1. Trade and Industrial Policy Studies “Who we are and what we do”
Evans Chinembiri
Third Annual Congress
Public Sector Economists Forum
29 November 2011

2. Outline What TIPS is about and what TIPS does Courses offered at TIPS
TIPS contact details

3. What TIPS is about Courses offered at TIPS TIPS contact details
Who we are & what we do…
Independent not for profit economic research institution active in South Africa and the region, established in 1996.
TIPS facilitates policy development and dialogue in the pursuit of sustainable equitable growth through the provision of a range of services to government and regional bodies, across the following pillars
Trade
African economic integration
Industrial development
Inequality and economic marginalisation
Sustainable growth and
Rural development

4. What TIPS is about Courses offered at TIPS TIPS contact details
Who we are & what we do…
TIPS core competences that have been built over time include:
Policy development
Conducting and commissioning research
Research dissemination
Technical Assistance
Database management
Project design and management
Capacity building

5. What TIPS is about Courses offered at TIPS TIPS contact details
TIPS course offerings
TIPS has run regular workshops in economy wide modelling over the past decade in cooperation with the University of Cape Town and the International Food Policy Research Institute, however since 2005 TIPS has taken the lead in the running these courses
TIPS runs regular 4-7 day workshops in economy wide modelling, with attendance restricted to 16 participants per workshop.
Courses are run on a cost recovery basis and participation fees have been around R1000 per day
TIPS has trained over 260 people, 30% were international participants, 50% from the public sectors, 25 % from Universities and research institutions and less than 10% from South African Provincial Public sectors

6. What TIPS is about Courses offered at TIPS TIPS contact details
TIPS course offering
Two modelling workshops are run each year
Economy-wide Policy Impact Analysis
Introductory course that deals with multipliers using Input -Output tables; Supply Use tables and a Social Accounting Matrix
All applications are carried out in MS Excel
Introduction To Computable General Equilibrium Modelling
Introductory course that builds up a full static CGE model, culminating in the IFPRI Standard Model
All applications are done in GAMS.
TIPS also runs ad hoc advanced modeling workshops targeted at advanced modelers.
We are at an advanced stage of developing a third programme that focuses on the users of modeling analysis as opposed to modelers emphasizing on the economics and less on the techniques of programming and is scheduled to begin in 2012
In addition to this TIPS has in the past tailored specific workshops at the request of a client modeling needs.

7. What TIPS is about Courses offered at TIPS TIPS Contact details
Contact us!!
Contact details
Evans K. Chinembiri or Ipeleng Mohlala
Tel:
Fax:
Address: 826 Government Avenue,
Arcadia,
Pretoria
Postal Address: P.O. Box 11214, Hatfield, Pretoria 0028
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