Economics
South African
economics departments
University
of Cape Town
UCT's School of Economics web site offers comprehensive information about the school's
activities, along with news items and links to a selection of Economics-related resources:
http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/economics/
University of Durban-Westville
This site contains basic information about staff research
and publications.
http://pixie.udw.ac.za/UDW/homepages/econ.html
University of Fort Hare
The University of Fort Hare Economic Sciences faculty's web
site offers general information about the faculty, staff
and courses:
http://www.ufh.ac.za/faculty/econo/econ1.html
University of the Free State
Standard course and staff information along with information about career
opportunities, financial aid and postgraduate admission requirements.
http://www.uovs.ac.za/faculties/econ/home/main9.asp
University of Natal (Durban)
Staff and course information, full-text discussion papers, links to
external resources.
http://www.nu.ac.za/department/default.asp?dept=ecosund
University of the North West
Staff contact details and list of modules.
http://www.uniwest.ac.za/Faculties/Commerce/Dept_Eco/
ECONOMICS.htm
University of Port Elizabeth
Mission statement and guide to courses of study offered by
the department at undergraduate and post-graduate levels:
http://www.upe.ac.za/faculties/economic/economic.htm
University of Pretoria
The School of Economics' site contains information about
staff, courses, departmental and individual research:
http://www.up.ac.za/academic/economic/econ/homep.html
Rand Afrikaans University
Outlines
of course information and basic information about staff:
http://general.rau.ac.za/economics/index.htm
Rhodes University
The Department of Economics and Economic History' homepage
contains information about courses, staff (and staff research interests),
gallery, research fellowship and a small collection of links to other
resources of interest to Economists:
http://www.ru.ac.za/academic/departments/
economics/frameset.html
University of South Africa
The Department of Economics' page offers information about
courses offered from under-graduate to post-graduate level, as well as
staff:
http://www.unisa.ac.za/dept/ecn/index.html
University of Stellenbosch
General departmental information, details of under-and
post-graduate courses, information on staff research areas, and links to external
resources.
http://www.sun.ac.za/internet/academic/economy/economics/
University of the Western Cape
Staff contact details only.
http://www.uwc.ac.za/ems/econ/index.htm
University of the Witwatersrand
This site contains general information about the department, full-text
working papers, student home pages and a 1999 student journal of
economics, and links to resources
elsewhere. Much information has not been updated since 1999.
http://www.wits.ac.za/economics/
University of Zululand
Basic information about modules and qualifications offered.
http://www2.uzulu.ac.za/UZ/programs/findProg.php?f=C&d=CE
ML Sultan Technikon
Information about diplomas offered as well as commerce
faculty rules:
http://196.13.103.11/faculties/Commerce/Economics_/
body_economics_.html
Technikon
Pretoria
The Technikon Pretoria's Department of Economics and
Logistics' web
site provides information about courses, staff, research papers and alumni:
http://www.techpta.ac.za/study/academic/faculties/
economic_sciences/index.htm
South African
professional associations
Society
for Teachers of the Economic Sciences
Address: PO Box
1489, Port Elizabeth 6061
Telephone: 041 - 644200 x 149
Fax: 041 - 642553
Economics research methodology textbooks
The Yenza! research section contains an annotated list of research
methodology texts in use in South African higher education.
http://www.nrf.ac.za/yenza/research/econ.htm
Miscellaneous South
African resources
The Trade Page hosted by the department
of Trade
and Industry is a rich resource. It offers information on products, services, imports,
exports and business opportunities in South Africa.
http://www.tradepage.co.za/
South African Reserve Bank
The website of the SA Reserve Bank is
another useful source of economic information. It includes the text to speeches by the
Governor of the Reserve Bank and current information of the South African economy. There
is also a useful link to courses offered by the South African Reserve Bank Training
Institute:
http://www.resbank.co.za/
Statistics South Africa (STATSSA)
http://www.statssa.gov.za/
International collections of resources
Resources
for Economics on the Internet
"This guide, sponsored by
the American Economic Association, lists more than 900 resources on the Internet of
interest to academic and practicing economists. Almost all resources are also
described."
http://rfe.wustl.edu/EconFAQ.html
Biz/Ed Business and Economics information gateway
A dedicated Business and Economics information gateway for students, teachers and
lecturers. Information is arranged in subject sections which can be browsed and searched.
http://bized.ac.uk/
Encyclopedia
of Law and Economics
Based at the University of Ghent in Belgium, this resource "attempts to
provide a survey of the whole law & economics literature." Each
entry provides a literature review by an authority in the field followed by
a bibliography. The bibliography can be search or browsed by topic.
http://encyclo.findlaw.com/index.html
Inomics
Internet site for economists with "job openings for economists, conference announcements, a human-edited directory as well as a search engine for economic information."
http://www.inomics.com/
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