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Request for Proposals: Back to inflation

Back to inflation In the wake of the global financial crisis (GFC),...

Published: 6 November 2023

Call for Work

Dr Channing Arndt on Building back fairer from the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa

Post-pandemic, South Africa’s economy finds itself in a constrained...

Published: 19 November 2021

Podcast

Isaah Mhlanga on a positive MTBPS: getting to know Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana

After our new Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his first...

Published: 12 November 2021

Podcast

Part 4: Building back for a sustainable future

The discussion is based on two papers: “Building back fairer ...

Published: 10 November 2021

Dialogue

Dr Matthew Stern on understanding South Africa’s trade policy and performance

An issue often overlooked in many discussions is that of exports an...

Published: 5 August 2021

Podcast

Part 3: International perspectives and South Africa’s trade policy

The discussion is based on two papers: Covid-19 and Lockdown Polici...

Published: 29 July 2021

Dialogue

Prof Andreas Wörgötter on addressing current and persisting challenges in South Africa’...

At a time when tensions are rising due to growing inequality and un...

Published: 23 July 2021

Podcast

Part 2: Recovery policies and labour utilization

The discussion is based on two research papers: Recovering from COV...

Published: 16 July 2021

Dialogue

Prof Nicola Viegi on evaluating the near future of monetary policy in SA: Sailing into ...

Only three times in the last century has monetary policy been re-ev...

Published: 1 July 2021

Podcast

Part 1: Monetary policy and Covid-19 in South Africa

The discussion is based on Sailing into the Wind: evaluating the (n...

Published: 1 July 2021

Dialogue

Timothy Köhler on SA’s labour market: is a national lockdown as severe as we think?

It is just over a year since South Africa had to succumb to what wa...

Published: 21 May 2021

Podcast

Isaah Mhlanga on permanent spending habits: what to listen for while politicians campaign

It is not often that a country has an opportunity to allocate windf...

Published: 30 April 2021

Podcast

Sailing into the Wind: evaluating the (near) future of Monetary Policy in South Africa

Policy Paper 25 This paper evaluates the main challenges facing Sou...

Published: 9 April 2021

Policy Paper

Impact of technological progress on carbon emissions in different country income groups

This study examines the complex relationship between carbon emissio...

Published: 23 March 2021

Working Paper

Dr Chris Loewald on Lockdown Learnings: monetary policy leeway during a pandemic

Shortly after the October MPR, ERSA’s host sat down with Dr Chris L...

Published: 16 October 2020

Podcast

Alex van den Heever on South Africa’s public healthcare response to the COVID-19 pandem...

In this podcast Prof. Alex van den Heever, the Chair of Social Secu...

Published: 15 April 2020

Podcast

Chris Loewald on the Monetary Policy response to the Coronavirus pandemic in South Afri...

Amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic and an economic downgrade, we speak...

Published: 8 April 2020

Podcast

Nicola Viegi on the potential impact of the Coronavirus on South Africa: policy co-ordi...

In this podcast, Prof. Nicola Viegi, the Deputy Director of ERSA an...

Published: 8 April 2020

Podcast

Prof. Johanne Fedderke on the differential impact of the Coronavirus as of end of March...

Professor Johannes W. Fedderke, the Director of ERSA speaks to our ...

Published: 8 April 2020

Podcast