Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED)
SA-TIED programme is a programme intended to support policymaking in the Southern Africa region by working closely with researchers to close knowledge gaps crucial to the achievement of inclusive growth and economic transformation. Through SA-TIED, researchers have access to the comprehensive anonymised tax data made available by the National Treasury of South Africa and supported by United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and many other governmental organisations in South Africa and its sub-region. SA-TIED research is intended to inform policymakers and help deliver frontier solutions to the region’s economic and development problems.

SA-TIED programme looks at ways to support policy-making for inclusive growth and economic transformation in the southern Africa region, through original research conceived and produced in collaboration between United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), National Treasury, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and many other governmental and research organizations in South Africa and its sub-region. A key aspect of the programme is to encourage networking and discussion amongst people involved in policy processes across the participating organizations and civil society aiming to bridge the gap between research and policy-making.

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    South Africa’s emergency social grant proves to be a critical tool in the fight against poverty — it should be expanded

    South Africa's unemployment rate stands at a staggering 32.1%—one of the highest in the world. Coupled with an alarming poverty rate, where nearly...

    Request for research proposals
    Enterprise development for job creation Public revenue mobilization Structural transformation and inequality

    The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), together with the National Treasury of South Africa (NT), is requesting research proposals under the second phase of the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive...

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    A tale of two cities: Can electricity supply save lives without deepening divides?
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    On 25 May 2023, three-year-old Neyamiah James died after extended electricity outages in Johannesburg caused her home oxygen machine to run out of...

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    The economic ripples of rising government debt

    In recent years, governments worldwide witnessed a surge in debt levels. According to the Institute of International Finance, global debt reached a...

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    Wait no more: how the administration of VAT refunds impacts firm behaviour

    Refunds are an essential feature of well-functioning VAT systems and take up a sizeable portion of government spending. In South Africa, refunds amount to 50 percent of gross VAT collection, representing a substantial transfer from the government to...

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    Tax financing options for new social protection instruments

    In this paper, we use a static fiscal incidence analysis model to evaluate the poverty and inequality impacts of using fiscal policy to finance expanded social spending in South Africa. We assess three methods to enhance the social protection system...

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    Income inequality in South Africa

    We use individual-level tax administrative data to estimate personal income inequality among the tax-compliant population in South Africa over the period 2011–21. Our results indicate that inequality of this population rose slightly over the period...

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    What happens when you tax the rich?

    South Africa faces a dual challenge of limited fiscal space—the need to raise sufficient revenues to finance public services—and high levels of...

    Michelle Pleace is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER, contributing to the Southern Africa - Towards Inclusive Economic Development program. Her work involves producing partially anonymized tax administrative data. Her research interests lie in...

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    Economic geography determinants of spatial wage disparities in South Africa

    In this paper, we use the new economic geography (NEG) framework to estimate the extent to which spatial wage disparities in the South African manufacturing sector are an outcome of economic forces such as market access. To test the relationship, we...

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    group photo Catalysing climate resilience – insights from the National Treasury Climate Resilience Symposium
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    Bolstering the skills of young people – the key to South Africa's economic growth
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    As a young data developer responsible for mining and analysing the administrative tax data provided to researchers through the SA-TIED programme, I am...

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    Surviving in the dark: the mortality effects of reducing rolling blackouts

    South Africa frequently experiences rolling blackouts (‘load shedding’) due to shortfalls in electricity generation. This is a common problem across the developing world, and yet the developmental impacts of insufficient and unstable electricity...

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    Watts happening to work? The labour market effects of South Africa’s electricity crisis

    In South Africa, the power grid undergoes rotational, scheduled outages—or rolling blackouts—most commonly referred to as load shedding. Load shedding...

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    Mapping economic stability for countries in the Global South
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    In 2024, central banks worldwide are confronted with the challenges of juggling inflation control, economic growth, and the preservation of financial...

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    Dancing on the grid: electricity crises, manufacturing energy vulnerability, and jobs in South Africa

    South Africa’s current electricity crises have worsened, placing the country on an uncertain and turbulent economic trajectory.To identify the manufacturing sub-sectors that are most vulnerable to this crises, we use the input–output matrices for the...

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