Programme at a glance

Day 1 – Wednesday 30 November

09:00-9:15 Welcome and opening of the conference
09:15-10:45 Plenary – Policies for equitable growth: the south african economy
10:45-10:50 Poster session logistics
10:50-11:15 Break
11:15-12:30 Poster session 1
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Parallel Session 1A
Insights from SARS administrative data
Parallel Session 1B
Value chains 1 – Routes to market in southern Africa: supermarkets and intra-regional transport
Parallel Session 1C
Structural change 1993-2013
Parallel Session 1D
Bioenergy 1 – Policies, resources, technology, and demand
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:30 Panel session – Prospects for growth and development
16:30-16:45 Closing of day one
17:30 Coctail dinner

 

Day 2 – Thursday 1 December 

09:00-9:10 Opening of day two
09:10-10:45 Plenary – Policies for equitable growth: the regional economy
10:45-10:50 Poster session logistics
10:50-11:15 Break
11:15-12:30 Poster session 2
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00
Parallel Session 2A 
Bioenergy 2 – Social and economic impacts
Parallel Session 2B
Entering labour markets
Parallel Session 2
Value chains 2 – Regional value chains competitiveness, and industrial policies: case studies of poultry and mining
Parallel Session 2
International finance and taxation
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:30 Plenary panel – Deepening development in Southern africa
16:30-16:40 Closing of conference