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Foresight Africa 2023: A Southern African Perspective

Please join the Brookings Institution and Economics Research Southe...

Haroon Bhorat, Matthew Simmonds, Mamokete Lijane, Will Pearson, Aloysius Uche Ordu, Gracelin Baskaran

Dialogue

Structural Constraints on the Economcy, Growth and Political Economy Webinar

Monday 14 February 2022, Pascual Restrepo (Boston University), R...

Pascual Restrpo

Webinar

Policy Bulletin 02: Reflections on Aspects of Public Finance and Fiscal Policy in South...

After the COVID-19 crisis is over, South Africa will face a fiscal ...

Estian Calitz

Policy Bulletin

The political economy of palm oil expansion and deforestation in Indonesia

This paper studies the interactions between political and economic ...

Nunung Nuryartono, Krisztina Kis-Katosz, Elías Cisnerosy

Working Paper

Prof. Estian Calitz on Fiscal Sustainability in South Africa: what are the shortcomings...

Shortly after the Minister of Finance gave his Supplementary Budget...

Estian Calitz

Podcast

Late colonial antecedents of modern democracy

Some of the most contested questions in political science and polit...

Martin Rode, Christian Bjørnskov

Working Paper

CANCELLED: 'Structural Constraints on the Economy, Growth and Political Economy'

***Keynote Speaker*** Kenneth Scheve (Stanford) The second Economi...

Submit paper: 21 February 2020

Kenneth Scheve

Workshop

Annual Economic Research Southern Africa Workshop on ‘Structural Constraints on the Eco...

Keynote Speakers: Axel Dreher from Heidelberg University James Rob...

James Robinson, Axel Dreher

Workshop

Unfulfilled expectations and the emergence of the EFF

Populism in politics is not a new phenomenon. It has been present f...

Nonso Obikili

Policy Brief

To what extent does socio-economic status still affect household access to water and sa...

It is publically acknowledged that South Africa has recently met is...

Tamlyn McKenzie, Bruce Rhodes

Policy Brief

The impact of multinational enterprises on public governance institutions in areas of l...

We explore the interaction between Multinational Enterprises (MNEs)...

Dirk Hanekom, John M. Luiz

Policy Brief

Postliberation Politics: Evidence from Demographic Determinants of South Africa Voting ...

In this paper we examine demographic drivers of South African votin...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Margaux Giannaros

Working Paper

Recent Growth Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): What should Policy Makers in the...

The recent decades have witnessed a series of global turbulence wit...

Beatrice D. Simo-Kengne

Policy Brief

Politics, Finance and Growth

The University of Pretoria, in conjunction with the South African R...

‪Svetlana Andrianova‬, Robert Lensink, Peter Rousseau, Panicos Demetriades, David Fielding

Workshop

A Dream Deferred: the Microfoundations of Direct Political Action in Pre- and Post-demo...

Persistent protests might endanger the stability of young democraci...

Biniam E. Bedasso

Working Paper

The social and political case for promoting economic growth and broad-based innovation ...

Popular protest in South Africa has increased sharply in recent yea...

Biniam E. Bedasso

Policy Brief

Addressing structural change issues in the context of South Africa's political dispensa...

The current structure of South Africa’s economy is partly a product...

Biniam E. Bedasso

Policy Brief

Political transition in a small open economy: Retracing the economic trail of South Afr...

This paper seeks to offer an economic explanation for the emergence...

Biniam E. Bedasso

Working Paper

Democratisation in Africa: The Role of Self-Enforcing Constitutional Rules

Following several decades during which violent civil conflict was c...

Krige Siebrits, Ada Jansen, Sophia du Plessis

Working Paper

Democratisation in Africa: The Role of Self-Enforcing Constitutional Rules

Following several decades during which violent civil conflict was c...

Krige Siebrits, Ada Jansen, Sophia du Plessis

Working Paper

Lessons on governance for the move towards universal health coverage in South Africa

Goudge’s presentation emphasised that appropriate governance mechan...

Anja Smith

Policy Brief

Technical barriers to trade faced by South African SMME’s

Policy Paper 02 South Africa is an open economy, and, therefore, it...

Michael A. Peet, Steven F. Koch

Policy Paper

African Development Finance Policy Workshop

The Institute of Global Finance and Development at The Lancashire B...

University of Stellenbosch, Lancashire Business School, ERSA

Workshop

Quality of Institutions: Does Intelligence Matter?

This paper analyzes the e ect of the average level of intelligence ...

Oasis Kodila-Tedika, Isaac Kalonda-Kanyama

Working Paper

A theory of colonial goverance

This paper considers conditions of optimality in a co-optive strate...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Julius A. Agbor, Nicola Viegi

Working Paper

The politics of state, society and economy

Policy Paper (Interest) 06 The article takes issue with the way in ...

Policy Paper