COMISSIONED RESEARCH
Commissioned research projects are customized for specific client’s needs and are carried out on an ad hoc and confidential basis for specific clients. Typically, each project is well-scoped and the expected output is well-defined. Accordingly, the project cost is estimated and approved by the client prior to commencement of research work.
| CLIENTS | YEAR | PROJECT TITLE |
| Proudly SA | 2015-2017 & 2022-2024 | MAPP: Revitalising South Africa’s Manufacturing Sector |
| IH Energy | 2023 | Socio-Economic Impact Analysis of Upgrading Transnet Rail Capacity for SA Coal Export Optimization |
| Beverage SA | 2022 | Impact of the Sugar Tax on SA’s Non-Alcoholic Beverage Industry and the Macroeconomic Effects |
| Telkom | 2016-2020 | Political Economy Research and Market Analysis |
| MISTRA | 2016-2019 | Platinum Exchange Project |
| SANRAL | 2015-2016 | Transport Pricing Strategy |
| Department of Transport, Republic of South Africa | 2015-2016 | Rail Branch Line Development Strategy |
| Manufacturing Circle of SA | 2010-2016 | Manufacturing Bulletin Quarterly Review |
| ENS Africa | 2014 | Assessing the Socio-Economic Impact of the 2014 Strike in South Africa’s Platinum Sector |
| Department of Energy, Republic of South Africa | 2014 | Impact of Energy on the South African Economy |
| Consumer Goods Council of South Africa | 2013 | Socioeconomic Significance of the Consumer Goods Sector in South Africa – An Update |
| Department of Energy, Republic of South Africa | 2013 | Analysis of the Impact of Energy of the Economic Sectors |
| Consumer Goods Council of South Africa | 2012 | Socio Economic Importance on the SA Consumer Goods Industry |
| PPC (Pretoria Portland Cement Ltd) | 2012 | Cement Sector Analysis / Assessing the Cost Function and Potential Future Demand Patterns of the South African Cement |
| Vedanta Resources Plc | 2012 | Environmental and Risk Analysis |
| Manufacturing Circle of SA | 2011 | Sectoral Macro-Econometric Model of the Manufacturing Sector |
| Eskom | 2011 | Impact of Electricity Price Increases on SA Economy – An Update |
| National Credit Regulator | 2010 | South African Quarterly Review: Macroeconomic and Credit Market Review |
| Manufacturing Circle of SA | 2010 | Currency Volatility and the Manufacturing Sector |
| Eskom | 2010 | Impact of Electricity Price Increases on SA Economy |
| SA Tourism | 2010 | Econometric Model for Macro and Sectoral Impact of Tourism in South Africa |
| Department of Transport, Republic of South Africa | 2009 | Advice for Restructuring the Transport Operating Grant |
| PAIDF | 2008 | Top 10 African Economies: Macro Risk Analysis |
| Holcim (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (Afrisam) | 2008 | Estimating Cement Demand in South Africa A Technical Review of Holcim (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd (Afrisam) In-House Forecasting Model |
| South African Tourism, Department Environmental Affairs and Tourism | 2010 | A Framework / Model to Benchmark Tourism GDP in South Africa |
| South African Tourism, Department Environmental Affairs and Tourism | 2009 | A Framework / Model to Benchmark Tourism GDP in South Africa – An Update |
| South African Tourism, Department Environmental Affairs and Tourism | 2008 | A Framework / Model to Benchmark Tourism GDP in South Africa |
| Dresdner Bank | 2007 | Top 10 African Economies: Macro Risk Analysis |
| Lombard Insurance | 2007 | Prospects for Infrastructure |
| PIC | 2005 | A Macroeconomic Perspective of Ten Major Economies in Africa |