PROGRAMME:
DAY TWO, 28 October 2008
PLENARY SESSION
TWO – 09:00-11:00
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, Manju Kedia Shah,
World Bank &
Vijaya Ramachandran,
Center for Global Development
Chair:
Alan Hirch, The Presidency
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PARALLEL SESSION THREE: 11:30-13:00 |
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Parallel Session
3A: Utilities, Regulation and Regulatory Performance |
Parallel Session 3B:
Finance, Investment and Resource Allocation |
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Chair:
Ashraf Karriem,
The Presidency
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Chair:
Fundi Tshazibana,
National Treasury
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Speaker 1:
A Regulatory Framework for Economic
Regulation of Network Industries in South Africa.
James Hodge, Genesis Analytics |
Speaker
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Money, Credit and Interest: Searching
for a Credit Channel in South Africa. Philippe
Burger, University of the Free State |
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Discussant:
Yasmin Carrim,
Competition
Tribunal
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Discussant:
Fulbert Tchana Tchana,
University of
Cape Town |
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Speaker 2: Economic Regulation of Network Industries.
Cornel
van Basten, Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies |
Speaker
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Public Policy Reforms and Policy Making: A Case of
Education in a Democratic Developmental South Africa. Queeneth Mlaba
& Vusi Gumede,
The Presidency |
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Discussant:
Rod Crompton,
National Energy Regulator (South Africa) |
Discussant:
Murray Leibbrandt,
University of Cape Town |
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Speaker
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The Environmental Context for SMME
Entrepreneurship in KwaZulu-Natal. Darma Mahadea, University of KwaZulu-Natal |
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Discussant:
Neil Rankin,
University of the Witwatersrand
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PARALLEL SESSION FOUR: 14:00-15:30 |
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Parallel Session
4A: Competition Policy |
Parallel Session 4B:
Labour Markets and Gender |
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Chair:
James Hodge,
Genesis Analytics |
Chair:
Percy Moleke,
The Presidency |
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Speaker 1:
Towards an
Optimal Competition Policy in South Africa: Post Chicago and the
Developmental State. Liberty Mncube,
Junior Khumalo, Competition
Commission South Africa &
Josephilda
Nhlapo-Hlope, The Presidency |
Speaker
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Unions and the Gender Wage Gap in
South Africa. Daniela Casale &
Dorrit Posel, University of KwaZulu-Natal |
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Discussant:
Sarah Truen,
Development Network Africa |
Discussant:
Bernard Decaluwé, Université Laval |
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Speaker 2:
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
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Speaker
2: 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 |
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Discussant:
Mike de Klerk,
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies |
Discussant:
Carlene van der Westhuizen,
DPRU,
University of Cape Town |
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Speaker 3:
Competition Policy in South Africa: Addressing Efficiency and
Development Concerns?
Trudi Hartzenberg,
Tralac |
Speaker
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Post-Apartheid Trends in Gender
Discrimination in South Africa: Analysis through
Decomposition Techniques. Debra Shepherd, University of Stellenbosch |
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Discussant:
Rashad Cassim,
Statistics South Africa |
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PARALLEL SESSION FIVE: 16:00-17:30 |
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Parallel Session
5A: Welfare, Equity and Poverty |
Parallel Session 5B:
Skills and Training Institutions |
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Chair:
Pat Naicker,
South African Social Security Agency |
Chair:
Makano Morejele,
Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition |
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Speaker 1:
Poverty,
Inequality and the Role of Social
Grants: An Analysis through Decomposition Techniques.
Cobus Burger & Paula Armstrong, University of Stellenbosch |
Speaker
1:
Engaging the Regulatory Environment for
Individual and National Development: The Role of
Private Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges
in South Africa. Salim Akoojee,
Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services SETA
& Simon
McGrath, University of Nottingham |
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Discussant:
Volker Schoer,
University of the Witwatersrand |
Discussant:
Glen Fisher,
National Business Initiative |
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Speaker 2: Taxation and
Gender Equity: Evidence
from South Africa. Daniela Casale &
Imraan Valodia,
University of KwaZulu-Natal |
Speaker
2:
Skills Training and its Discontents
in South
Africa.
Sean
Archer, University of Cape Town |
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Discussant:
Celine Azemar,
University of Glasgow |
Discussant:
Florus Prinsloo,
Mining Qualifications Authority |
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Speaker 3:
Consumer Price
Inflation across the Income Distribution in South Africa.
Morné Oosthuizen,
DPRU,
University of Cape Town |
Speaker
3: Skills Institutions for the Future? A Review of the SETA
Mandate. Carmel Marock, Singizi
Consulting |
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Discussant:
Nicolas Pons-Vignon,
University of the Witwatersrand |
Discussant:
Adrienne Bird,
Independent Consultant |
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Gala Dinner:
19:30 |
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Speaker:
Trevor Manuel, Minister of
Finance |
