The Department
Sophia du Plessis
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Phone: +27 (0)21 808 2204
Office: Schumann 517
Research interests:
Institutional Economics, Traffic Policy in South Africa, Economic growth and development in Sub-Saharan Africa, African Economic history
Courses lectured:Economics 114 (Micro economics), Economics 381 (Institutional Economics), Institutional Economics 771
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BER Weekly
6 July 2020The main domestic data event over the past week was the release of the 2020Q1 GDP figures. Although not as poor as feared, the data still highlighted just how weak the SA economy was even before the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis hit with full force in 2020Q2. In other domestic news, a heated debate is raging about the fiscal consolidation outlined in...
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BER Weekly
6 July 2020The main domestic data event over the past week was the release of the 2020Q1 GDP figures. Although not as poor as feared, the data still highlighted just how weak the SA economy was even before the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis hit with full force in 2020Q2. In other domestic news, a heated debate is raging about the fiscal consolidation outlined in...
Read the full issue