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Papers for the Conference:

Opening Address: Research to support a Critical Growth Path, Tshediso Matona

Plenary Session 1 Paper:  Nine Common Fallacies about Competitiveness and Globalisation. Guillermo de la Dehesa

1. An Economy-Wide Impact Assessment of the Economic Infrastructure Investment Component of the Accelerated & Shared Growth Initiative (ASGISA). Dirk van Seventer & Rob Davies

2. An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa: Brief Highlights of Major Proposals. Robert Pollin, Jerry Epstein, James Heintz & Leonce Ndikumana

3. An Evaluation of the Developing Economic Relationships between China and South Africa in the Context of Negotiations on a Trade Agreement. Nepeti Nicanor, Simon Roberts, Marian Walker

4. ASGISA and JIPSA: Will those who Remain Unskilled also get to Share?  Alberto Behar

5. Assessing the Impact of Transnet and Eskom's Infrastructure Investment Programmes on the Capital Goods Sector and Key Constraints. Marian Walker

6. Barriers To Growth and Skill-Biased Income Distribution in South Africa: Ramsey Model Growth Analysis. Jrn Ratts & Hildegunn E. Stokke

7. The Rise of China and India - What's in it for Africa? Nicolas Pinaud

8. Determinants of Grade 12 Pass Rates in the post-Apartheid South African Schooling System. Haroon Bhorat & Mornéé
   Oosthuizen

9. Determinants of Job Search Strategies: Evidence from the Khayelitsha/ Mitchells Plain Survey. Volker Schoer

10. Driving a Regional Sector Development Programme: Lessons from the Western Cape, 1999-2005. Nigel Gwynne-Evans

11. Education Screening in South Africa's Labour Market. Steven F Koch & Simon Ssekabira Ntege

12. Encouraging Innovation and Productivity Growth in Africa to Create Decent Jobs. Susanna Wolf

13. Evaluating South Africas Export Performance. Owen Willcox & Dirk van Seventer

14. Facts, Myths and Controversies: The Measurement and Analysis of Poverty and Inequality after Apartheid. Jeremy Seekings

15. Globalisation, Imports and Local Content in the South African Automotive Industry. Anthony Black  & Sipho Bhanisi

16. Graduate Unemployment in the Face of Skills Shortages: A Labour Market Paradox. Kalie Pauw, Mornéé
    Oosthuizen & Carlene van der Westhuizen

17. Have Pro-Poor Health Policies Improved the Targeting of Spending and the Effective Delivery of Health Care in South Africa? Ronelle Burger and Christelle Swanepoel

18. i-Dollar eyi one! Language, Economic Participation and Shared Growth in South Africa. Ana Deumert & Nkululeko Mabandla

19. Infrastructure and Growth in South Africa: Direct and Indirect Productivity Impacts of Nineteen Infrastructure Measures. Johannes Fedderke & Z Bogetic,

20. Integrated Social Development as the Accelerator of Shared Growth. Charlotte du Toit

21. Measures of Manufacturing Industry Concentration Implications for South Africa. Clifford Naude

22. Not Separate, Not Equal: Poverty and Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Phillippe Leite

23. Official Revisions to South African National Accounts Data: Magnitudes and Implications. Corn van Walbeek

24. Perceived Barriers to Entry into Self-Employment in Khayelitsha, South Africa:
    Crime, Risk, and Start-up Capital Dominate Profit Concerns. Paul Cichello, Colin Almeleh, Liberty Ncube, & Mornéé
    Oosthuizen

25. Progress through School in Urban South Africa: Evidence from Panel Data. David Lam, Cally Ardington & Murray Leibbrandt,  

26. Questions of Growth, Questions of Development. Simon Roberts & Seeraj Mohamed

27. Rising Unemployment in the South African Labour Market: A Dynamic Analysis Using Birth Cohort Panels. Rulof Burger & Dieter von Fintel

28. Robust Estimates of Okun's Coefficient for South Africa. Marina Marinkov & JP Geldenhuys

29. Second Best? Trends and Linkages in the Informal Economy in South Africa. Richard Devey, Caroline Skinner & Imraan Valodia

30. Shifts in Non-Income Welfare in South Africa, 1993-2004. Haroon Bhorat, Carlene van der Westhuizen & Pranushka Naidoo

31. Social and Economic Infrastructure Impacts on Economic Growth in South Africa. Chandi Kularatne

32. South Africa: An Assessment of the Investment Climate. Vijaya RamachAndréan, George Clarke & Dave Kaplan

33. Sticking to the Facts: Official and Unofficial Stories about Poverty and Unemployment in South Africa. Charles Meth,

34. The Barrier Model of Productivity Growth: South Africa. Torfinn Harding & Jrn Ratts

35. The Developmental Impact of China and India on Ethiopia with Emphasis on Small Scale Footwear Producers. Tegegne GebreEgziabher

36. The Economic Impact of Rising Energy Prices: A Constraint on South Africa's Growth and Poverty Reduction Opportunities. Marcel Kohler

37. The Impact of Oil Price Shocks on the South African Macroeconomy: History and Prospects. Jeremy Wakeford

38. The Sensitivity to Key Data Imputations of Recent Estimates of Income Poverty and Inequality in South Africa. Cally Ardington, David Lam, Murray Leibbrandt & Matthew Welch

39. The South African Labour Market 1995-2004: A Cohort Analysis. Nicola Branson

40. Trade Dynamics in used Clothing: The Case of Durban, South Africa. Myriam Velia, Imraan Valodia & Barutti Amisi

41. Trade and Poverty Research Project in South Africa: Lessons and Policy. Lawrence Edwards & Matthew Stern

42. Trade Liberalisation and Wages in South African Manufacturing. Neil Rankin & Fatima Fiandiero

43. Trade Liberalisation and Pro-Poor Growth in South Africa. James Thurlow

44. Trends in Poverty and Inequality Since the Political Transistion. Servaas van der Berg, Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger, Megan Louw and Derek Yu

45. Unemployment, Education and Skills Constraints in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Dorrit Posel & Rosa Dias

46. Weak Links in the BEE Chain? Procurement, Skills and Employment Equity in the Metals and Engineering Industries. Lesenda G Mohamed & Simon Roberts

47. What Evidence for Trading-off Income and Health: Disability Grants and Labour Market Outcomes for Public Sector ART Patients in the Free State. Frikkie Booysen

48. Where you Live Matters: Urbanisation and Labour Market Outcomes.  Roy Havemann & Marna Kearney