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Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) is a platform that supports the development of economic policy by connecting economic research to national policy debate and identifying areas of future research. Our network draws a broad and representative range of economic researchers and policy makers from a variety of academic, financial and government institutions. In this way, ERSA encourages the creation, dissemination and discussion of independent and expert economic policy-oriented research.

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Christopher Loewald

Economic Notes: The Decade of Distraction

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Assessing the Impact of Environmental Policies on South African Trade

Daan Steenkamp Ruan Erasmus

The South African sovereign term premium and its drivers

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Ezekiel Lengaram

Tax effort and capacity in developing countries: Unravelling the impact of the informal economy

Bernardo Ricca José Renato H. Ornelas

Banks’ Physical Footprint and Financial Technology Adoption

Carolyn Chisadza Eleni Yitbarek

Possible Welfare Benefits of a Basic Income Support: Evidence from a benefit incidence analysis in South Africa

Lucas A. Mariani Silvia Marchesi

International Lending Channel, Bank Heterogeneity and Capital Inflows (Mis)Allocation

Lawrence Edwards

Presentation: The consumer price effects of specific trade policy restrictions in South Africa

Neva S. Makgetla

Presentation: Tariffs on basic foods: Evolution and impacts

Marius van der Merwe Stephen G. Hosking

A review of the strategies adopted between 2015 and 2022 towards two South African local government water supply crises

Claus Rabe Dieter von Fintel

South Africa’s future will be decided in our cities

Dieter von Fintel

Monitoring South Africa’s metropolitan economies: A survey of the data landscape

Ivan Turok Justin Visagie

Cities, productivity and Jobs in SA: Problems and potential

Claus Rabe Harris Selod

Place-based economic policies: international lessons for South Africa

Takwanisa Machemedze

What luminosity data can and cannot reveal about South Africa’s urban economies

Sebastian Galiani

Crime: A policy-oriented survey

Beatrice D. Simo-Kengne Frank Riedel

Demographic changes and asset prices in an overlapping generations model

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Foresight Africa 2023: Presentation

Anne-Sophie Crépin Caroline Schill

Sanctioned quotas vs information provisioning for community wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe: A framed field experiment approach

Brent Cloete

CVM3 Regional Workshop Presentation: Southern Africa

Brent Cloete

Climate Vulnerability of Southern Africa

Jéssica Gagete-Miranda Michelle Pleace

Importance of employment programs for the youth in South Africa

Climate Vulnerability Monitor Key Points

Climate Vulnerability Monitor, 3rd Edition (CVM3)

Jiangfeng Zhang Steven F. Koch

Modelling required energy consumption with equivalence

Daan Steenkamp Ruan Erasmus

South Africa’s yield curve conundrum

Odwa Mtati Stephen G. Hosking

Why and how to measure the contribution of South Africa’s ocean economy

Mulalo Mamburu

Local-Currency sovereign risk on South African government bonds

Biniam E. Bedasso Ermias G. Weldesenbet

A systematic and historical review of basic income support programs in middle-income countries

Jacobus Nel Lucas A. Mariani

Economic impacts of FATF recommendations and grey-listing announcement

Daan Steenkamp Hylton Hollander

The macroeconomics of establishing a basic income grant in South Africa

Daan Steenkamp Hylton Hollander

Technical background paper: The macroeconomics of establishing a basic income grant in South Africa

Kelle Howson Vuyisiwe Mahafu

Can a universal basic income contribute to breaking structural poverty in South Africa? Annotated Bibliography

Johannes W. Fedderke Neryvia Pillay Bell

Characteristics of the South African retirement fund industry

Kelle Howson Zimbali Mncube

Can a universal basic income contribute to breaking structural poverty in South Africa?

Christopher Loewald Matthew Stern

COVID-19 and the South African Economy

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SOUTH AFRICA

In collaboration with ERSA (Economic Research Southern Africa)

The inaugural PSG #ThinkBigSA competition

Submission deadline: 30 August 2024

Latest research projects

South Africa’s Cities and Growth

Policy highlights for Africa: Foresight Africa 2023

Climate Change and Vulnerability

Basic Income Support in South Africa

IEP Programme

Introducing the International Economic Partnership (IEP) Programme: A visionary programme which works through the global economic governance system to strengthen the influence of coalitions between South Africa, the UK and other low or middle-income countries, to bring about better pro-poor, inclusive policymaking, and a stronger economic recovery from COVID-19.

Specifically, the programme aims to forge new ways of collaboration between the UK and South African governments in supporting South Africa’s G20 presidency in 2025, while unlocking structural barriers to growth, promoting monetary and fiscal policy coordination and improved government coordination within South Africa.