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Glossary & Templates – Review

Policy bulletins are standalone research reports of approximately 3 000 to 5 000 using academic and grey literature and secondary data to propose and recommend policy options to address an economic policy challenge.

A policy brief is a supplementary report of no more than three pages that can be easily understood and quickly absorbed by the media, civil society and policymakers.

Economic Notes are articles that offer insightful analyses of economic research and policy, distilled for clarity and published to encourage dialogue and engagement.

Our Conferences are based on an open call to researchers within a specific subject area, as per the Request for Proposals. They include panel discussions after a set of thematically aligned presentations and are attended by both local and international policymakers and academics in the field.

Our Seminars are a platform where distinguished experts in the field discuss policy implications of research outputs, such as policy-relevant working papers or policy bulletins, directly with policymakers. These are broadcast live to a wider audience.

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Welcome to our working paper submission page. Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) will consider and accept submissions of complete working papers within the five broad research themes.

Working papers

ERSA working paper series holds an in-depth range of economics research and disseminates it to the wider Economics community to encourage comments and discussion. Papers posted here are in progress and considered to be pre-publication versions of academic journal articles, book chapters, or reviews. The Working Paper Series is also available on the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) website.

Policy Paper

ERSA’s Policy Papers are technical, collaborative research papers that explore economic issues and identify policy recommendations. They are conducted by researchers belonging to one or several policy institutions, and can be summarised into Policy Bulletins for ease of understanding.

Policy Brief

ERSA’s Policy Briefs are summarised versions of policy research that identify an economic issue and potential policy solutions and recommendations based on the research. They include graphs, charts and other visual aids that explain the essence of the research. Authors can be contacted for further information on their research.

Research

Request for proposals

We invite you to submit your papers for any of our upcoming initiatives. If you are interested in participating in one of our future projects, please select the initiative below and we’ll notify you regarding the next steps. Alternatively, you can also submit a working paper for research aligned with one of our economic research themes under the Working Paper Submission section in the Research menu tab.