The economic consequences of a fuel levy reform in South Africa (2009)
Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Amusa, Hammed
This paper assesses the economic effects of a hypothetical fuel levy imposed by South African provinces. The welfare effects of increasing the fuel levy by 10 per cent are negative but very small....
Kinyondo, Godbertha, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This study utilises a computable general equilibrium model to examine the effects of economy-wide (SIM 1) and partial (SIM 2) productivity increases on the economy, gender employment, wages, income...
Evaluating the impact of land redistribution : a CGE microsimulation application to Zimbabwe (2008)
Chitiga, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos
Zimbabwe has recently gone through a widely criticised land reform process. The country has suffered immensely as a result of this badly orchestrated reform process. Yet land reform can potentially...
Evaluating the impact of land redistribution : a CGE microsimulation application to Zimbabwe (2008)
Chitiga, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos
Zimbabwe has recently gone through a widely criticised land reform process. The country has suffered immensely as a result of this badly orchestrated reform process. Yet land reform can potentially...
Agricultural trade policy reform in South Africa (2008)
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Kandiero, Tonia, Ngwenya, P.
This paper empirically investigates the impact of agricultural trade reform in South Africa. Using UNCTAD’s Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (ATPSM), the study investigates two specific...
Agricultural trade policy reform in South Africa (2008)
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Kandiero, Tonia, Ngwenya, P.
This paper empirically investigates the impact of agricultural trade reform in South Africa. Using UNCTAD’s Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (ATPSM), the study investigates two specific...
Kinyondo, Godbertha, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This study utilises a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to examine the effects of economy-wide (SIM 1) and partial (SIM 2) productivity increases on the economy, gender employment, wages,...
Kinyondo, Godbertha, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This study utilises a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to examine the effects of economy-wide (SIM 1) and partial (SIM 2) productivity increases on the economy, gender employment, wages,...
South Africa trade liberalization and poverty in a dynamic microsimulation CGE model (2007)
Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
South Africa has undergone significant trade liberalization since the end of apartheid. Average protection has fallen while openness has increased. However, economic growth has been insufficient to...
Is increased agricultural protection beneficial for South Africa? (2007)
Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This paper focuses on the effects that a higher tariff on agriculture and food imports could have on poverty and the macroeconomy using a top down computable general equilibrium microsimulation...
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos, Kandiero, Tonia, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
The paper uses a micro-simulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14006 households...
South Africa trade liberalization and poverty in a dynamic microsimulation CGE model (2007)
Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
South Africa has undergone significant trade liberalization since the end of apartheid. Average protection has fallen while openness has increased. However, economic growth has been insufficient to...
Is increased agricultural protection beneficial for South Africa? (2007)
Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This paper focuses on the effects that a higher tariff on agriculture and food imports could have on poverty and the macroeconomy using a top down computable general equilibrium microsimulation...
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos, Kandiero, Tonia, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
The paper uses a micro-simulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14006 households...
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos, Kandiero, Tonia, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
The paper uses a microsimulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14,006 households...
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos, Kandiero, Tonia, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
The paper uses a microsimulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14,006 households...
Cockburn, John, Fofana, Ismael, Decaluwe, Bernard, Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, ...
Despite the general presumption in favor of trade liberalization, the question of how to implement it in a way to ensure equitable income distribution and sustainable poverty alleviation in...
Cockburn, John, Fofana, Ismael, Decaluwe, Bernard, Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, ...
Despite the general presumption in favor of trade liberalization, the question of how to implement it in a way to ensure equitable income distribution and sustainable poverty alleviation in...
Blignaut, James Nelson, Mabugu, Margaret, Gerlagh, Reyer, Hess, Sebastiaan, Tol, Richard S.J., ...
South Africa, as an upper middle-income, resource-intensive developing country with an open economy, has to find innovative ways to combat poverty, promote economic growth and reduce the intensity of...
Blignaut, James Nelson, Mabugu, Margaret, Gerlagh, Reyer, Hess, Sebastiaan, Tol, Richard S.J., ...
South Africa, as an upper middle-income, resource-intensive developing country with an open economy, has to find innovative ways to combat poverty, promote economic growth and reduce the intensity of...
Trade openness and foreign direct investment in Africa (2006)
Kandiero, Tonia, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
Africa's share of foreign direct investment (FDI) has lagged behind other regions in the world, despite a sharp increase in FDI inflows to the region in 2001. Factors contributing to this...
Trade openness and foreign direct investment in Africa (2006)
Kandiero, Tonia, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
Africa's share of foreign direct investment (FDI) has lagged behind other regions in the world, despite a sharp increase in FDI inflows to the region in 2001. Factors contributing to this...
Gerlagh, Reyer, Blignaut, James Nelson, Horridge, Mark, Hess, Sebastiaan, Mabugu, Ramos, ...
A CGE model of South Africa is used to find the potential for a double or triple dividend if the revenues raised from an energy-related environmental tax are recycled to households and industry...
Gerlagh, Reyer, Blignaut, James Nelson, Horridge, Mark, Hess, Sebastiaan, Mabugu, Ramos, ...
A CGE model of South Africa is used to find the potential for a double or triple dividend if the revenues raised from an energy-related environmental tax are recycled to households and industry...
Blignaut, James Nelson, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos M., Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga, Margaret
This paper discusses the procedures and results of constructing a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory for South Africa, using the official national energy balance for 1998. In doing so, the...
Blignaut, James Nelson, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos M., Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga, Margaret
This paper discusses the procedures and results of constructing a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory for South Africa, using the official national energy balance for 1998. In doing so, the...
The impact of tariff reduction on poverty in Zimbabwe : a CGE top-down approach (2005)
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This paper uses a relatively new approach to quantify the effects of trade liberalisation on poverty. It relies on the combination of a standard, social accounting, matrix-based, computable general...
The impact of tariff reduction on poverty in Zimbabwe : a CGE top-down approach (2005)
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This paper uses a relatively new approach to quantify the effects of trade liberalisation on poverty. It relies on the combination of a standard, social accounting, matrix-based, computable general...
The General Equilibrium Effects of a Productivity Increase on the Economy and Gender in South Africa
Godbertha Kinyondo, Margaret Mabugu
This study utilises a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to examine the effects of economy-wide (SIM 1) and partial (SIM 2) productivity increases on the economy, gender employment, wages,...
THE COMPETITIVENESS IMPACT OF A MULTILATERAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION TAX
Reyno Seymore, Margaret Mabugu, Jan Van Heerden
The South African Government announced, in the 2008 Budget Review, the intention to tax the generation of electricity from non-renewable sources with 2c/kWh. This tax is to be collected by the...
THE IMPACT OF AN ELECTRICITY GENERATION TAX ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY
Reyno Seymore, Philip David Adams, Margaret Mabugu, Jan Van Heerden, James Blignaut
In the 2008 budget of the Minister of Finance, the South African Government proposed to impose a 2 cents/kilowatt-hour (c/kWh) tax on the sale of electricity generated from non-renewable sources;...
Jan Van Heerden, Reyer Gerlagh, James Blignaut, Mark Horridge, Sebastiaan Hess, Ramos Mabugu, ...
A CGE model of South Africa is used to find the potential for a double or triple dividend if the revenues raised from an energy-related environmental tax are recycled to households and industry...