Projects

Researchers: Guivis Nkemgha

Funder: UNU-Wider

Output:

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards and Jing Chien

Funder: Project funded by the LSE International Growth Centre (IGC)

Output:

• Edwards, L., Chien, J., Kumwenda, M., Hakizimana, N., & Rwagasana, C.S. (2025). “Quantifying the revenue implications of the AfCFTA for Rwanda.” IGC Working paper RWA-25116. https://www.theigc.org/publications/quantifying-revenue-implications-afcfta-rwanda
• Edwards, L., Chien, J., Kumwenda, M., Hakizimana, N., & Rwagasana, C.S. (2025). “Quantifying the revenue implications of the AfCFTA for Rwanda.” IGC Policy Brief RWA-25116. https://www.theigc.org/publications/quantifying-revenue-implications-afcfta-rwanda-0 

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards and Jing Chien

Funder: Project funded by the SA-UK International Economic Partnership (IEP) programme.

Output:

• Edwards, L., & Chien, J. (2025). “Tariff Turbulence: The Consequences of United States Tariff Increases for South African Exports.” ERSA Policy Paper 41. https://doi.org/10.71587/k3p82828
• Edwards, L., & Chien, J. (2025). “The Consequences of United States Tariff Increases for South African Exports.” ERSA Policy Brief 213. https://doi.org/10.71587/xe0q0368 

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards and Jing Chien

Funder: Project conducted in conjunction with DNA Economics, funded by the SA-UK International Economic Partnership (IEP) programme.

Output:

• Edwards, L., Chien, J., & Stern, M. (2024). “Trade Policy Research Priorities for South Africa.” ERSA Policy Paper 30. https://doi.org/10.71587/wrqq5m11
• Edwards, L., Chien, J., & Stern, M. (2024). “Getting South Africa’s Exports back on Track.” ERSA Policy Brief 211. https://doi.org/10.71587/rcx39048 

Researchers: David Fadiran and Adeola Oyenubi

Funder: Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Output:

• Fadiran, D., and Oyenubi, A. (2025). “Spatial Inequality, Sub-Regional Governance and Subjective Well-Being: The Case of South Africa” AFD Research Papers No. 353. https://www.afd.fr/en/resources/spatial-inequality-sub-regional-governance-and-subjective-well-being-case-south-africa
• Fadiran, D., and Oyenubi, A. (2025). “Are Municipal Governance Issues Worsening the Effects of Inequality in South Africa?” AFD Policy Dialogues No. 74. https://www.afd.fr/en/resources/are-municipal-governance-issues-worsening-effects-inequality-south-africa 

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards, David Fadiran and Godfrey Kamutando

Funder: Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG)

Output:

• Fadiran, D., Kamutando, G., & Edwards, L. (2025). "Persistence in employment of youth post wage subsidy: Matched firm-employee level evidence from South Africa" STEG Working Paper WP124 SRG 1226. https://grp.cepr.org/publications/steg-working-paper/persistence-employment-youth-post-wage-subsidy-matched-firm
• Fadiran, D., Kamutando, G., & Edwards, L. (2025). "Persistence in employment of youth post wage subsidy: Matched firm-employee level evidence from South Africa" STEG Project Brief SRG 1226. https://grp.cepr.org/publications/steg-policy-brief/persistence-employment-youth-post-wage-subsidy-matched-firm-employee  

Researchers: Sanduku Mulumba, Lawrence Edwards and David Fadiran

Funder: UNU-Wider

Output:

• Mulumba, S., Edwards, L., & Fadiran, D. (2024). "Economic grography derterminants of spatial wage disparities in South Africa: Evidence from a firm-level panel" WIDER Working Paper 2024/52. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. https://doi.org/10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2024/514-1 

Researchers: Anthony Black in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Toyota Wessels Institute for Manufacturing Studies (TWIMS).

Funder: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Toyota Wessels Institute for Manufacturing Studies (TWIMS)

Phase 1 is a baseline survey of 200 automotive component firms. (Phase 1 budget R964,780).

Output:

• Higuchi, Y., Barnes, J., Black, A., & Otsuka, K. (2024). FDI, production networks and firm behaviour: Evidence from the South African automotive industry. The World Economy. 47(3):1247-1273. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13491

Researchers: Harald Winkler

Funder: Taylor & Francis

Output:

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards, David Fadiran, Godfrey Kamutando

Funder: South African National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI).

Output: 

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Researchers: Lawrence Edwards, David Fadiran and Godfrey Kamutando

Funder: Project conducted in conjunction with DNA Economics, funded by the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat

Output: 

• Edwards, L., Fadiran, D., & Kamutando, G. (2024). "Quantifying tariff revenue losses from the African Continental Free Trade Area" Journal of African Trade. 11(1) Article 2. https://doi.org/10.59624/2214-8523.1138 

Researchers: Jing Chien, Lawrence Edwards and Ayanda Hlatshwayo

Funder: UNU-Wider

Output:

• Chien, J., Edwards, L., Hlatshwayo, A. (2024). Importer price effects of tariffs in the context of preferential trade agreements: The case of poultry in South Africa. WIDER Working Paper 2024/17. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. https://doi.org/10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2024/475-5

Researchers: Harald Winkler

Funder: African Climate Foundation

Output:

• https://www.learningbydoingproject.org/

Researchers: Harald Winkler, Andrew Marquard, Consorcio de Investigacion y Social (CIES) and Energeia network

Funder: German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) through its International Climate Initiative (IKI)

Output:

• https://www.learningbydoingproject.org/

Researchers: Harald Winkler, Andrew Marquard, Samantha Keen, German Institute for Economic Research, Center for Sustainability Studies, The Energy and Resource Institute and Bandung Institute of Technology

Funder: German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) through its International Climate Initiative (IKI)

Output:

• Winkler, H., Tyler, E., Keen, S., & Marquard, A. (2021). Just transition transaction in South Africa: an innovative way to finance accelerated phase out of coal and fund social justice. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, online, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2021.1972678
• Working papers available at: https://climatestrategies.org/projects/snapfi/
• International Study on the Global Stocktake (2022)
• Finance for Adaptation at the Level of Local Government in South Africa (2022)
• Policy approaches to guide finance flows for more effective climate action in South Africa (2021)
• Climate finance to transform energy infrastructure as part of a just transition in South Africa (2020)

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards, Zaakirah Ismail, Godfrey Kamutando, Simbarashe Mambara, Matthew Stern and Fouche Venter

Funder: South Africa Reserve Bank

Output: 

• Edwards, L., Ismail, Z., Kamutando, G., Mambara, S., Stern, M., & Venter, F. (2022). The consumer price effects of specific trade policy restrictions in South Africa. South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Working Paper series WP/22/15. Pretoria: SARB. Available online: https://www.resbank.co.za/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/working-papers/2022/the-consumer-price-effects-of-specific-trade-policy-restrictions
• https://www.econ3x3.org/article/how-trade-restrictions-affect-consumers-case-frozen-chicken

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards and Godfrey Kamutando

Funder: International Growth Centre (IGC)

Output: 

• Kamutando, G., Edwards, L., Tuyishimire, C., & Twum, A. (2025). "Shifting the dial: Using the AfCFTA to boost export growth and diversification in Rwanda" IGC Final report RWA-21153. https://www.theigc.org/publications/shifting-dial-using-afcfta-boost-export-growth-and-diversification-rwanda

Researchers: Jing Chien, Lawrence Edwards and The World Bank Group

Funder: The World Bank Group (WBG)

Output: 

• World Bank. (2024). "Unlocking South Africa's Potential: Leveraging Trade for Inclusive Growth and Resilience (English). Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099072324033025851/p17557919d7ae80f6190fd1849b70964ea9 

Researchers: Jing Chien, Harriet Conron, Lawrence Edwards and Godfrey Kamutando

Funder: International Growth Centre (IGC)

Output: 

• Chien, J., Conron, H., Edwards, L., & Kamutando, G. (2022). "Trading up: Harnessing the African Continental Free Trade Area for Growth in Uganda" IGC Final Report UGA-20269. https://www.theigc.org/project/uganda-and-the-african-continental-free-trade-area-afcfta/
• Edwards, L., & Conron, H. (2022). "Trading up: Harnessing the AfCFTA for Growth in Uganda" IGC Policy Brief UGA-20269. https://www.theigc.org/publications/trading-harnessing-afcfta-growth-uganda 

Researchers: Mike Morris

Funder: UNCTAD 

Output: 

Researchers: Mike Morris, Glen Robbins, Ivan Nygaard and Ulrich Hansen

Funder: DANIDA 

Output: 

Researchers: David Kaplan

Funder: Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)

Output:

Researchers: Mike Morris

Funder: Namibia Industrial Development Agency

Output:

Researchers: Jake Morris, Courtney Barnes and Mike Morris

Funder: City of Cape Town

Output:

Researchers: Anthony Black, Lawrence Edwards, Ruth Gorven and Willard Mapulanga

Funder:UNU-Wider

Output:

Researchers: David Kaplan

Funder: International Science Council (Paris)

Output:

Researchers: David Kaplan

Funder: Center for Development and Enterprise (CDE)

Output:

Researchers: David Kaplan

Funder: Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)

Output:

Researchers: Faizel Ismail, Anthony Black, Lawrence Edwards and Mike Morris

Funder: AfDB

Output:

Researchers: Anthony Black, Lawrence Edwards, Faizel Ismail, Brian Makundi, and Mike Morris. 

Funder: UNU-Wider

Outputs:

• WIDER Working Paper, ‘Spreading the gains? Prospects and policies for the development of regional value chains in the automotive and food/retailing sectors in Southern Africa’

Researcher: Anthony Black. 

Funder: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) (R279,000)

Output:

Researchers: Mike Morris

Funder: DIE

Output:

Researchers: David Kaplan

Funder: Engineers without borders, Canada

Output:

Researcher: Anthony Black. 

Funder: Industrial Think Tank, University of Johannesburg

Output:

• Contributed to Digital Industrial Policy Framework and policy briefs on electric cars and the Cape Town IT cluster

Researcher: Anthony Black (with Justin Barnes and Lorenza Monaco) 

Investigated structural change in the automotive sector. Industrial Development Think Tank (IDTT) (R400,000)

Researchers: David Kaplan

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation

Researchers: Mike Morris, David Perkins, Belynda Petrie and Duncan Pringle

Swiss SECO-UNIDO

Researchers: David Kaplan and Mike Morris

South Africa DTI and TIPS

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards

NRF - Competitive Support for Unrated Researchers (CSUR)

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards, Rob Davies, Albert Makochekanwa (U Zim); Remco Oostendorp (Vrije University), Neil Rankin (Stellenbosch)

Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries Programme (GLM/LIC) funded by DFID and IZA

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards, Asha Sundaram, Refilwe Lepelle

IDRC through Georg-August-University Göttingen Public Law Foundation

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards, Rob Davies, Albert Makochekanwa (U Zim); Remco Oostendorp (Vrije University), Neil Rankin (Stellenbosch)

Low-income countries, DFID

Researchers: Mike Morris, David Kaplan and Raphael Kaplinsky

EU and SADC

Researchers: Anthony Black

Researchers: J Paul Dunne and Nan Tian

African Economic Research Consortium

Researchers: J Paul Dunne and Nan Tian

African Development Bank

Researchers: Neil Rankin (Stellenbosch) and Lawrence Edwards

OECD

Researchers: Mike Morris and David Kaplan

GIZ

Researchers: Mike Morris, David Perkins, Masuma Farooki, Judith Fessehaie and Alex O’ Riordan

BGR

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards and Asha Sundararm

UNU-Wider

Researchers: Cornelia Staritz and Mike Morris

ICTSD

Researchers: Mike Morris, Alex O’Riordan, Thomas McLennan and Lucy Martin

Open Society

Researchers: Mike Morris and Lucy Martin

IDS, Sussex, DFID

Researchers: Mike Morris and Raphael Kaplinsky

African Export Import Bank

Researchers: Mike Morris and Cornelia Staritz

ACFRN

Researchers: Robert Lawrence & Lawrence Edwards

National Bureau of Economic Research

Researchers: David Kaplan and Mike Morris

National Treasury

Researchers: Mamello Nchake (PI) and Lawrence Edwards

Private Enterprise Development in Low-income countries, DFID

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards

World Bank

Researchers: Lawrence Edwards

World Bank

Researchers: Matthew Townshend and Don Ross

The research is intended to strengthen the road appraisal process in South Africa. Authorities will be provided with a method to identify and measure the full set of costs and benefits associated with road investment. Currently, many costs and benefits are either overlooked or included subjectively given estimation difficulties. Community participation is another important input that must be effectively incorporated into the appraisal process. Detailed cost-benefit analysis can then be used to prioritise and guide road investment - an important outcome given budget constraints and the heavy maintenance backlogs facing road authorities

Researchers: Mike Morris and Judith Fessehaie

UNECA

Researcher: Anthony Black

Funded by South Africa Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD) (R668,000). The main output was an edited volume entitled "Towards Employment Intensive Growth in South Africa", published by UCT press. Can be found under books section

L. Edwards is overseas co-ordinator of this project and working with R. Jenkins at the University of East Anglia in the UK. It is funded by ESRC (UK) (£62,000).

Project Leaders – M. Morris, D. Kaplan, R Kaplinsky, comprising 14 additional researchers examining industrialization opportunities arising from backward and forward linkages to commodity sectors in eight African countries, funded by International Development Research Centre of Canada (CAD$600,000), Hewlett Foundation ($136 000), Oppenheimer Award (R300 000). Output thus far is 14 Discussion Papers, Special Issue of Resources Policy and a book by project leaders 2012.

Examines dimensions, variations, sources and limits of Post-MFA stabilisation in African clothing exports. M. Morris is expert adviser and Southern Africa coordinator, project headquartered in IDS, University of Nairobi, Funded by IDRC (CAD$600 000).