The Department
Research Associates
The Department has appointed a number of research associates:
 | Caryn Bredenkamp Senior Economist, World Bank Research interests: Health economics |
 | Estian Calitz Stellenbosch University (Emeritus Professor and Research Associate) Research interests: Public Economics, Economic policy |
 | Lars Christensen Founder and CEO, Markets & Money Advisory Research interests: Monetary policy and theory, monetary history, alternative monetary systems and Emerging Markets |
 | Leigh Gardner London School of Economics, UK Research interests: Economic history |
 | Erik Green Lund University, Sweden Research interests: Economic History |
 | Ramos Mabugu Research and Recommendations Program Head, Financial and Fiscal Commission Research interests: Public economics, Development economics |
 | Martine Mariotti Australian National University, Australia Research interests: Economic history |
 | Nonso Obikili ERSA Policy Associate Research interests: Economic History, Development Economics |
 | Trudy Owens Nottingham University, UK Research interests: Development economics |
 | Ian Stuart Chief Director: Fiscal Policy Unit, National Treasury Research interests: Public Economics |
 | Stephen Taylor Department of Basic Education, South African government Research interests: Economics of education, Labour economics |
 | Ramazan Uctu Research interests: Innovation systems, technological entrepreneurship |
 | Thomas Wilkinson Researcher, PRICELESS Centre, WITS School of Public Health Research interests: Health Economics |
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30 March 2020Late Friday night, Moody's downgraded SA's foreign and local currency sovereign credit rating to Ba1 - one notch below investment grade - following a scheduled ratings review. Tragically, SA also recorded its first COVID-19 deaths and cases surged to over 1 200 during the week.In financial markets, the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) announced it would start...
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