Newsletter Issue #2D WTO
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 WTO Chair launch The World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva has awarded one of its prestigious Chairs for 2014 to Prof Wilma Viviers of the North-West University. Viviers, whose ground-breaking research has propelled her to the top echelons of her profession by redefining the way local exporters assess foreign…
Newsletter Issue #2E
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 The informal economy - time for a different policy response Prof Derick Blaauw of the TRADE research entity, together with Dr Anmar Pretorius (TRADE/NWU), Dr Rinie Schenck (University of the Western Cape) and Dr Kotie Viljoen (University of Johannesburg) have spent many years researching the informal economy in…
Newsletter Issue #2E NT
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Guest lecture by Prof Nik Theodore On 17 March, Prof Nik Theodore from the University of Illinois in Chicago, USA, visited TRADE and delivered a lecture at a ‘brown bag’ lunchtime seminar on: ‘Exploring frontier zones of the South African economy: Migration and day labour in Tshwane’. In his lecture, Prof Theodore…
Newsletter Issue #2E ERSA
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 ERSA workshop On 22 January, Prof Derick Blaauw and Dr Carike Claassen attended an ERSA (Economic Research Southern Africa) workshop in Cape Town, the title of which was: ‘What church records can tell us about economic development’. During the colonial era, there was a dearth of reliable information about the…
Newsletter Issue #2F
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 TRADE researchers and partners lift the lid on South Africa’s export and productivity constraints Prof Marianne Matthee and Ms Carli Bezuidenhout of the TRADE research entity have over the last 18 months been participating in a multi-phase research project involving UNU-WIDER (United Nations University’s World…
Newsletter Issue #2F WS
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 SARB/National Treasury/UNU-WIDER workshop On 7 June, Prof Marianne Matthee participated in and delivered a presentation at an SARB/National Treasury/UNU-WIDER workshop held at the South Africa Reserve Bank. The focus of the workshop was on the reasons why South Africa’s productivity is so low. In her…
Newsletter Issue #2F WITS
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Wits Business School public seminar Prof Marianne Matthee and Ms Carli Bezuidenhout from TRADE are part of a research group (including Prof Neil Rankin from Stellenbosch University) who participated in a public seminar at the Wits Business School on 6 June. The purpose of the seminar, whose theme was 'A New…
Newsletter Issue #2F RRFL
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Research results on firm-level export activity published On 21 January at a function in Pretoria, Prof Marianne Matthee and Ms Carli Bezuidenhout from the TRADE research entity presented the first round of results from a far-reaching study in which they are involved, together with UNU-Wider, the National…
Newsletter Issue #2G
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Three more PhDs for the TRADE team Three TRADE staff members recently obtained their PhDs, bringing the total number of those holding a PhD within TRADE to 25 (both permanent staff and extraordinary appointments). Dr Alicia Fourie (whose thesis topic was ‘A case study determining the economic literacy of…
Newsletter Issue #2H
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Guest lecturers get TRADE staff and students thinking The NWU School of Economics, together with TRADE, are fortunate to be able to draw on a wide pool of contacts to deliver guest lectures to staff and students on developments in different fields or industry sectors, and the impact thereof on both formal policy…
Newsletter Issue #2H ERSA
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 ERSA workshop On 22 January, Prof Derick Blaauw and Dr Carike Claassen attended an ERSA (Economic Research Southern Africa) workshop in Cape Town, the title of which was: ‘What church records can tell us about economic development’. During the colonial era, there was a dearth of reliable information about the…
Newsletter Issue #2H AW
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Guest lecture by Ms Ali Parry On 24 February, Ms Ali Parry (director of Trade Matters (Pty) Ltd and an extraordinary research scientist in the TRADE research entity) spoke to the School of Economics' Honours students on the theme: ' Writing - where science meets art '. Ali offered insights into the changing…
Newsletter Issue #2H SG
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Guest lecture by Dr Sonja Grater On 19 May, Dr Sonja Grater delivered a guest lecture to the final year Engineering students at the NWU. In her lecture, she focused on some important introductory concepts pertaining to international trade, and specifically Incoterms, so that the students would have a better…
Newsletter Issue #2H PI
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Guest lecture by Dr Paul Ingenbleek On 19 January, Dr Paul Ingenbleek of the Wageningen University in the Netherlands visited the NWU School of Economics and the TRADE research entity. Dr Ingenbleek is involved in various research projects in Africa, focusing in particular on the role of strategic marketing in…
Newsletter Issue #2H GB
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Guest lecture by Dr Gustav Brink On 29 February, Dr Gustav Brink, an expert on WTO dispute resolution from XA Consultants, delivered a guest lecture as part of the ECON 616 International Trade Theory and Policy course. In his lecture he focused on trade remedies and the dispute settlement process at the WTO. The…
Newsletter Issue #2H PW
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Guest lecture by Mr Philip Wylie On 4 March, Mr Philip Wylie, a freight and logistics specialist and consultant, delivered a guest lecture to the Economics Honours class. Philip focused on the state of infrastructure in southern Africa and, using specific country examples, highlighted the crucial role that…
Newsletter Issue #2H PD
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Guest lecture by Mr Peter Draper On 21 April, well-known trade expert Mr Peter Draper of Tutwa Consulting addressed students and staff at the NWU School of Economics on the current state of SA-US trade relations and what the future holds - particularly in the light of the fractious run-up to the renewal of AGOA…
Newsletter Issue #2H NT
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Guest lecture by Prof Nik Theodore On 17 March, Prof Nik Theodore from the University of Illinois in Chicago, USA, visited TRADE and delivered a lecture at a ‘brown bag’ lunchtime seminar on: ‘Exploring frontier zones of the South African economy: Migration and day labour in Tshwane’. In his lecture, Prof Theodore…
Newsletter Issue #2I
NEWSLETTER ISSUE #2/2016 Recent outputs from TRADE TRADE prides itself on being highly responsive to local and international developments in the economics and trade spheres – as evidenced in its many timely and high-quality outputs, including journal articles, conference papers, economic analyses, industry reports and policy briefs. A…