ANU Africa Network

Public Seminar
Supply vs. demand? The political economy of trade, tobacco farming and tobacco control in Sub-Saharan Africa

Speaker: Ronald Labonté
Date: 30 March 2017
Time: 5:00 – 6.00pm
Venue: Coombs Extension Building, Seminar Room 1.04, 8 Fellows Road, ANU

Professor Ronald Labonté is Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity, Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University.

The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is a binding international treaty with recommended actions member states should take to reduce tobacco consumption. Challenges to implement the FCTC have been most striking in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with little prior history of tobacco control policies. This seminar will present key findings from a multi-year study of trade, tobacco farming and tobacco control in three Sub-Saharan African countries: Kenya, Zambia and Malawi.

For more details see:

https://regnet.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/6710/supply-vs-demand-political-economy-trade-tobacco-farming-and-tobacco-control

In March the ANU’s Crawford School announced
Working Paper No. 2017/04 in the Working Papers in
Trade and Development series.

“This Working Paper series provides a vehicle for preliminary circulation of research results in the fields of economic development and international trade. The series is intended to stimulate discussion and critical comment. Staff and visitors in any part of the Australian National University are encouraged to contribute. To facilitate prompt distribution, papers are screened, but not formally refereed.’

Copies may be obtained at WWW Site
https://www.crawford.anu.edu.au/acde/publications/

Aging, Depression, and Non-Communicable Diseases in South Africa
Manoj K. Pandey#, Vani S. Kulkarni## and Raghav Gaiha###
# Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Email: manoj.pandey@anu.edu.au.
## Vani S. Kulkarni, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Email: Vanik@sas.upenn.edu
### Corresponding author. Raghav Gaiha, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester,
United Kingdom. email: raghavdasgaiha@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

” This is the first study that offers a comprehensive analysis of depression among the old (60+ years) in South Africa. By using an analytical framewrok that builds on the (sparse) extant literature and a new dataset extracted from the four waves of the South African National Income Dynamics Study (2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014), we examine factors contributing to depression of people in this age cohort. Depending on whether the dependent variable is binary (self-reported depression for ≥ 3 days in a week) or continuous (as in two indices of depression), we use random effects probit estimator with Mundlak adjustment or simply random effects with Mundlak adjustment. It is found that, among the old, those in their sixties, the Africans and Coloureds, women, those suffering from multimorbidity, those in lower asset quartiles, and individuals suffering family bereavement are more likely to be depressed. Factors that attenuate depression include marriage, pension, affluence, and trust in a community and familiar neighbourhoods.”

Africa Rising! The role of African cities and city-regions in Africa’s new industrial revolution

A presentation by
The Hon David Makhura
Premier of Gauteng Province, South Africa

Wednesday 5 April, 12:30pm
Refreshments served from 12:00 noon
AIIA Conference Centre – Stephen House
32 Thesiger Court
Deakin ACT 2600

“What are the competing narratives about “Africa Rising”? What are the driving forces and factors behind Africa’s improving prospects for economic development and growth? What is the role of cities and city-regions in driving Africa’s new industrial revolution in order to realise the African Union’s Agenda 2063?

The Gauteng City Region is made up of three of South Africa’s top six metropolitan cities. With a population of around 13 million, it incorporates South Africa’s largest metropolis and commercial hub, Johannesburg, and the country’s capital, Pretoria. It is South Africa’s economic engine, contributing 35% to the country’s GDP, 42% to national industrial output, 40% to national employment and 63% to national exports. It contributes between 8% to 10% of Africa’s GDP and is the most diversified and advanced economy on the Continent, home to the largest and most sophisticated Stock Exchange in Africa. It thus plays an increasingly important role in Africa’s changing economic fortunes. It is a leading manufacturing hub of Sub-Saharan Africa and is positioned strategically to advance Africa’s industrialisation, infrastructure development and economic integration. It is the leading sub-national economy in attracting the largest FDI flows into Africa. What are the implications for other cities and city-regions in Africa?”

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The Hon David Makhura is the Premier of Gauteng Province and a leading member of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress.

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This is an AIIA ACT Branch event.

Registration is encouraged through the following link:

https://tdy.cl/e/Q1-LUV0

Registration is also available at the door.

For more information, see
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Africa Rising! The role of African cities and city-regions in Africa’s new industrial revolution

A presentation by

The Hon David Makhura
Premier of Gauteng Province, South Africa

Wednesday 5 April, 12:30pm
Refreshments served from 12:00 noon
AIIA Conference Centre – Stephen House
32 Thesiger Court
Deakin ACT 2600
The discourse on Africa has changed from a profoundly negative and pessimistic view during the first five decades of independence to an incredibly positive storyline in the past decade. Africa’s prospects in the 21st century have changed the narrative from “The Dark Continent” to “Africa Rising”. What are the competing narratives about “Africa Rising”? What are the driving forces and factors behind Africa’s improving prospects for economic development and growth? What is the role of cities and city-regions in driving Africa’s new industrial revolution in order to realise the African Union’s Agenda 2063?

The Gauteng City Region is made up of three of South Africa’s top six metropolitan cities. With a population of around 13 million, it incorporates South Africa’s largest metropolis and commercial hub, Johannesburg, and the country’s capital, Pretoria. It is South Africa’s economic engine, contributing 35% to the country’s GDP, 42% to national industrial output, 40% to national employment and 63% to national exports. It contributes between 8% to 10% of Africa’s GDP and is the most diversified and advanced economy on the Continent, home to the largest and most sophisticated Stock Exchange in Africa. It thus plays an increasingly important role in Africa’s changing economic fortunes. It is a leading manufacturing hub of Sub-Saharan Africa and is positioned strategically to advance Africa’s industrialisation, infrastructure development and economic integration. It is the leading sub-national economy in attracting the largest FDI flows into Africa. What are the implications for other cities and city-regions in Africa?

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This is an AIIA ACT Branch event.

Registration is encouraged through the following link:

https://tdy.cl/e/Q1-LUV0

Registration is also available at the door.

For more information, news, and future events, see the links below:

https://aiiaact.tidyhq.com/public/events/12364-africa-rising-the-role-of-african-cities-and-city-regions-in-africa-s-new-industrial-revolution