SA Future Economy
The Wits School of Governance has worked with a team of local and international researchers to explore options to revive the South African economy through the SA Future Economy Project.
The aim of the project – led by the new Head of WSG, Professor Mzukisi Qobo and Dr Nomfundo Ngwenya, a Visiting Research Fellow at the School – was to provide evidence-based research to decision and policy makers in government (particularly the economic cluster) business, labour and any groups active in the economic and social sectors.
A team of multidisciplinary researchers proposed a framework for slowing South Africa’s economic decline, while catalysing long term economic growth.
List of research papers from this project:
The financing and rejuvenating of SA cities
By Iraj Abedian and Nthabiseng Tsoanamatsie
Supporting resilient social contracts in times of crisis: Emerging lessons from Covid-19
By Associate Erin McCandless and Research Assistant: Kennedy Manduna
Energy futures in South Africa
By Hany Besada
Reconstruction in the Aftermath of Global Health and Economic Crises: Historical Lessons for South Africa
By Dr Nomfundo Xenia Ngwenya, Professors Mzukisi Qobo and Mills Soko
Policy Briefing: Monetary and fiscal policy challenges posed by South Africa’s deepening economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic
By Nombulelo Gumata
Covid-19 and the labour market: Estimating the effects of South Africa’s national lockdown
By Timothy Köhler, Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill and Benjamin Stanwix
Social security/protection in South Africa
By Adjunct Professor Alex Van Den Heever
Covid-19 and beyond: Rethinking industrial and competition policy
By Nishal Robb and Thando Vilakazi
Fiscal dimensions of South Africa’s crisis
By Michael Sachs
Digital Infrastructure: The role of public-private partnerships in mitigating the digital divide
By Gracelin Baskaran
Repositioning State-Owned Enterprises and Development Finance Institutions
By Garth L le Pere
Labour Force Survey Data for South Africa: A brief assessment
By Haroon Bhorat, Robert Hill and François Steenkamp
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