Research Units
The School of Economics is home to the following active research units.
Development Policy Research Unit
http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/dpru/
While our primary activity is to
undertake long-term research projects, a number of other
activities play a key role in our mission. These include:
- disseminating our research
results to government, the research community and the
wider public;
- undertaking short-term research
projects, where these are of strategic value;
- participating in the life of the
university, through teaching, research and extension
activities;
- building relationships with other
research organisations in South Africa, the Southern
African region, and further afield;
- participating directly in the
process of formulating, implementing and evaluating
policy;
- running training courses for
policy-makers and implementers.
South African Labour and Development
Research Unit
http://www.saldru.uct.ac.za/
The Southern Africa Labour and Development
Research Unit (SALDRU) was established in 1975 in the Research
Division of the School of Economics at the
University
of Cape Town.
It was set up to stimulate research, to
communicate this research to people in general and policy makers
in particular, to act as a consultancy in its specialised
fields, to operate a resource centre, and to play a role in
training students and researchers in the basic skills of the
Social Sciences.
Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU)
http://www.saldru.uct.ac.za/evironment&poverty.html
The Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU) is a research
group which seeks to enhance environmental policy-making in South Africa through
rigorous policy research and extension in order to attain sustainable
development and poverty reduction! EPRU is funded by the Swedish International
Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) through the Environment for Development (EfD)
initiative managed by the Environmental Economics Unit at Gteborg University.
Operationally, EPRU is hosted by one of the existing research units in the
School of Economics, namely the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research
Unit (SALDRU) as a project on the Environment and Poverty. With time, EPRU will
stand as a fully fledged research unit in the School of Economics after
undergoing a status review by the University Research Committee.
Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA)
http://www.econrsa.org
Economic Research Southern Africa is a research programme which
is being funded by the National Treasury of South Africa and is hosted at the
University of Cape Town in the School of Economics.
The primary objectives of this research programme are:
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To provide for the management of a research programme
focussed on growth, employment and broadening participation in the South
African economy
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To create a network of economic researchers based in South
African universities and to deepen economic research capacity in Southern
Africa
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To expand and broaden economic research capacity in Southern
Africa, train and mentor young economists and create a supportive network to
link Southern African economic researchers.
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To draw a broad and representative range of South African
economists into a programme of policy-oriented research, and to encourage
independent and expert economic research.
ERSA explicitly funds economic or policy related research,
subject to peer reviewed assessment of proposals.
For more informationon ERSA you can contact:
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