Events
- Date Monday, 19 November 2007
- Organisation UNCTAD
The UNCTAD Virtual Institute (VI) builds capacity in developing and least developed countries by providing universities and research institutions with tools to enhance their knowledge and expertise in trade, investment and development issues. In cooperation with the Division on Africa and the Least Developed Countries and the Trade Analysis Branch…
�Â� The successful and rapid progression of the Eastern and Southern African integration process needs to be underpinned by comprehensive expertise from the region, including government, the private sector, non-governmental organisations and academics. Regional integration has become increasingly important and affects many countries worldwide. The importance of regional integration for…
- Date Wednesday, 29 August 2007
- Venue BUSA Offices, 1st Floor, 3 Gwen Lane, Sandton, Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact RSVP: Judy Govender (by Friday 24 August)Email: Judy.Govender@wits.ac.zaTel: (011) 339 2021Fax: (011) 339 2154
Liberalisation of goods trade has enjoyed substantial advances in Southern Africa in recent years, notably through the SADC and COMESA free trade agreements (FTAs). Notwith-standing ongoing problems with rules of origin pertaining to tariff concessions, tariff rates have been reduced substantially and processes established to liberalize and/or harmonize services trade…
TIPS is pleased to announce the launch of a new development-focused research network funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). SADRN's broad objectives are to: Increase the supply of policy-relevant research in the SADC region by creating a pool of suitably-skilled researchers based in institutions in SADC, Improve the…
- Date Tuesday, 17 July 2007
TIPS is holding an introductory training workshop on basic market analysis for the National Department of Agriculture from 17 to 18 July 2007 in Pretoria. The course is based on the use of the International Trade Centre's (ITC's) online Market Analysis Tools - TradeMap, ProductMap and Market Access Map -…
- Date Thursday, 21 June 2007
- Venue Windhoek, Namibia
TIPS will conduct a Southern African Trade Database workshop on 21 June in Windhoek, Namibia as a follow-up to the workshop held in 2006, but this time the focus will be on the updated SADC trade data and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations, as well as on agricultural trade…
- Date Tuesday, 22 May 2007
- Venue Kopanong Conference Centre in Benoni, Johannesburg
- Organisation Overseas Development Institute
Since 2005 there have been two training workshops to equip interested individuals and organisations to prepare for the Economic Partnerships Agreement (EPA) negotiations. As the SADC EPA negotiations are now heading towards the final months, one more workshop is offered. The main focus will be extraction of data from the…
- Date Tuesday, 29 June 2004
- Venue Cape Town, South Africa
Over recent years, there has been an unprecedented increase in the scope and level of protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs), including patents, copyrights, trademarks, and geographical indications. This trend has generated new opportunities, but also new tensions around key public policy concerns such as public health, food security, education,…
- Date Monday, 01 January 2007
- Venue Cape Town, South Africa
- For enquiries or to register please contact Kennedy Mbekeani (BIDPA); E-mail: kennedym@bidpa.bw
Description Aimed at Researchers and Policy-Makers, this was an applied trade bargaining course developed to fulfil the role of preparing countries for the new round of trade negotiations. Participants were given readings to familiarise them with the WTO, its processes and the issues that will be negotiated. Abstract The World…
- Date Monday, 18 March 2002
- Venue Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact Dirk Ernst van Seventer; E-mail: dirk@tips.org.za
A short course presented by TIPS & UCT School of Economics Whilst most economic course work focuses either on macroeconomic relationships or on their micro foundations, at the practical level of public sector policy analysts and policy makers, considerable attention is paid to the intermediate or meso level of economic…
- Date Tuesday, 01 January 2002
- Venue Glenburn Lodge, Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact Rashad Cassim; E-mail: rashad@tips.org.za
The aim of the Annual Forum was to focus on major economic problems in the region and to evaluate the role of global integration therein. Taking stock of the economy is an important starting point for any serious discussion of globalisation. The Annual Forum will focussed primarily on the South…
- Date Monday, 09 July 2001
- Venue University of Cape Town
- For enquiries or to register please contact tips@tips.org.za
Whilst most economic course work focuses either on macroeconomic relationships or on their micro foundations, at the practical level of public sector policy analysts and policy makers, considerable attention is paid to the intermediate or meso level of economic analysis. Key sector analysis, sectoral impact studies, partial and general equilibrium…
- Date Monday, 01 July 2002
- Venue Cape Town
- For enquiries or to register please contact Lawrence Edwards; E-mail: Ledwards@commerce.uct.ac.za
The School of Economics at the University of Cape Town and the Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) ran an intensive computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling course in Cape Town between 1 July - 12 July. Professor Rob Davies from the University of Zimbabwe lectured the course.
- Date Monday, 10 March 2003
- Venue Johannesburg, South Africa
- For enquiries or to register please contact Dirk Ernst van Seventer; Telephone: 011 6456404; E-mail: dirk@tips.org.za
The use of economic modelling techniques that capture economy-wide impacts of policy changes is growing in the South African academic, consulting and research circles. To cater for this increased demand, the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town in conjunction with the Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)…
- Date Monday, 30 June 2003
- Venue UCT, Cape Town
- For enquiries or to register please contact Lawrence Edwards; E-mail: Ledwards@commerce.uct.ac.za
The use of economic modelling techniques that capture economy-wide impacts of policy changes is growing in the South African academic, consulting and research circles. To cater for this increased demand, the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town in conjunction with International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) are…
- Date Monday, 29 March 2004
- Venue WITS University Gauteng
- For enquiries or to register please contact Dirk van Seventer; E-mail: dirk@tips.org.za
Input-output analysis, complemented by means of social accounting matrices is often used as a tool to conduct such meso-level economic enquiry. Researchers frequently use these tools to analyse the impact on production, the environment, prices, employment and income effects of policy related changes in international trade, taxes, fiscal policy and…
- Date Sunday, 04 July 2004
- Venue Johannesburg
- For enquiries or to register please contact Dirk Ernst van Seventer
The School of Economics at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) are running their fourth annual short course on computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling course in Johannesburg from 4/5-16 July 2004. The IT revolution has allowed techniques that were once the preserve…
- Date Monday, 04 April 2005
- For enquiries or to register please contact Dirk van Seventer; E-mail: dirk@tips.org.za
Input-output analysis, complemented by means of social accounting matrices is often used as a tool to conduct such meso-level economic enquiry. Researchers frequently use these tools to analyse the impact on production, the environment, prices, employment and income effects of policy related changes in international trade, taxes, fiscal policy and…
- Date Thursday, 27 October 2005
- Venue Gallagher Estates, Midrand.
- For enquiries or to register please contact Thembi Mlangeni; E-mail: Thembim@thedti.gov.za
The Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations is underway at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). With no prospect of a successful conclusion of the negotiations by the agreed deadline of 1 January 2005, the WTO General Council agreed in July 2004 to adopt a work programme that seeks to accelerate…