Economics Dept research publication April 2015

Water footprint assessment to inform water management and policy making in South Africa  by

Pahlow, M.^a , 

Snowball, J.^b, 

Fraser, G.^b

 

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^a  Twente Water Centre, Water Management Group, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
^b  Department of Economics and Economic History, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

IMF Spring meeting: videos and panel discussions

Below are the short videos and archived panel discussions from the IMF Spring Meeting:

World Economic Outlook: Four Factors Shaping the Global Economy

Global Financial Stability Report: Global Financial Stability Report: Rising and Rotating Risks

         

The 2015 Fiscal Monitor

The Managing Director’s Global Policy Agenda Spring 2015

Interview with International Monetary and Financial Committee Chairman:

Top Goals: Higher Growth, Shared Prosperity

A Call to Strengthen Global Growth: David Lipton Wraps Up the IMF Spring Meetings

Panels/Seminars:

Exiting Fragility, Views from the Ground

1 hour, 28 minutes, also available in:

The Elusive Pursuit of Inflation

1 hour, 26 minutes

The New Normal in Asia: Will Growth Inevitably Slow?

(1 hour, 22 minutes)

The Why, Where, and How of Infrastructure Investment

(1 hour, 21 minutes) Also in:

The New Global Trade Landscape

Financing Development: The Way Forward

(1 hour, 11 minutes) Also in:

Falling Commodity Prices

World Economic Outlook

 Four Factors Shaping the Global Economy

Published on 14 Apr 2015

In the latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF says that although there is stronger growth this year in advanced economies, lower growth in emerging market and developing economies.

Labour Law Amendments: Devastating for business, the workforce and the economy

LabourLaw Amendments: Devastating for business, the workforce and the economy.

The newly amended Labour Relations Act (effective 1 January 2015) will have a devastating impact not only on the national recruitment and staffing industry but also on the economy and the country’s unemployment rate - which the act itself seeks to relieve - if they continue to be interpreted by some stakeholders in a narrow light. Read more..

Poor African trade policy could reverse industrialisation efforts

Poor African trade policy could reverse industrialisation efforts

The United Nation Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has cautioned that ill-designed trade policy in Africa could reverse the course of industrialisation and temper the continent’s graduation up the global supply chain. Read more.....