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Public Economics Capacity Building Initiative

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Public Economics Winter School

In July 2016, National Treasury and GTAC hosted the first Public Economics Winter School at the campus of the University of Pretoria. Over 100 students and young economists attended, and had ample time to engage with National Treasury staff, academics and international public policy experts.

The Winter School enabled participants to cast a spotlight on some aspects of South Africa's economic policy and development challenges while drawing on experience from elsewhere and reviewing key principles of public economics and policy analysis.  

Watch a video of the 2016 Winter School.

Read GTAC's September 2016 newsletter on the inaugural Winter School, which includes highlights from Minister Gordhan's welcoming speech and feedback from the students about what worked and what did not.



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Rands and Sense

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GTAC published a daily newssheet, Rands and Sense, at the Winter School, as well as communicating with participants via the Winter School app.  

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Winter School Press Coverage

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The media made good use of the powerful, open platform the Winter School provides:

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Presentations

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Day 1 and Day 5 were plenary sessions. On Day 1, presentations were made by the invited experts. On Day 5, students made presentations to Treasury deputy directors-general.

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