPIC South Africa is among a small group of uniquely unequal countries; if inequality acts as a constraint on growth – and greater equity unlocks it – how does it do so? What are the transmission mechanisms that lead to this effect? Can it be assumed that all forms of…
- Date Thursday, 01 September 2016
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 227 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Professor Karl Ove Moene
The economies in Scandinavia have for long periods had high work effort, small wage differentials, high productivity, and a generous welfare state. The seminar will explore the economic and political equilibrium in these economies and how they combine models of collective wage bargaining, creative job estruction, and welfare spending. The presenter…
- Date Thursday, 28 July 2016
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 227 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Dr Neva Mkagetla
TIPIC: STEEL - WHERE TO FROM HERE? The steel industry is in crisis, with a significant decline in local production, falling prices and global overcapacity. The crisis has seen the dissolution of Evraz Highveld and threats to other major producers. In response, the government is seeking ways to ensure that…
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- Steel - where to from here? (1949 Downloads)
The TIPS Annual Forum 2016 was held in partnership with the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development and the SARChI Chair in Industrial Development at the University of Johannesburg, and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), and in association with the Departments of Trade and…
- Date Friday, 27 May 2016
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 227 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Baba-Tamana Gqubule; Sithembiso Mtanga
TOPIC: PRESENTATION OF THE LATEST QUARTERLY MANUFACTURING BULLETIN Understanding the trends and views of manufacturing firms contributes to improved implementation of sector strategies and industrial policy. The Quarterly Manufacturing Bulletin is an initiative of the Manufacturing Circle that provides current views of manufacturing firms and an analysis of trends in…
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- Date Wednesday, 09 March 2016
- Time 10:30 to 12:00
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 227 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
BACKGROUND Coming out of the Malaysian experience on a ‘Big Fast Results’ methodology, South Africa ran an Operation Phakisa on the ocean economy. Operation Phakisa is a results-driven approach, involving setting clear plans and targets, on-going monitoring of progress and making these results public. The Phakisa looked at the untapped…
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- development_dialogue_-_oceans_economy_and_abalone_industry.pdf (1824 Downloads)
- Date Monday, 22 February 2016
- Venue TIPS Boardroom, 227 Lange St, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria
TOPIC: PRESENTATION OF THE LATEST QUARTERLY MANUFACTURING BULLETIN The quarterly manufacturing bulletin is an initiative of the Manufacturing Circle. It serves to provide an analysis of firm level trends in the South African manufacturing sector. The focus of this development dialogue will be to present the fourth quarter, 2015, manufacturing…
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