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Call for conference papers: Cities as Potential Drivers of Economic Growth and Prosperity

ERSA is organising a two-day conference for academics, policymakers...

Bradley Kent

Call for Papers

Delivering a difficult MTBPS

Running up to the elections next year, this was a difficult MTBPS t...

Margaux Giannaros, Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

Banks’ Physical Footprint and Financial Technology Adoption

Working Paper 888 Do physical bank branches moderate the diffusion ...

Bernardo Ricca, Lucas A. Mariani, José Renato H. Ornelas

Working Paper

South Africa’s future will be decided in our cities

Discussion Document 14 South Africa’s cities face multiple, overlap...

Dieter von Fintel, Justin Visagie, Ivan Turok, Takwanisa Machemedze, Claus Rabe, Sebastian Galiani, Edward Glaeser

Discussion Document

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

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

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

Matthew Stern

Podcast

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

The discussion is based on two papers: and Understanding South Afr...

Sherman Robinson, Montford Mlachila, Matthew Simmonds, Marianne Matthee, Matthew Stern

Dialogue

Isaah Mhlanga on SA Budget 2021: Good news from SA’s 2020 Monetary and Fiscal Policy De...

Joining ERSA’s host in this podcast is Isaah Mhlanga, a Chief Econo...

Isaah Mhlanga

Podcast

The effects of technology intensity in manufacturing on CO2 emissions: Evidence from de...

Industrialisation is recognised as important for developing countri...

Fiona Tregenna, Elvis K. Avenyo

Working Paper

Nicola Viegi on the South African economic response to the Coronavirus: policies and pr...

Nicola Viegi, Deputy Director of ERSA, talks with Margaux G on the ...

Nicola Viegi

Podcast

The J-Curve Phenomenon: Evidence from Commodity Trade Between South Africa and the Unit...

Across the world, efforts by countries to gain international compet...

Hammed Amusa, David Fadiran

Policy Brief

Risk Preferences and the Impact of Credit and Insurance on Farm Technology Uptake

We use a series of credit and insurance simulation games to test th...

Martine Visser, Kerri Brick, Hafsah Jumare

Working Paper

Regional economic effects of changes in South Africa's electricity generation mix

This paper examines the long-run regional economic effects within S...

Jonathan M. Horridge, Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Heinrich R. Bohlmann, Lardo Stander, Elizabeth L. Roos

Working Paper

The Comfort of the Future: The Role of Social Norms in Constructing the Ideal towards S...

In light of the high energy consumption associated with Heating Ven...

Joseph O. Akotey, Nyankomo Marwa, Love O. Idahosa

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

Does Infrastructure Really Explain Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Given the well-known public infrastructure deficit in Sub-Saharan A...

Odongo Kodongo, Kalu Ojah

Policy Brief

The Interdependence between the Saving Rate and Technology across Regimes: Evidence fro...

This paper hypothesises that the saving rate and technological prog...

Kevin S. Nell, Maria M. De Mello

Policy Brief

The Nexus between Infrastructure (Quantity and Quality) and Economic Growth

This paper examines the growth effects of infrastructure stock and ...

Chengete Chakamera, Paul Alagidede

Working Paper

Does Infrastructure Really Explain Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa?

In the light of Africa’s palpable deficit in public infrastructure,...

Odongo Kodongo, Kalu Ojah

Working Paper

The Impact of Basic and Social Infrastructure Investment on Economic Growth and Social ...

Basic and social infrastructure investment can assist in addressing...

Derick Blaauw, Talita Dalton-Greyling, Henk Gnade

Policy Brief

Construction, institutions and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa

The construction sector in developing countries has propelled econo...

Jones O. Mensah, Paul Alagidede

Policy Brief

Output Decomposition in the Presence of Input Quality Effects: A Stochastic Frontier Ap...

How do physical capital accumulation and Total Factor Productivity ...

Yasmina R. Limam, Stephen M. Miller, Giampaolo Garzarelli

Policy Brief

Foreign Firm Ownership and Productivity Spillovers in the Southern African Development ...

The study uses firm level data from the World Bank Enterprise Surve...

John P. Dunne, Nicholas Masiyandima

Working Paper

The role of international institutions of global governance in steering globalization

Globalization is a historical process, as it traces back to the 14t...

Charles V. R. Wait, T. A. Thibane

Working Paper

Programmatic Procurement: A Political Economy Review of the Transnet Freight Rail Compe...

Public procurement policies in a nation such as South Africa do not...

Ayabonga Cawe

Policy Brief

Programmatic Procurement: A Political Economy Review of the Transnet Freight Rail Compe...

Procurement policies in a country like South Africa have been targe...

Ayabonga Cawe

Working Paper

Programmatic Procurement: A Political Economy Review of the Transnet Freight Rail Compe...

Procurement policies in a country like South Africa have been targe...

Ayabonga Cawe

Working Paper

Institutional dynamics and capital accumulation: Evidence from Namibia and Tanzania

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of institutions ...

Bernhard P. Zaaruka

Working Paper

Infrastructure development and economic growth in South Africa: A review of the accumul...

Policy Paper 12 This paper provides a broad overview of the relatio...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Rob Garlick

Policy Paper

International benchmarking of South Africa’s infrastructure performance

Policy Paper 07 The paper provides a first systematic, comprehensiv...

Johannes W. Fedderke, Željko Bogetic

Policy Paper

From chimera to prospect: South African sources of and constraints on long-term growth,...

Policy Paper 01 The paper takes stock of South Africa’s past growth...

Johannes W. Fedderke

Policy Paper

Measuring the indirect costs associated with the establishment of a wind farm: An appli...

Although a green energy source, the location of electrical generati...

Mario du Preez, Gordon Menzies, Michael C. Sale, Stephen G. Hosking

Working Paper