Events
- Date Tuesday, 18 October 2011
- Venue TIPS Offices, 826 Government Avenue, Corner of Percy, Pretoria
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Main Speakers
Trudi Hartzenberg is the Executive Director of the Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (tralac). She is an economist specialised in trade, industrial and competition policy, regional integration andindustrial organisation. She has taught at a number of Universities in South Africa as well as abroad in Denmark. She has worked on assignment for a number of international institutions including the IMF, African Development Bank and the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Lesley Wentworth has worked for over a decade on research and technical assistance in the area of FDI marketing and promotion. After several years at the World Bank agency, MIGA, she returned to South Africa and has worked as an independent consultant on socio-economic development projects, particularly in Africa.
Competition policy is playing an increasingly significant role in the trade and investment environment in South Africa. According to a 2010 IMF report, there is a high degree of product market restrictiveness in South Africa that is partly exacerbated by anti-competitive behaviour in the markets. This is regarded as being…
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- Date Wednesday, 21 September 2011
- Venue RSVP by email: Ipeleng@tips.org.za to confirm attendance.
- Main Speakers Professor Jenkins will be accompanied by Lawrence Edwards from the University of Cape Town during this visit.
- For enquiries or to register please contact RSVP by email: Ipeleng@tips.org.za to confirm attendance.
- Organisation TIPS, IDRC
TIPS has the pleasure to invite you to a preliminary project workshop to discuss the impact of China on South Africa. This project, sponsored by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, is headed by Rhys Jenkins from the University of East Anglia. While the objective of the workshop…
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- Date Thursday, 14 July 2011
- Venue Arusha, Tanzania
Call for papers: TRAPCA is therefore calling for papers addressing the following themes for the Trade policy Forum 2011. 1) The Turn towards Regional and Bilateral Agreements This session will track the trend towards regional and bilateral trade agreements and seek to account for their rise and consider its implications…
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- Date Sunday, 28 August 2011
- Venue Geneva, Switzerland
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Main Speakers
Prof. Melaku Desta, The Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy. (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, UK
Prof. Simon Evenett, Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research (SIAW-HSG), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Prof. Kelly Sims Gallagher, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy (CIERP), The Fletcher School, USA and Harvard Belfer Center
Moderation:
Doaa Abdel Motaal (TBC), Counsellor in the Office of the Director-General of the WTO. - For enquiries or to register please contact Johannes Schwarzer on johannes.schwarzer@oikosinternational.org
- Organisation International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
The five-day programme will encompass participants' paper presentations, guest lectures, professional development roundtables and social events. Participants also have the opportunity to apply their insights and skills in a practitioner day with the International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) in Geneva. Application To allow in-depth discussions the oikos…
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- Date Monday, 06 June 2011
- Venue TIPS Office - 826 Government Avenue - Arcadia - PTA
- Main Speakers Prof. James Manor
- Organisation TIPS
In 2005, India introduced the world's first employment guarantee, creating new meaning for the concept of a right to work. This is achieved through the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, established through an act of parliament (NREGA), which gives every rural household the right to demand 100 days of employment…
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- Date Thursday, 01 December 2011
- Venue Le Meridien Hotel, Mauritius
- For enquiries or to register please contact v.tandrayen@uom.ac.mu and b.seetanah@uom.ac.mu
- Organisation Organized by the University of Mauritius and the WTO Chairs Programme
Globalisation is often cited as the dominant international economic trend stimulating the opening of the world economy. Many developing nations have significantly reduced their tariffs, opened their services sectors, and embraced foreign investment either unilaterally, or in bilateral trade agreements. Similarly, many rich nations including BRICs have had favourable experiences…
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- Date Tuesday, 16 November 2010
- Main Speakers Stephen Gelb
Introduction China became South Africa's biggest trading partner in 2009, when total trade between the two countries amounted to US$14.1 billion (ZAR119.5 billion). China's appearance at the top of the rankings was partly due to the global recession, which affected trade levels of the industrialised countries far more than those…
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- foreign_direct_investment_links_between_south_africa.pdf (2423 Downloads)
- Date Monday, 18 July 2011
- Venue Madrid, Spain
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For enquiries or to register please contact
Tobias Hausotter ICAP Project Manager
tobias.hausotter@icapcarbonaction.com
Phone: � (0) 30 308 77 60 81
Fax: � (0) 30 308 77 60 89 - Organisation ICAP Summer School
International Carbon Action Partnership are running a summer school and have called for applications to attend. This is an excellent opportunity for policy makers in developing (and developed) countries who want to know about the practical steps in implementing Emissions Trading Schemes. It takes place in July and the deadline…
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- icap_2011_tc_spain_preliminary_program.pdf (4229 Downloads)
- Date Tuesday, 12 April 2011
- Venue 826 Government Ave, Corner of Percy, Arcadia, Pretoria
Dr Lederman will present his recent research piece prepared with William F. Maloney, Lead Economist from the Development Economics Research Group of the World Bank. Dr Maloney has published extensively on issues related to international trade and finance, informality, developing country labour markets, innovation and growth. Dr Lederman will be…
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- Date Friday, 11 March 2011
- For enquiries or to register please contact THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Dirk via email on denves@xtra.co.nz
- Organisation DTI & Wits
DTI in conjunction with Wits is soon to be launching this programme which is of interest for capacity building of staff in the areas of industrial policy and economic development. Please could you circulate to relevant staff. Applications must be submitted to Hellen Mogoshao no later than Friday 11 March.…
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- Date Monday, 01 August 2011
- Venue University of Mauritius
- Organisation ILO & UOM
The Masters of Science in Social Protection Financing is designed to enhance national capacities of managers and financial specialists responsible for the financial planning and management of social protection schemes, including cash transfers and social insurance programmes, as well as personnel working in government ministries in charge of social protection…
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- Date Monday, 22 August 2011
- Venue 826 Government Ave, Arcadia, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Dirk van Seventer & Prof Rob Davies
- For enquiries or to register please contact RSVP to Ipeleng at ipeleng@tips.org.za.
- Organisation TIPS
In 2011 TIPS will be holding a workshop combining both levels of modelling, i.e., Economy-Wide Policy Impact Analysis and CGE modelling. The workshop will be structured so that participants can select whether to attend the whole event, to complete only that part dealing with Economy-Wide Policy Impact Analysis or, if…
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- Date Monday, 17 January 2011
- Organisation UOM
Call for Research Proposal Proposals for research projects are hereby solicited from African researchers on subject areas in line with the WTO mandates and objectives. In particular, for the 2011 Edition, we welcome proposals addressing, but not limited to the following themes: * Trade issues in energy, natural resources, and…
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- Date Friday, 25 March 2011
- Venue TIPS Boardroom - 826 Government Ave, Arcadia, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Stephen Timm, Mike Herrington
The discussion will draw on information gathered on a face to face basis by Stephen Timm from entrepreneurs and government agencies in Brazil, India and South Africa in 2010. The discussion will focus on the following issues: How can business support, a culture of entrepreneurship, market support (set-asides) and finance…
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- Date Friday, 12 August 2011
- Venue TIPS Offices, 826 Government Avenue, Corner of Percy, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Willam Mbuta, Trudi Hartzenberg & Paul Kruger
William Mbuta was the Science and Technology Development Officer at the National Science and Technology Council of Zambia before becoming assistant general manager in the area of policy research at a Chamber of Mines; he them worked at the SADC Secretariat where he was Programme Officer – Industrial Policy at…
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- Date Friday, 21 January 2011
- Venue 826 Government Ave, Arcadia, Pretoria
Jennifer Widner is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Director of the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for International Peace Justice at Princeton University. Before joining Princeton in 2004, she was Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and…
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APORDE 2011 African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) and the French Development Agency (AFD), with the support of the French Embassy in South Africa and organised by the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) are co-hosting the fifth African Programme on Rethinking…
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- Date Monday, 20 September 2010
- Venue 826 Government Ave, Arcadia, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Brent Cloete: Peet du Plooy
- Organisation TIPS
Brent Cloete from DNA Economics will discuss the motivation for a carbon tax, its history around the world, its likely economic, social and environmental impacts and the considerations for an optimal tax design. Peet du Plooy from TIPS will then consider the role that a carbon tax could potentially play…
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Alternative Energy Generation , Opportunity, Policy & International Comparison - TIPS & PDG Workshop
- Date Tuesday, 22 June 2010
- Venue Diep in Die Berg, Pretoria East
The Employment Promotion Programme run from UCT commissioned TIPS and PDG to establish priority Alternative Energy Generation technologies for South Africa. A comparison of international experience in other developing nations will help inform a recommended policy response to support growth in the sector, while extracting the maximum developmental benefit.…
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- Saliem_-_The_energy_mix_and_industrialisation.pdf (3894 Downloads)
- Date Friday, 07 May 2010
- Venue TIPS Offices, 826 Government Avenue, Corner of Percy, Pretoria
- Main Speakers Dr. Matthew Stern and Prof. Roman Grynberg
- Organisation TIPS
Dr. Matthew Stern & Prof. Roman Grynberg The SACU Revenue Sharing Formula: Looking Backwards & Thinking Forwards Chair: Xavier Carim, ITED (the DTI) Xavier Carim is deputy director-general of International Trade & Economic Development at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). He was previously chief director in the ITED division…
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