Preliminary Programme: Infrastructure and Growth – Theory, Empirical Evidence and Policy Lessons
Speaker
John Luiz
Topic
Day 1: 29 May 2006
Registration & Coffee: 8:00 – 9:45
Welcome and Opening Remarks: 8:45 – 9:00
The Aggregate Background: Infrastructure Development in South Africa, and its Productivity Impact
Economic Infrastructure Stocks and Investment in South Africa, 1870 – 2000
Wits Business School
University of the Witwatersrand
Peter Perkins
Infrastructural Investment in Long-run Economic Growth: South Africa, 1875-2001
School of Economic and Business Sciences
University of the Witwatersrand
Lawrence Edwards
Time
9:00 – 12:00
(Includes
tea break)
South Africa’s Export Performance: Determinants of Export Supply
School of Economics
University of Cape Town
David Canning
Keynote
The Effect of Infrastructure on Long-Run Economic Growth
12:00-13:00
School of Public Health
Harvard University
Zeljko Bogetic
Lunch: 13:00 -14:00
The International Comparative Perspective
International Benchmarking Of South Africa's Infrastructure Performance
World Bank
Vivien Foster
World Bank
Katharine Gratwick
Management Programme in Infrastructure Reform
& Regulation
University of Cape Town
Johannes Fedderke
Economic Research Southern Africa
University of Cape Town
Ibrahim Bu Kamara
Infrastructure, public enterprise performance and poverty reduction:
experiences and lessons from Latin America
Investment conundrums and solutions: a survey of independent power projects in
Africa
Day 2: 30 May 2006
Estimation Opportunities and Pitfalls
Isolating the Productivity Impact of Infrastructure Investment: South African Panel
Evidence
Isolating the Productivity Impact of Infrastructure Investment: African Panel
14:00-17:00
(Includes
tea break)
9:00 – 12:00
(Includes
School of Economics
University of Cape Town
Evidence
Chandana Kularatne
Social and Economic Infrastructure Impacts on Economic Growth in South Africa:
placing the ASGISA framework into context
Keynote
New cross-country analysis of the links between infrastructure and growth:
accounting for the quality of infrastructure and the business climate
Lunch: 13:00 -14:00
Electricity
The Electricity Sector in South Africa: Issues & Reform Options
South African National Treasury
Ioannis Kessides
World Bank
Ioannis Kessides
tea break)
12:00-13:00
World Bank
Harald Winkler
National Integrated Energy Planning
Energy Research Centre
University of Cape Town
Grove Steyn
Bruno Merven
Investment and uncertainty: historical experience with power sector investments in
South Africa and its implication for current challenges
Electricity Expansion Planning
14:00-17:00
(Includes
tea break)
Energy Research Centre
University of Cape Town
Zeljko Bogetic & Johannes Fedderke
Day 3: 31 May 2006
Forecasting Infrastructure Needs and Policy Challenges
Forecasting Investment Needs in South Africa’s Electricity And Telecom Sectors
World Bank &
Economic Research Southern Africa
University of Cape Town
Emmanuelle Giovannetti
Infrastructure regulation: European Perspectives
School of Economics
University of Cape Town
John Kruger
9:00 – 12:00
(Includes
tea break)
The 2010 Football World Cup: planning challenges and approaches
South African National Treasury
Reviewing the Policy Implications
Panel:
Andrew Donaldson
Ioannis Kessides
Christopher Loewald
Discussion of the policy implications to emerge from the discussion.
Lunch: 13:00 -14:00
12:00-13:00