PROGRAMME:
DAY THREE, 29 October 2008
Guidelines for Presenters and
Discussants:
Plenary Sessions: 30 minutes for presenters;
Parallel Sessions (90 minutes):
Two
speakers per session: 20 minutes per speaker, 10 minutes per
discussant and 30 minutes for general discussion.
Three speakers per session: 15 minutes per speaker, 5 minutes per
discussant and 30 minutes for general discussion
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PARALLEL SESSION SIX: 11:30-13:00 |
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Parallel Session
6A: Sector-specific Regulation (I) |
Parallel Session 6B:
Informal Sector and Labour Rights |
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Chair:
Ethèl Teljeur,
National Energy Regulator
(South Africa) |
Chair:
Tanya Cohen,
Tanya Cohen Attorneys |
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Speaker 1:
South African Fifteen-Year Telecommunications
Policy Review. James Hodge, Genesis Analytics
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Speaker
1:
The South African Informal Sector (1997
- 2006). Hassan Essop &
Derek Yu, University of
Stellenbosch |
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Discussant:
Alison Gillwald,
The Edge Institute |
Discussant:
Cecil Mlatsheni,
University of Cape Town |
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Speaker 2:
Policy Approaches to Margin Squeeze in the Telecommunications
Sector in South Africa.
Ryan Hawthorne &
Kate Morris, Competition Commission South
Africa |
Speaker
2: Informal Work and Labour Rights in
South Africa. Paul Benjamin, University of Cape Town |
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Discussant:
Keith Weeks,
ICASA |
Discussant:
Sean Archer,
University of Cape Town |
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Speaker
3: 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 |
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Discussant: Kenneth
Creamer,
University of the Witwatersrand |
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10:30 - 11:00 Tea |
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PARALLEL SESSION SEVEN: 11:00-12:30 |
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Parallel Session
7A: Sector-Specific Regulation (II) |
Parallel Session 7B:
Selected Labour Market Topics |
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Chair:
Simon Roberts,
Competition Commission South Africa |
Chair:
Glen Fisher,
National Business Initiative |
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Speaker 1:
Regulation of
State-Owned Enterprises –
Transnet Freight Rail Case Study.
Sarah Truen,
Development Network Africa |
Speaker
1:
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
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Discussant:
Roger Baxter,
Chamber of Mines |
Discussant: Colette Muller,
University of KwaZulu-Natal |
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Speaker 2:
Electricity
Shortages and the South African Economy: Reflections Based on an
Economy-Wide Analysis. Rob Davies, Human Sciences
Research Council
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Speaker
2:
The Impact of
Multiple Imputation of
Coarsened Data on Estimates of the Working Poor
in South Africa. Claire Vermaak,
University of Kwa-
Zulu-Natal |
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Discussant:
Andrew Merrifield |
Discussant:
Martin Wittenberg,
University of Cape Town |
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Speaker 3:
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
(Note: Miriam Altman will provide a synopsis for this session) |
Speaker 3:
The Labour Force Dynamics of School Leavers.
Murray Leibbrandt, Cecil Mlatsheni & Vimal
Ranchod, University of Cape Town |
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Discussant: Martin Gustafsson,
University of Stellenbosch |
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Chair:
Haroon Bhorat
Conference
Closure: 12:30 |
