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DAY 2:
Thursday, 19 October 2006
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08:30 - 09:00 |
Arrival
Tea/Coffee |
Guidelines for Presenters and Discussants:
Plenary: 30 minutes for
presenters;
Parallel Sessions (90 minutes): 20 minutes for Presenters, 5
minutes for Discussants,
15 minutes for General Discussion
09:00 -
10:30 Parallel Session 3
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Parallel Session 3A:
Measuring
Poverty and Inequality in
Post-Apartheid South Africa |
Parallel Session 3B:
Understanding
Economic Growth |
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Chair:
Haroon Bhorat,
DPRU |
Chair: Basil Jones,
IDRC |
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Speaker 1:
Not Separate,
Not Equal: Poverty and Inequality in Post-Apartheid South
Africa.
Phillippe Leite,
World Bank |
Speaker 1:
Questions of Growth, Questions of
Development. Simon Roberts & Seeraj Mohamed,
WITS University |
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Discussant: Stephen Gelb,
The EDGE Institute |
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Speaker 2:
Trends in Poverty and Inequality Since the
Political Transistion. Servaas van der
Berg, Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger, Megan Louw and Derek Yu,
UStell |
Speaker 2:
Barriers To Growth and Skill-Biased Income
Distribution in South Africa: Ramsey Model Growth Analysis.
Jrn Ratts & Hildegunn E. Stokke,
NUST, Norway |
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Discussant: Johannes
Fedderke, UCT |
Speaker 3:
The Sensitivity to Key Data Imputations of
Recent Estimates of Income Poverty and Inequality in South
Africa.
Cally Ardington,
UCT,
David
Lam, UMich, Murray Leibbrandt
& Matthew Welch,
UCT |
Speaker 3:
Official
Revisions to South African National Accounts Data: Magnitudes
and Implications. Corn van Walbeek,
UCT |
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Discussant:
James
Heintz,
UMass |
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Speaker 4:
Sticking to the Facts: Official and
Unofficial Stories about Poverty and Unemployment in South
Africa.
Charles Meth,
UKZN |
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10:30 -
11:00
Tea
11:00 -
12:30 Parallel Session 4
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Parallel Session 4A:
Education for
Shared Growth |
Parallel Session 4B:
China, India and Africa |
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Chair:
Natalie Labuschagne,
National Treasury |
Chair:
Alan Hirsch,
The Presidency |
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Speaker 1:
Progress through School in Urban South Africa:
Evidence from Panel Data. David Lam,
UMich, Cally Ardington & Murray Leibbrandt,
UCT |
Speaker 1:
The Rise of China and India - What's in it
for Africa?
Nicolas Pinaud,
OECD |
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Discussant: Jeremy Seekings,
UCT |
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Speaker 2:
Determinants of Grade 12 Pass Rates in the
post-Apartheid South African Schooling System. Haroon Bhorat & Mornéé
Oosthuizen, DPRU |
Speaker 2:
The Developmental Impact of China and
India on Ethopia with Emphasis on Small Scale Footwear
Producers. Tegegne
GebreEgziabher, AAU |
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Discussant: Rulof Burger,
UStell |
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Speaker 3:
ASGISA and JIPSA: Will those who Remain Unskilled
also get to Share?
Alberto Behar,
Nuffield College &
Oxford University |
Speaker 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,
WITS University |
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Discussant: Reza Daniels, UCT |
Discussant (all three papers):
Neo Chabane
NUMSA |
Back to Top
12:30 -
13:30
Lunch
13:30 -
15:00 Parallel Session 5
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Parallel Session 5A:
Health and Welfare Policy |
Parallel Session 5B:
Input Prices and the Economy |
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Chair:
Servaas van der
Berg,
UStell |
Chair: Stephen Gelb,
The EDGE Institute |
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Speaker 1: 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, UOFS |
Speaker 1:
The Economic Impact of Rising Energy Prices: A
Constraint on South Africa's Growth and Poverty Reduction
Opportunities. Marcel Kohler,
UKZN,
Westville
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Discussant:
Carlene van der Westhuizen,
DPRU |
Discussant:
Ethel Teljeur,
NER |
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Speaker 2:
Have Pro-Poor Health Policies Improved the
Targeting of Spending and the Effective Delivery of Health Care
in South Africa? Ronelle
Burger,
University of Nottingham
& Christelle Swanepoel,
UStell |
Speaker 2:
The Impact of Oil Price Shocks on the
South African Macroeconomy: History and Prospects. Jeremy Wakeford,
UCT |
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Discussant:
Phillippe Leite,
World Bank |
Discussant:
Owen Willcox,
TIPS |
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Speaker 3:
Determinants of Job Search Strategies: Evidence from the
Khayelitsha/ Mitchells Plain Survey.
Volker Schoer,
UCT |
Speaker 3:
Integrated Social Development as the Accelerator
of Shared Growth.
Charlotte du Toit,
UP |
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Discussant:
Rosa Dias, UKZN |
Discussant:
Kalie Pauw,
DPRU |
15:00 - 15:30
Tea
15:30 -
17:00 Parallel Session 6
Back to Top
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Parallel Session 6A:
Poverty and
Pro-Poor Policy |
Parallel Session 6B:
Productivity Constraints |
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Chair:
Vusi Gumede,
The Presidency |
Chair:
Stephen Hanival,
TIPS |
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Speaker 1:
Facts, Myths and Controversies: The Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
and Inequality after Apartheid.
Jeremy
Seekings,
UCT |
Speaker 1:
Trade Liberalisation and Pro-Poor Growth
in South Africa.
James Thurlow,
IFPRI |
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Discussant:
Murray Leibbrandt,
UCT |
Discussant:
Rob Davies, HSRC |
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Speaker 2:
Shifts in
Non-Income Welfare in South Africa, 1993-2004.
Haroon Bhorat, Carlene van der Westhuizen
& Pranushka Naidoo,
DPRU |
Speaker 2:
Trade Liberalisation and Wages in South African
Manufacturing. Neil Rankin & Fatima
Fiandiero,
WITS University
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Discussant: Kamilla Gumede,
National
Treasury |
Discussant: Paul
Cichello, Loyola College |
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Speaker 3:
Where you Live Matters: Urbanisation and Labour
Market Outcomes. Roy Havemann & Marna
Kearney, National Treasury |
Speaker 3:
Trade and Poverty Research Project in South
Africa: Lessons and Policy Recommendations. Lawrence
Edwards,
UCT & Matthew Stern,
DNA |
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Discussant: Reza Daniels,
UCT |
Discussant: Helena McLeod,
DFID |
The Presidency
Debating
Challenges of a Higher Growth Trajectory
(Please click here to
listen to the Speech) |
