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Gracelin Baskaran on how environmental policies may impact South African trade

One month after COP28, we record our first podcast of 2024. As the ...

Margaux Giannaros, Gracelin Baskaran

Podcast

What do we expect from the MTBPS?

Prior to last year’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) th...

Margaux Giannaros, Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

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

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

Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

Optimal Targeted Lockdowns in a Multi-Group SIR Model

We study targeted lockdowns in a multi-group SIR model where infect...

Michael D. Whinston, Victor Chernozhukovz, Iván Werning, Daron Acemoglu

Working Paper

Pricing electricity blackouts among South African households

Lack of information about households’ welfare losses could lead to ...

Johane Dikgang, Nomsa P. Nkosi

Policy Brief

South African attitudes about nuclear power: The case of the nuclear energy expansion p...

Excessive use of fossil fuels is widely acknowledged as one of the ...

Nomsa P. Nkosi, Johane Dikgang

Policy Brief

Rural Electrification policy: The potential in micro hydro electricity

Developing countries particularly those within the Sub-Saharan Afri...

Mary Karumba, Edwin Muchapondwa

Policy Brief

Pricing electricty blackout among South African households

South African households, like households in many other developing ...

Nomsa P. Nkosi, Johane Dikgang

Working Paper

The importance of new power generation in South Africa

The lack of adequate and reliable electricity supply has been direc...

Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Jessika A. Bohlmann, Heinrich R. Bohlmann

Policy Brief

Exploring Unbalanced Growth in South Africa: Understanding the Sectoral Structure of th...

This paper explores the reasons for the unbalanced growth structure...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Working Paper

Is Water Shedding Next?

South Africa is in the grip of an electricity crisis marked by a eu...

Jan H. van Heerden, James N. Blignaut

Working Paper

How an electricity tax will affect the South African economy

An electricity tax imposed at the point of production in South Afri...

Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Reyno Seymore, Jan H. van Heerden, James N. Blignaut, Philip D. Adams

Policy Brief