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2019

NWU - TRADE TRADE-DSM conference media release: Africa's development drive: Leveraging the benefits of AfCFTA and regional integration
NWU - Business School Brexit agreement between the EU and the UK a step towards avoiding disruption
NWU - Business School South Africa and the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report
NWU - TRADE Opinion piece - MSMES and services: a pathway to inclusive growth in developing economies?
NWU - Business School Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) 3Q2019
NWU - Business School Unchanged interest rates a lost opportunity to send a more positive message to business and consumers
NWU - Business School New SA-UK trade deal in the aftermath of the planned Brexit
NWU - Business School Making the latest economic improvements in South Africa more sustainable
NWU - Business School The National Treasury growth plan will hinge on practical implementation and collaboration with key stakeholders
NWU - Business School Worsening levels of unemployment in 2Q 2019 reinforces the need for higher economic growth and structural reforms in SA
NWU  NWU delivers PhD graduates from every corner of Africa
NWU - TRADE Are the digital and inclusive growth agendas compatible? Implications for trade policy in developing countries
NWU - Business School Reappointment of SARB Governor for a further five-year term
NWU - Business School Monetary Policy Committee's decision to reduce interest rates
NWU - Business School Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) 2Q2019
NWU - TRADE Manufacturing Circle Trade Awareness Workshop - Feedback Summary
NWU - Business School The deciding factor in the latest State-of-Nation Address (SONA)
NWU - Business School Highly negative growth figures
NWU - Business School Cabinet reconfiguration
NWU - Business School MPC decision to again leave interest rates unchanged nonetheless leaves the door open to a possible future rate cut
NWU - Business School Worsening unemployment figures
NWU - Business School 2019 Elections
NWU - TRADE TRADE-DSM conference media release: Big changes loom in Europe and Africa: How will South Africa be affected?
NWU - Business School Extending the BREXIT deadline to 31 October 2019
NWU - Business School Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) 1Q2019
NWU - Business School Moody's surprise decision not to update SA's sovereign credit rating
NWU - Business School The latest MPC decision
NWU - Business School To BREXIT, or not to BREXIT
NWU - Business School NERSA's decision on ESKOM tariff

2018

NWU - Business School South Africa to prepare contingency plan if Brexit is delayed
NWU - TRADE Trade flows in Africa: Unlocking the potential
NWU - Business School Medium Term Budget Policy Statement
NWU - Business School Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) 3Q2018
NWU - Business School Strenuous efforts are needed for RSA to break out of its current low growth trap
NWU - Business School Politics, Economics and Business in South Africa - 25 July 2018
Agbiz TRADE DSM Model will help to identify export opportunities
NWU - Business School Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) 2Q2018
NWU - TRADE TRADE at the 2018 Agbiz Congress
NWU - TRADE Media release from the launch of a new book: 'Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism: The Role of Business in South Africa'
Business Live Business must widen horizon on land issue
NWU - Business School Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) 1Q2018
NWU - SBG Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) 4Q2017
NWU - SBG "Moody's decision on SA's investment rating is good news for the economy"
NWU - SBG "Despite its laudable goals and commitment to the NDP, this remains a tought Budget" 
NWU - SBG "The resignation of President Jacob Zuma paves the way for better economic prospects in South Africa" 

2017

NWU - TRADE TRADE report back from 2017 WTO Chairs conference
NWU - TRADE TRADE and DSM help Rwanda to boost exports
NWU - SBG Reaction Gigaba's to the Medium Term Budget Statement
NWU - TRADE WTO Chairs compare country strategies for making trade more inclusive
NWU - SBG Cabinet reshuffles come at a high cost to the economy
NWU - SBG Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) 3Q2017
NWU - TRADE Services trade: A sustainable solution to southern Africa's growth and development challenges?
NWU - SBG Latest WEF Report: Another big wake-up call for decision makers in South Africa
NWU - SBG Failure of SARB to cut interests rates reflects the economic price of continued political and policy uncertainty in SA
NWU - SBG Prof Raymond Parsons receives honorary ESSA life membership award
NWU - SBG Policy and political uncertainty remains the biggest challenge to growth prospects in the RSA economy
NWU - TRADE Seeing the value in Global and Regional Value Chains: Lessons for Africa
NWU - SBG Recession, recovery and reform in the South African economy
tralac Export controls and competitiveness in African mining and minerals processing industries
NWU - SBG Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) 2Q2017
NWU - SBG Public Protector's proposal to change the mandate of the SA Reserve Bank opens a Pandora's Box of new risks for the South African economy
NWU - SBG Policy uncertainty has become a tax in South Africa's economic performance
NWU - TRADE SA-US trade relations - from chicken wars to Trump and beyond
NWU - TRADE North-West University awards honorary doctorate to world renowned economist Prof Ludo Cuyvers
NWU - SBG Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) 1Q2017
NWU - TRADE Leveraging the power of the digital economy to fast-track development in southern Africa
NWU - SBG S&P downgrade South Africa's investment rating to junk status
NWU - SBG Heightened Policy Uncertainty after Cabinet Reshuffle
NWU - TRADE
ICTSD
NWU - SBG
Business Day

    2016

    NWU - TRADE  Report back on 'Harnessing Gender for Inclusive Trade' workshop at SAIIA, 9 December 2016
    NWU - TRADE Report back on UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2016
    NWU - TRADE Media Statement: Moody's and Fitch's unchanged SA investment rating is good news, but SA economy not yet out of the woods
    NWU - SBG First impact of a Donald Trump victory in U.S. Presidential elections is significantly heightened global economic uncertainty
    Business Live SMEs in the services sector - a new path to develop least developed countries?
    Logistics News Researching Southern Africa and regional logistics problems
    NWU - TRADE Medium Term Budget Policy Statement Review
    NWU - TRADE More inclusive trade: A new global imperative
    Logistics News Equal footing for the SA logistics industry
    AgriKultuur Brexit - change is in the air
    NWU - TRADE The new industrial and trade policy nexus
    NWU - TRADE Brexit...now what?
    AgriKultuur Implications of Brexit
    NWU - TRADE Zimbabwe-South Africa relations under pressure: An eye for an eye or turn the other cheek?
    NWU - TRADE The outcomes of the recent SA local elections send a potentially positive economic message
    NWU - TRADE NWU School of Business and Governance Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) 2Q2016
    NWU - TRADE Media statement: SA economy faces a significant period of uncertainty in the event of a Brexit
    Finweek A scientific solution to optimise trade decision making
    Business Day Wages dip as day labourers' ranks swell
    Business Day News analysis: Ministers' absence from  metals indaba reflects empty words
    NWU - TRADE NWU School of Business and Governance Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) 1Q2016
    Business Day Bank a vital anchor in rough political and economic seas
    Financial Mail The paradigm must shift - Domestic factors have been the main cause of SA's predicament, and anxiety about the future now dominates economic performance
    NWU - TRADE Paving the way for South Africa's (re)industrialisation, including the 'local content' vs. the 'local spend' debate
    NWU - TRADE The watchword on interest rates: caution
    NWU - TRADE Media Statement: 2016 National Budget underscores the economic challenges facing South Africa
    NWU - TRADE Media Statement: NWU breaks ground with launch of the Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) for South Africa
    NWU - TRADE Media Statement: Rising interest rate cycle will harm growth and employment

    2015

    NWU - TRADE Media Statement: Gordhan will help stabilise market perceptions
    NWU - TRADE Media Statement: Unexpected change in Finance Minister at this stage is bad news for the economy
    NWU - TRADE Media Statement: Rating agencies put SA firmly on notice to get its house in order soon or face possible junk status later
    NWU - TRADE WTO Policy Brief Series - Policy uncertainty: How it affects South Africa's growth and development prospects
    NWU - TRADE Media Statement: SAIIA Roundtable, 'Nairobi and Beyond - What Prospects for the WTO?'
    NWU - TRADE Media Statement: SA's Improvement in the competitiveness index welcome
    Business Day Piketty's fix for inequality in sync with development plan
    NWU - TRADE Media Statement: SARB Interest Rates 23 September 2015
    NWU - TRADE Brazil's Junk Status Rating: Implications for SA
    Mail and Guardian Steel crisis spurs state into action
    Ornico Inequality 'hampers' trade
    NWU NWU's WTO Chair and team showcase Decision Support Model at the WTO's 5th Global Review of Aid for Trade in Geneva, Switzerland
    NWU UNCTAD Virtual Institute Workshop: Gender inequality is hampering effective trade
    NWU-SBG Beware of Greeks bearing debts? (pdf) (video)
    NWU Global Value Chains (GVCs) and Trade Facilitation: Implications for South Africa's Trade Policy
    Financial Mail On My Mind: Taking the Piketty road
    Engineering News Agbiz launches Political Agri-Economy report
    NWU Is SA seeing the value in global value chains (GVCs)?
    Engineering News South African localisation and beneficiation must be cognisant of global value chains
    Engineering News Academics weigh in on gas industry outlook for 2015

    2014

    WTO WTO to award seven Chairs in 2014, beginning with South Africa’s North-West University
    NWU NWU professor receives WTO international trade honour
    Engineering News
    NWU prof named one of seven global WTO Chairs
    Potch Herald North-West University professor receives WTO international trade honour (Page #34)
    Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) 1Q2017