Alain Goulard
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In response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020-2021 the South African government instituted various economic relief and stimulus programmes. These included substantial increases to social grant disbursements, and a large new targeted jobs programme. Potential “spillover” or “...
Published in January 2024
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Stimulus effects of a large public employment programme
We characterize the spending and factor income effects of a large public employment programme in South Africa. We match anonymized participant IDs with weekly individual-level sales data from one of the country’s largest retailers, and estimate the treatment effect on participant spending at the...
Published in January 2024
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Socioeconomic and spatially-explicit assessment of Nature-related risks: the case of South Africa
This study introduces new methods for evaluating nature-related socioeconomic risks in the South African context, anchored on two main contributions. Firstly, it embarks on a multidimensional analysis of the exposure of several macro-financial and social variables to nature-related risks. Based...
Published in December 2023
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Unboxing Mayibuye: Sharing the South African Liberation Memory
Robben Island, a symbol of the triumph of human spirit over adversity, holds a place in South African history and the nation’s memory of the liberation struggle. The “Unboxing Mayibuye” project, The UWC Robben Island Mayibuye Archives is housed at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and...
Published in October 2023
Established in 2016 in the vibrant inner-city district of Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct incubates digital entrepreneurs and grows the skills pipeline for the digital economy through collaboration with academia, corporates, government and entrepreneurs. The...
Published on 18 Sep 2023
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Developing a Youth Labour Market Index for South Africa at the sub-national level
Assessing the labour market situation for young people is a critical area of research that has attracted the attention of scholars and policymakers globally. However, understanding the complexity of the labour market for youth, particularly in developing countries, requires a comprehensive,...
Published in September 2023
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Getting from Good Intentions to Effective Action: A Proposal for a Just Transition Partnering Implementation Model in South Africa
The paper calls for implementation plans arising from the just transition framework in South Africa to be based on an explicit collaborative and adaptive approach and proposes a Partnering Implementation Model (PIM) to move from good intentions to implementation. The paper points to recurring...
Published in July 2023
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The local economic development effects of income transfers in South Africa. The Social Relief of Distress grant
Following the onset of COVID-19 in April 2020, this qualitative study considered the effects of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant on local economies in five urban and peri-urban locations in South Africa, through the perspectives of informal traders. In a context of acute inequality, the...
Published on 05 Apr 2023
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Can Cash Transfers to the Unemployed Support Economic Activity? Evidence from South Africa
Persistently high unemployment has plagued South Africa over the last few decades, while concurrently there has been a dearth of state-provided income support to the working-age economically active population. In response to the pandemic the government introduced the COVID-19 Social Relief of...
Published in March 2023
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Measuring Stimulus Effects Around Stock Road in Philippi in the Western Cape
The study aims to contribute to the body of knowledge on the impact of social protection and employment stimulus measures on the formal and informal economies, by exploring shifts in purchasing behaviour between 2019 and 2022 among informal and small traders in a 3.5 km radius around Stock Road...
Published in March 2023
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Emerging and Developing Countries: The Noose is Tightening
The dual shock of the health crisis and the war in Ukraine has pushed up inflation to an extent not seen in developed countries since the 1979 oil shock and the Iran-Iraq war. This shock has put an end to two decades of disinflation imported from China and other emerging and developing countries...
Published on 14 Feb 2023
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Unbundling Eskom: How would a new distribution system impact on energy poverty
South Africa’s electricity generation and transmission are currently dominated by the country’s vertical monopoly power utility, Eskom. Distribution is shared between 165 licenced municipalities and Eskom. The intention to divisionalise or unbundle Eskom will eventually affect the current...
Published in February 2023
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Digitization of the Mayibuye Archives
Robben Island, a symbol of the triumph of human spirit over adversity, holds a place in South African history and the nation’s memory of the liberation struggle. The “Unboxing Mayibuye” project, The UWC Robben Island Mayibuye Archives is housed at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and...
Published in December 2022
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AFD Group and Europe in Southern Africa
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What role for social policies in the framework of the just transition in South Africa?
This paper explores the extent to which social policies in South Africa might serve as mechanisms to enhance the transition to a low carbon economy and contribute to mitigating some of the negative impacts towards ensuring a holistic and just transition. It attempts to contribute to the fluid...
Published in February 2022
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AFD Group in Southern Africa
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Southern Africa - 2021-2025 Regional Strategy
The INCA Municipal Debt Fund project, a R3 billion fund, supported by INCA Portfolio Managers, SECO and AFD was established to improve the supply of urban infrastructure in intermediate cities through a responsible investment policy, with priority given to essential urban services, and to...
Published on 12 Jul 2021
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Green Energy in South Africa
South Africa is an energy-intensive country and a major emitter of greenhouse gases because of the importance of the industrial sector in its gross domestic product (GDP), the use of coal for energy generation (71% of primary energy consumed, 93% of the electricity produced), and the low energy...
Published in June 2021
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Stakeholder engagement on inequality trends in South Africa – A multidimensional diagnostic of inequality
It is widely accepted that South Africa’s persistently high levels of inequality are not only a humanitarian crisis, they are also unsustainable and curb the country’s growth potential. Yet, despite extensive research coupled with well-targeted government policies, efforts to reverse inequality...
Published in March 2021