Supporting Economic Policies towards Inclusive Growth and Higher Levels of Employment

 

Bureau for Economic Research (BER)

BER is a research centre at Stellenbosch University and formally linked to the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. The main goal of the BER is to independently generate, analyse and disseminate authoritative and policy relevant information on the South African economy in a user-friendly manner. The BER’s existing business model relies on a revenue stream from clients subscribing to the range of data products and analyses offered by the BER, sponsorships of various indices and commissioned research work. As a result, the BER’s capacity to engage with policy makers, businesses and the pubic, is constrained as all staff time and resources are focused largely on commercially viable activities. The resources distributed by the distribution from Millennium Trust materially assist the BER to unlock the potential to make a more substantive contribution to sound economic-policy processes and dialogue, and business performance, by focussing on strategies and plans for economic growth and higher levels of employment.

For more information refer to https://www.ber.ac.za/.

Centre for Development and Enterprise

CDE is an independent policy analysis and advocacy organisation, is South Africa’s leading development think tank. Since its establishment in 1995, CDE has been gathering evidence, consulting widely, and generating innovative policy recommendations on issues critical to economic growth and democratic consolidation. CDE has a special focus on the role of business and markets in development.

For more information refer to https://www.cde.org.za/.

Graduate School of Economic and Management Sciences

The doctoral programme of the Graduate School of Economic and Management Sciences at Stellenbosch University selects ten new doctoral students every year from applications across Africa and beyond and provide the support needed to complete their PhD’s in three years. The knowledge generated in the process has the potential to stimulate innovations and economic growth in Africa, and it provides the next generation of academics and leaders in the public and private sector in Africa.

For more information refer to http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/economy/gem/.

Sakeliga

Sakeliga aims to create a favourable business environment in the public interest. They chooses the most effective means available in the concrete pursuit of free and open markets, private property, accountable governance, value- and merit-based commerce, and
resistance to harmful state policy and state failure.

South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR)

IRR is an advocacy organisation that fights for the right to make decisions about life, family, and business, free from unnecessary government, political, and bureaucratic interference. IRR is in favour of classical liberalism – an effective way to defeat poverty and tyranny through a system of limited government, a market economy, private enterprise, freedom of speech, individual liberty, property rights, and the rule of law.

IRR focus areas are
(a) property rights for all,
(b) rule of law,
(c) real economic empowerment,
(d) tax justice,
(e) free thought and speech,
(f) accountable politics,
(g) choice driven health care, policing and education policy,
(h) reconciliation and social justice and
(i) a small and effective government.

For more information refer to https://irr.org.za/.