Capacity building workshop on “Enhancing the capacity of member States to achieve macroeconomic policy convergence in Southern Africa”

23-26 September 2008
Pretoria, South Africa

Programme of Work

Reading Materials

Reading Material 1
Basic Macroeconomics
Sedat Aybar & John Weeks

Reading Material 2
Training Modules of the Research Programme
Economic Policies, MDGs and Poverty
John Weeks and Shruti Patel

Reading Material 3
Effectiveness of Monetary Policy
The Effectiveness of Monetary Policy Reconsidered

Reading Material 4
Pro-Poor Growth: Equity and Poverty Reduction
John Weeks

Reading Material 5
The Macroeconomic Implications of MDG-Based Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa
John Weeks and Terry McKinley

Reading Material 6
Employment for Poverty Reduction
John Weeks

Reading Material 7
Pro-Poor Fiscal and Monetary Policies
Alfredo Saad Filho

Reading Material 8
Macroeconomic Management during Resource Boom: Options and Strategies
Aybar, Shruti Patel, Jonathan Stever, and John Weeks

Reading Material 9
Implications for the Zanbian Economy of the Appreciation of the Kwacha
John Weeks, Shruti Patel, Allan C. K. Mukungu and V. Seshamani

Reading Material 10
Does Debt Relief Increase Fiscal Space In Zambia? The MDG Implications
John Weeks and Terry McKinley

Reading Material 11
Economic Policies and the MDGs
The Implications for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa
Terry Mckinley

Reading Material 12
Macro Trends in Africa
Macroeconomic Policies for Poverty Reduction in Africa
John Weeks

Reading Material 13
Fiscal Policy Harmonization
Fiscal Policy Harmonization in the Context of African Regional Integration