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People at Ersa . . .
 Johannes Fedderke - Director
Johannes Fedderke holds the Helen Suzman Chair in Political Economy in the School of Economic and Business Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, and concurrent chairs at the Wits Business School and the School of International Affairs at Pennsylvania State University. He is also the Director of Economic Research Southern Africa. He was formerly Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town, Director of the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town, and held the Gencor Chair in Economics at the University of the Witwatersrand. His research interests center on the determinants of economic growth, with special interest in the role of institutions in long run economic development. His published work includes empirical and theoretical contributions, and has provided cross-country, panel and country specific time series evidence on the interaction of growth and institutions. He has also contributed various policy research reports to the African Union, the League of African States, the South African National Treasury and Departments of Trade & Industry, Arts, Science & Technology, the World Bank, and the South African Parliament. Currently he is the Managing Editor of the South African Journal of Economics, is serving as a board member of the National Research Foundation, is an elected member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, and is a past president of the African Econometrics Society.
 Jan van Heerden - Deputy Director
Jan finished a PhD in Economics at Rice University in Houston, Texas in the beginning of 1997. He is currently the Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Pretoria. His research interests are computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling applications, such as carbon and water taxation; the feasibility of food vouchers for South Africa; the impact of higher education on the SA economy, etc.
 Nicola Viegi - Deputy Director
Nicola Viegi is associate professor in Economics at the University of Cape Town. A graduate from the Scottish Doctoral Programme in Economics, he has held positions at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and he is currently Visiting Scholar at De Nederlashe Bank. His main areas of research are economic policy theory, macroeconomic modeling and regional macroeconomic integration. Current research includes inflation targeting under uncertainty, monetary policy and assets prices, macroeconomic integration in Southern Africa.
 Gloria Halland
Office Manager: Economic Research Southern Africa
Newlands on Main
F0301 – 3rd Floor Mariendahl House
Cnr Campground and Main Roads
Claremont 7700
Cape Town
Tel: 021 671-3980
Fax: 021 671-3912
 Yoemna Mosaval
Programme Co-ordinator: Economic Research Southern Africa
Newlands on Main
F0301 – 3rd Floor Mariendahl House
Cnr Campground and Main Roads
Claremont 7700
Cape Town
Tel: 021 671-3980
Fax: 021 671-3912
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