Browsing by UP Author "Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret"

Browsing by UP Author "Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret"

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  • Agricultural trade policy reform in South Africa 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Kandiero, Tonia; Ngwenya, P. (Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2008-03)
    This paper empirically investigates the impact of agricultural trade reform in South Africa. Using UNCTAD’s Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (ATPSM), the study investigates two specific scenarios that capture ...
  • Analysing job creation effects of scaling up infrastructure spending in South Africa 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Mabugu, Ramos; Maisonnave, Hélène (Routledge, 2016-01)
    In a first for South Africa, this article raws on literature on infrastructure productivity to model dynamic economy-wide employment impacts of infrastructure investment funded with different fiscal tools. Using a dynamic ...
  • The application of economywide techniques as a tool to understand policy impacts 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret (African Consortium of Public Administration, 2016-06)
    Over the past few decades, the pursuit of sustainable growth and development has been the focus of economic policy in Africa. The challenges confronting Africa range from poverty, unemployment, inequality, insufficient ...
  • Border tax adjustment to negate the impact of an electricity generation tax 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Seymore, Reyno (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2010-02)
    In the 2008 Budget Review, the South African government announced its intention to levy a 2c/kWh tax on the sale of electricity generated from non-renewable sources. This measure is intended to serve a dual purpose of ...
  • Co-modelling for relief and recovery from the Covid-19 crisis in Zimbabwe 
    Mabugu, Ramos Emmanuel; Maisonnave, Helene; Henseler, Martin; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Makochekanwa, Albert (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-10)
    This article presents lessons on transcendence, from research on the socioeconomic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic to policy, using experiences from Zimbabwe. The case study parallels literature on knowledge translation ...
  • A competency framework for women empowerment : the case of the local government sector in South Africa 
    Van der Waldt, Gerrit; Fourie, D.J. (David Johannes); Van Dijk, Hilligje Gerritdina; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Jordaan, Johan (LLC “Consulting Publishing Company “Business Perspectives”, 2019)
    Gender representativity in political and managerial positions in local government in general and women empowerment in particular remain contentious issues. Although an extensive statutory and regulatory framework for ...
  • The competitiveness effect of a multilateral electricity generation tax 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Seymore, Reyno (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2009-08)
    The South African Government announced, in the 2008 Budget Review, the intention to tax the generation of electricity from non-renewable sources with 2c/kWh. This tax is to be collected by the producers/generators of ...
  • A computable general equilibrium micro-simulation analysis of the impact of trade policies on poverty in Zimbabwe 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Mabugu, Ramos; Kandiero, Tonia (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2007-09)
    The paper uses a micro-simulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14006 households derived from the 1995 ...
  • Constructing a greenhouse gas emissions inventory using energy balances : the case of South Africa for 1998 
    Blignaut, James Nelson; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Mabugu, Ramos (Energy Research Insitute, University of Cape Town, 2005-08)
    This paper discusses the procedures and results of constructing a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory for South Africa, using the official national energy balance for 1998. In doing so, the paper offers a snapshot ...
  • Do South African fiscal reforms benefit women? 
    Escalante, Luis Enrique; Maisonnave, Helene; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret (Routledge, 2021)
    Economic reforms affect men and women differently. In South Africa, gender and racial disparities still exist in the labour market, with women being highly vulnerable. The South African economy is in a depressed situation, ...
  • Economic and distributional impact of COVID-19 : evidence from macro-micro modelling of the South African economy 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Henseler, Martin; Mabugu, Ramos; Maisonnave, Helene (Wiley, 2021-03)
    A computable general equilibrium model linked to a microsimulation model is applied to assess the potential short-term effects on the South African economy of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With a particular focus on ...
  • The economic consequences of a fuel levy reform in South Africa 
    Mabugu, Ramos; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Amusa, Hammed (Juta, 2009-09)
    This paper assesses the economic effects of a hypothetical fuel levy imposed by South African provinces. The welfare effects of increasing the fuel levy by 10 per cent are negative but very small. Similarly, the marginal ...
  • Evaluating the impact of land redistribution : a CGE microsimulation application to Zimbabwe 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Mabugu, Ramos (Oxford University Press, 2008-08)
    Zimbabwe has recently gone through a widely criticised land reform process. The country has suffered immensely as a result of this badly orchestrated reform process. Yet land reform can potentially increase average incomes, ...
  • Gender inequalities in morbidity : a South African investigation 
    Ntuli, M.; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Karuaihe, Selma Tuemumunu; Alaba, F.; Tsoanamatsie, N.; Kwenda, P. (Bureau for Economic Research, 2016)
    International studies of gender differences in health status largely attest that women have worse health conditions than men, which compromise women’s contribution to economic development. Using the South African ...
  • A gender-focused macro-micro analysis of the poverty impacts of trade liberalization in South Africa 
    Cockburn, John; Fofana, Ismael; Decaluwe, Bernard; Mabugu, Ramos; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret (Elsevier, 2007)
    Despite the general presumption in favor of trade liberalization, the question of how to implement it in a way to ensure equitable income distribution and sustainable poverty alleviation in developing countries is at the ...
  • The general equilibrium effects of a productivity increase on the economy and gender in South Africa 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Kinyondo, Godbertha Kokubanza (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2008-02)
    This study utilises a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to examine the effects of economy-wide (SIM 1) and partial (SIM 2) productivity increases on the economy, gender employment, wages, income and welfare in ...
  • The general equilibrium effects of a productivity increase on the economy and gender in South Africa 
    Kinyondo, Godbertha Kokubanza; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret (Juta, 2009-09)
    This study utilises a computable general equilibrium model to examine the effects of economy-wide (SIM 1) and partial (SIM 2) productivity increases on the economy, gender employment, wages, income and welfare in South ...
  • Growth and employment impacts of public economic infrastructure investment in South Africa : a dynamic CGE analysis 
    Mbanda, Vandudzai; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret (University of Johannesburg, 2017-06)
    Public infrastructure investment is believed to be one of the key factors in addressing South Africa’s main socio-economic challenges of high unemployment, income inequality and poverty. The country’s economic growth has ...
  • How COVID-19 pandemic worsens the economic situation of women in South Africa 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Henseler, Martin; Mabugu, Ramos Emmanuel; Maisonnave, Helene (Springer, 2022-06)
    Little is known about the general equilibrium impact COVID-19 induces on different gender groups. This paper addresses the problem of relatively few general equilibrium studies focusing on gender impacts of COVID-19. The ...
  • The impact of an electricity generation tax on the South African economy 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Seymore, Reyno; Blignaut, James Nelson; Adams, Philip D. (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2009-08)
    In the 2008 budget of the Minister of Finance, the South African Government proposed to impose a 2 cents/kilowatt-hour (c/kWh) tax on the sale of electricity generated from non-renewable sources; this tax is to be collected ...