Speakers:
DINNER SPEAKER:
Trevor Manuel, Minister of Finance
PLENARY SESSION ONE
Keynote Speaker 1:
Overcoming
Government Failure in Infrastructure and Social Services.
Shanta Devarajan,
World Bank
Keynote Speaker 2:
Competition Law and Policy in Bad Times.
Dave Lewis,
Competition Commission
PLENARY SESSION
TWO
Keynote Speaker 1:
On Experimentation. Ravi Kanbur,
Cornell University
Keynote Speaker 2:
To Formalise or Not to Formalise? Comparisons of Microenterprise
Data from Southern and East Africa.
Alan Gelb, Taye Mengistae, Vijaya Ramachandran, Manju Kedia Shah,
World Bank
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Presentations |
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Tax Competition
and FDI: The Special Case of Developing Countries |
Celine Azemar,
University of Glasgow |
Tax
Competition and FDI: The Special Case of Developing Countries |
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The Welfare Cost
of Banking Regulation |
Fulbert Tchana
Tchana, University of Cape Town |
The Welfare Cost of Banking Regulation |
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Creating
Statistical Indicators of Macroprudential Stability to Guide
Financial Regulation in South Africa |
Luthando Mayekiso,
Statistics South Africa |
Creating Statistical Indicators of Macroprudential Stability to
Guide Financial Regulation in South Africa |
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The Decision to
Employ Women on Wine Farms: A Study of Wine Farms in the Five
Years after the Introduction of a Statutory Minimum Wage |
Beatrice Conradie,
University of Cape Town |
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Great
Expectations: Working Conditions since the End of Apartheid
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Nicolas
Pons-Vignon, University of the Witwatersrand, CSID & Ward
Anseeuw, University of Pretoria |
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Economic Growth, Poverty and Inequality in
South Africa: The First Decade of Democracy |
Haroon Bhorat & Carlene van der Westhuizen,
DPRU, University of Cape Town |
Economic Growth, Poverty and Inequality in South Africa: The
First Decade of Democracy |
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The Lazy Sons? The
Intra-Household Allocation of Work and Leisure in South Africa |
Martin
Wittenberg, University of Cape Town |
The Lazy Sons? The Intra-Household Allocation of Work and
Leisure in South Africa |
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Impact of
Municipal Regulations on SMMEs |
Henlo van
Nieuwenhuyzen, AFReC |
Impact of Municipal
Regulations on SMMEs |
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Local Government
and Municipal Regulation in Post-Apartheid South Africa |
Sonwabile Ngxiza,
Researcher: PC on Provincial & Local Government |
Local Government and Municipal Regulation in Post-Apartheid
South Africa |
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Overview of the
Financing and Impact of Capital Expenditure by Provincial and
Local Government |
David Savage |
Overview of the Financing and Impact of Capital Expenditure by
Provincial and Local Government |
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Exporting, Labour Demand and Wages in
South Africa |
Neil Rankin &
Volker Schöer,
University of the Witwatersrand |
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Understanding the
Role of Trade in Changing Patterns of Energy Use in South
African Industry |
Marcel Kohler,
University of KwaZulu-Natal |
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Determinants of
Educational Achievement in Maths and Science in South Africa |
Sha'ista Goga,
Genesis Analytics |
Determinants of Educational Achievement in Maths and Science in
South Africa |
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The Importance of
Socio-Economic Status in Determining Educational Achievement in
South Africa |
Stephen Taylor &
Derek Yu,
University of Stellenbosch |
The Importance of Socio-Economic Status in Determining
Educational Achievement in South Africa |
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Managing the
Teacher Pay System: What the Local and International Data are
Telling us |
Martin Gustafsson
& Firoz Patel, Department of Education |
Managing the Teacher Pay System: What the Local and
International Data are Telling us |
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Informal Work and
Labour Rights in South Africa |
Paul Benjamin, University of Cape Town |
Informal Work and Labour Rights in South Africa |
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A Regulatory Framework for Economic Regulation of Network
Industries in South Africa |
James Hodge, Genesis Analytics |
A Regulatory Framework for Economic Regulation of Network
Industries in South Africa |
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Economic Regulation of Network Industries. |
Cornel van Basten,
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies |
Economic Regulation of Network Industries. |
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Money, Credit and
Interest: Searching for a Credit Channel in South Africa |
Philippe Burger,
University of the Free State |
Money, Credit and Interest: Searching for a Credit Channel in
South Africa |
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The Environmental
Context for SMME Entrepreneurship in KwaZulu-Natal |
Darma Mahadea,
University of KwaZulu-Natal |
The Environmental Context for SMME Entrepreneurship in KwaZulu-Natal |
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Towards an
Optimal Competition Policy in South Africa: Post Chicago and the
Developmental State
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Liberty Mncube,
Junior Khumalo, Competition Commission South Africa
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Josephilda Nhlapo-Hlope, The Presidency |
Towards an Optimal Competition Policy in South Africa: Post
Chicago and the Developmental State |
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Market Power and Competition Concerns in
Food: A Review of Conduct and Outcomes Following Deregulation |
Neo Chabane, Mapato Rakhudu &
Simon Roberts, Competition Commission South Africa |
Market Power and Competition Concerns in Food: A Review of
Conduct and Outcomes Following Deregulation |
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Competition
Policy in South Africa: Addressing Efficiency and Development
Concerns? |
Trudi Hartzenberg,
Tralac |
Competition Policy in South Africa: Addressing Efficiency and
Development Concerns? |
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Unions and the
Gender Wage Gap in South Africa |
Daniela Casale
and Dorrit Posel, University of KwaZulu-Natal |
Unions and the Gender Wage Gap in South Africa |
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Trends in the
Gender Wage Gap and Gender Discrimination Among Part-Time and
Full-Time Workers in Post-Apartheid South Africa |
Colette Muller,
University of KwaZulu Natal |
Trends in the Gender Wage Gap and Gender Discrimination Among
Part-Time and Full-Time Workers in Post-Apartheid South Africa |
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Post-Apartheid
Trends in Gender Discrimination in South Africa: Analysis
through Decomposition Techniques |
Debra Shepherd,
University of Stellenbosch |
Post-Apartheid Trends in Gender Discrimination in South Africa:
Analysis through Decomposition Techniques |
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Poverty,
Inequality and the Role of Social Grants: An Analysis Through
Decomposition Techniques |
Paula Armstrong
and Cobus Burger, University of Stellenbosch |
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Taxation and
Gender Equity: Evidence from South Africa |
Daniela Casale &
Imraan Valodia, University of KwaZulu-Natal |
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Consumer Price Inflation Across the Income Distribution in South
Africa |
Morné Oosthuizen, DPRU, University of Cape Town |
Consumer Price Inflation Across the Income Distribution in South
Africa |
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Engaging the
Regulatory Environment for Individual and National Development:
The role of Private Further Education and Training (FET)
Colleges in South Africa |
Salim Akoojee,
MERSETA & Simon McGrath, University of Nottingham |
Engaging the Regulatory Environment for Individual and National
Development: The role of Private Further Education and Training
(FET) Colleges in South Africa |
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Skills Training and its Discontents in South
Africa |
Sean Archer,
University of Cape Town |
Skills Training and its Discontents in South Africa |
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South African
15-year Telecommunications Policy Review |
James Hodge,
Genesis Analytics |
South African 15-year Telecommunications Policy Review |
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Policy Approaches to Margin Squeeze in the
Telecommunications Sector in South Africa |
Ryan Hawthorne &
Kate Morris, Competition Commission South Africa |
Policy Approaches to Margin Squeeze in the Telecommunications
Sector in South Africa |
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Electricity Shortages and the South
African Economy: Reflections Based on an Economy-Wide Analysis |
Rob Davies, Human
Sciences Research Council |
Electricity Shortages and the South African Economy: Reflections
Based on an Economy-Wide Analysis |
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The South African
Informal Sector (1997 - 2006) |
Hassan Essop and
Derek Yu, University of Stellenbosch |
The
South African Informal Sector (1997 - 2006) |
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Analysing Wage
Formation in the South African Labour Market: The Role of
Bargaining Councils |
Haroon Bhorat,
Carlene van der Westhuizen & Sumayya Goga, DPRU, University of
Cape Town |
Analysing
Wage Formation in the South African Labour Market: The Role of
Bargaining Councils |
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Regulation of State-Owned Enterprises -
Transnet Freight Rail Case Study |
Sarah Truen,
Development Network Africa |
Regulation of State-Owned Enterprises - Transnet Freight Rail
Case Study |
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Price setting, Efficiency and Regulation in the Ports, Rail and
Electricity Sectors: Government Choices and the Contribution to
Employment and Growth |
Miriam Altman, Human Sciences Research Council |
Price setting, Efficiency and Regulation in the Ports, Rail and
Electricity Sectors: Government Choices and the Contribution to
Employment and Growth |
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Educational
Policy, Growth and Labour Market in South Africa: A Dynamic
Computable General Equilibrium Analysis |
Hélène Maisonnave,
CARE, Universire de Rouen (France) & Bernard Decaluwé,
CIRPEE-PEP, Université Laval (Canada) |
Educational Policy, Growth and Labour Market in South Africa: A
Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Analysis |
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Formal-Informal
Sector Linkages and Macroeconomic Policies: A Case Study of
South Africa |
Rob Davies, Human
Sciences Research Council; James Thurlow, International Food
Policy Research Institute & Imraan Valodia, University of
KwaZulu Natal |
Formal-Informal
Sector Linkages and Macroeconomic Policies: A Case Study of
South Africa |
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The Impact of
Multiple Imputation of Coarsened Data on Estimates of the
Working Poor in South Africa |
Claire Vermaak,
University of KwaZulu-Natal |
The Impact of Multiple Imputation of Coarsened Data on Estimates
of the Working Poor in South Africa |
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Skills Institutions for the Future? A Review of the SETA
Mandate |
Carmel Marock, Singizi Consulting |
Skills
Institutions for the Future? A Review of the SETA Mandate |
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Public Policy Reforms and Policy Making: A
Case of Education in a Democratic Developmental South Africa |
Queeneth Mlaba, Policy Analyst in the Presidency's Policy Unit |
Public Policy Reforms and Policy Making: A Case of Education in
a Democratic Developmental South Africa |
