Posted on June 26, 2023
Nyemwererai Matshaka, a PhD student in the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria, won the Econometric Society, Africa Region's Young Economist Best Paper Award at the Africa Meeting of the Econometric Society. The conference,...
Posted on June 14, 2023
Researchers in the University of Pretoria's Energy Economics Unit write that for South Africa to transition to renewable energy, a technological transition that is equitable must be factored in.
Posted on May 18, 2023
Dr Sansia Blackmore of the African Tax Institute writes that elected government representatives need to be accountable to taxpayers. “They owe us much by way of transparency — explaining themselves and spending our hard-earned taxes carefully, in the interest of the people,” she...
Posted on April 24, 2023
Three PhD candidates in the University of Pretoria's Department of Economics recently participated in the 44th Annual International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) conference, which took place from 4 to 9 February 2023 in Saudi Arabia.
Posted on March 13, 2023
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Professor Rangan Gupta has been named the best scientist in the field of economics and finance in South Africa in the latest World Online Ranking of Best Economics & Finance Scientists report.
Posted on February 27, 2023
UP researchers in the Energy Economics Unit write that the proposed incentives for renewable energy and rooftop solar mentioned in the 2023 Budget Speech, could deepen the South African economy’s inequalities.
Posted on January 11, 2023
Dr Jesse Naidoo of the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences writes that economic growth in South Africa can reduce poverty in the country.
Posted on December 14, 2022
Economists from the University of Pretoria’s Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Dr Eleni Yitbarek and Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz, participated in the recent World Science Forum (WSF) 2022, which took place in Cape Town from 6 to 9 December 2022.
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