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Thursday, 15 March 2012
Making Key Business Constraints in SADC Tangible: Experiences of the Private Sector
SAIIA
The SADC Secretariat, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit – GIZ – and the South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA) would like to invite you to participate in the launch of a series of business case studies documenting theTOP 10 business constraints in SADC region in a tangible way.Johannesburg
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Perspectives on Trade, Investment and Competition Policy in South Africa
Trudi Hartzenburg
SAIIA Occasional Paper No 111, March 2012
A Media Forum on Trade Policy14 March 2012Melrose Place, Rosebank, Johannesburg
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012
China in Kenya: Addressing Counterfeit Goods and Construction Sector Imbalances
Hilary Patroba
SAIIA Occasional Paper No 110, March 2012
SAIIA Policy Briefing 45, February 2012
Thursday, 01 March 2012
Making Key Business Constraints in SADC Tangible: Experiences of the Private Sector
SAIIA
The SADC Secretariat, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit – GIZ – and the South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA) would like to invite you to participate in the launch of a series of business case studies documenting the TOP 10 business constraints in SADC region in a tangible way.Location: Gabarone
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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Private sector views of the implementation of the SADC FTA
Sheila Kiratu
Linkages and interaction between governments and the private sector is crucial for the success of not only regional trade agreement negotiations, but its implementation as well. The importance of the private sector in implementation is based on the fact that it is a beneficiary and partner for trade development. However, the private sector is often not sufficiently engaged by governments or regional economic communities (RECs) in implementation processes, especially in Africa. This is demonstrated by the perceptions of business on the effects of the implementation of the Southern African Development Cooperation's (SADC) Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The International Trade Centre…
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News & Announcements
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
SAIIA invites economics journalists to the 2012 Media Forum on Trade Policy
SAIIA
The South African Institute of International Affairs will be hosting a Media Forum in Trade Policy on Wednesday, 14 March 2012, in Johannesburg. The workshop is designed to enhance the ability of economics journalists to evaluate policy issues relating to international trade. The aim is to promote quality debate around key milestones on the global and domestic economic agenda.
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“BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group of countries has a special significance in the emerging global economic order and they are set of reshape the economic, trade and political future of the world,” said Wang Xinkui, President of the Shanghai WTO Consultation Center. He was speaking on the occasion of the launch of BRICS Trade & Economics Research Network (BRICS-TERN) in Shanghai on Saturday, the 19th of November 2011. Gong Baihua, Associate President of SCCWTO welcomed the participants to this meeting.
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SAIIA Occasional Paper No 108, February 2012
Monday, 06 February 2012
French Relations with Sub-Saharan Africa Under President Sarkozy
Richard Moncrieff
SAIIA Occasional Paper No 107, January 2012
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Working for Development in Southern Africa: Bridging the Gap Between Government and Business
Tim Hughes
SAIIA Occasional Paper No 104, January 2012
The 8th Ministerial conference (MC8) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is now done and dusted. Once again the world held its breath hoping that the trade ministers would give a more concrete indication on what is to happen with the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). A variety of issues were discussed, such as a different negotiating approach and the need to deliver on the Doha mandate, but no decisions were made. Even the much anticipated least developed countries (LDC) package failed to materialise, showing just how difficult it is to agree on issues even where countries are agreed in principle.…
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Opinion & Analysis
SAIIA Policy Briefing No 41, December 2011
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
SAIIA Podcast Episode 3: 2011 Year-end Review: A look back at some of the major economic issues that impacted on South Africa and Africa
Chevon Erasmus Porter
21 December 2011: The head of SAIIA's Economic Diplomacy Programme, Catherine Grant-Makokera, looks back at some of the major economic issues in 2011 from a South African and African perspective. She presents her perspective on European debt crisis, it's impact on European Union trade ties with Southern African states and where China fits into all of this. She also looks ahead and explains why regional integration in Africa will be a hot topic in 2012.
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Nigeria and the BRICs: Diplomatic, Trade, Cultural and Military Relations
Abiodun Alao
SAIIA Occasional Paper No 101, November 2011
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Dreaming Out Loud: Implications of a Doha End-Game for South Africa
Peter Draper and Memory Dube
SAIIA Occasional Paper No 100, November 2011
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Address by Peter Draper: 'Trade and climate change - implications for Southern Africa?'
SAIIA Western Cape Branch
The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), Western Cape Branch, invites you to a public seminar to be addressed by Peter Draper speaking on "Trade and climate change - implications for Southern Africa?" at The Centre for the Book, 62 Queen Victoria Street, Gardens, Cape Town on Thursday 20 October 2011 at 5:00 for 5:30 pm.
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Wednesday, 05 October 2011
Roundtable Discussion: World Gold Council Standards for Conflict-Free Gold
SAIIA
South African Institute of International Affairs cordially invites you to a roundtable discussion hosted by the World Gold Council Standards for Conflict-Free Gold Date: Wednesday, 5 October 2011 Time: 10:00am – 16:00pm Venue: Jan Smuts House, East Campus, Wits University RSVP: Alex Benkenstein - SAIIA Senior Researcher
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Fresh from attending the World Economic Forum’s summer Davos in Dalian, China, I feel relatively good to be African. Our traditional European trading partners are undergoing sweeping economic changes and the prospect of sustained declines in standards of living. The US may be on the cusp of a double-dip recession and is mired in a destructive ideological fight over budgets, debt and more. New centres of economic power are engaging with us through trade and investment. Growth in sub-Saharan Africa is rapid in many countries, and likely to be sustained. Yet we cannot be complacent. Two broad, contradictory trends are…
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Opinion & Analysis
Tuesday, 04 October 2011
South Africa–European Union Trade: Age-old Chestnuts and Dealmakers
Catherine Grant Makokera and Lambert Botha
The recent fourth annual South Africa – European Union (EU) Summit on 15 September 2011 was preceded by a day of intensive engagements between Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies and his counterpart from the European Commission on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations between the EU and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). This was hardly surprising. While trade was just one of the many issues covered in the wide-ranging discussions at the Summit, it has also been one of the most contentious matters in the bilateral relationship between the EU and South Africa, with the ability to sour…
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Opinion & Analysis
Monday, 26 September 2011
Services Trade Liberalisation and the Role of the Services Sector in South African Development
Nicolette Cattaneo
SAIIA Occasional Paper No 94, September 2011
Monday, 26 September 2011
SADC Trade in Services: Negotiating the National Interest
Matthew Stern, Sarah Truen and Yash Ramkolowan
SAIIA Occasional Paper No 93, September 2011
SAIIA Occasional Paper No 90, August 2011
Saturday, 13 August 2011
Service Sector Liberalisation in India: Key Lessons and Challenges
Rupa Chanda and Pralok Gupta
SAIIA Occasional Paper No 88, August 2011
“Trade not aid” has long been a mantra for those who believe that developing countries need to grow and integrate their economies through world markets rather than relying on hand-outs from donors. In 2005, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial meeting in Hong Kong agreed to strengthen the link between these two issues with the launch of the Aid for Trade initiative. The aim was to promote additional development assistance, especially to least-developed countries, in order to help them better participate in the world trading system. This included building supply-side capacity and trade-related infrastructure so that developing countries could export…
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Opinion & Analysis
Thursday, 28 July 2011
State Visits as a Tool of Economic Diplomacy: Bandwagon or Business Sense?
Catherine Grant Makokera
SAIIA Occasional Paper No 87, July 2011
You are cordially invited to the launch of the African Economic Outlook 2011Venue: Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Multipurpose Centre, OR Tambo Building, 460 Soutpansberg Road, Rietondale, PRETORIA
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Presentations & Speeches
SAIIA Policy Briefing No 32, May 2011
The South African Institute of International Affairs cordially invites you to a Speaker’s Meeting to be addressed by HE Dr Nicola Brewer, British High Commissioner to South Africa, on “Africa in the 21st century: a view from London”.Date: Monday 20 June 2011Time: 18:00 – 19:30 to be followed by a cocktail reception Venue: Jan Smuts House, East Campus, Wits University
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