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Call for Papers: Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook 2009

 

New Publication

Namibian Chapter: African Economic Outlook 2009 - "Individuals Chapters can be Accessed under Publications  - > Books 

Quarterly Economic Review - March 2009

Agriculture: Future Scenarios for Southern Africa Country Briefing - Namibia - NEPRU Working Paper No. 113

 

New SEAPREN Publication

Growth and Poverty Focus of the PRSPs in HIPC Countries: the case of Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. - SEAPREN Working Paper 11

 

Recent SEAPREN publications

Out of Poverty: Comparative Poverty Reduction Strategies in Eastern and Southern Africa

Effects of Economic Growth on Poverty Reduction: Experiences from Botswana, Kenya and Namibia - SEAPREN Working Paper 10

Budget Processes and Transparency in Southern and Eastern African Countries - SEAPREN Working Papers 8

Experiences with Medium-Term Expenditure Framework in Selected Southern and Eastern African Countries - SEAPREN Working Paper 7

 

Recent publications

The World Economic Crisis and its Impact on Namibia - 2009.

Monitoring Regional Integration Yearbook 2008 - "Individual Chapters can be accessed under Publications -> Books"

Economic Review and Prospects 2008/09

Price Transparency for Namibia's Telecommunication Sector 3 - NEPRU Policy Brief 22/3

Price transparency for Namibias's Telecommunication Sector 2 - NEPRU Policy Brief 22/2

Quarterly Economic Review - September 2008

A Social Accounting Matrix for Namibia, 2004:A tool for Analysing Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Poverty - NEPRU Working Paper 112

Namibia Chapter - Global Competitiveness Report 2008-09

 

Social Account Matrix

NEPRU has updated the Social Accounting Matrix for Namibia with 2004 data.  If you are interested in the spreadsheet kindly send an email to nepru@nepru.org.na.


Welcome to the Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit's Website



NEPRU's mission is to support Namibia's national development goals by providing economic policy advice, conducting economic research and building economic research capacity.

 

"We cannot manage what we cannot measure!"

(Trevor Manuel - Minister of Finance - South Africa)

 

"Economic research generates the knowledge we need for better policy making."

(Nahas Angula - Prime Minister - Republic of Namibia)

 

"Access to independent, objective, accurate and reliable economic research and data is indispensible for wise decision making to achieve Vision 2030."

(Harold Pupkewitz - President - Namibian Employers' Federation)


Key Economic Indicators

 

Value

Date

Source

USD (NAD per USD)

7.81

2/07/09

South African Reserve Bank

EUR (NAD per EUR)

11.00

2/07/09

South African Reserve Bank

GBP (NAD per GBP)

12.77

2/07/09

South African Reserve Bank

Interest rate Namibia

8.00%

29/04/09

Bank of Namibia

Interest rate South Africa

8.5%

13/05/09

South African Reserve Bank

Interest rate Euro Zone

1.00%

13/05/09

European Central Bank

Interest rate SA

0.25%

16/04/09

Federal Reserve Bank-New York

Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX) Overall Index

593.91

30/06/09

NSXJohannesburg Stock Exchange - All Share Index

FTSE 100

4,246.13

2/07/09

London Stock Exchange

Deutscher Aktien Index (DAX)

4,718.49

2/07/09

Deutsche Boerse Group

Dow Jones Index

8,280.74

2/07/09

Dow Jones Indexes

Zinc (USD/Ton)

1,549.00

2/07/09

London Metal Exchange

Copper (USD/Ton)

5,005.00

2/07/09

London Metal Exchange

Gold (USD/Oz)

939.2

26/06/09

World Gold Council

Oil (USD/Barrel) (Europe Brent FOB)

66.36

23/06/09

EIA

Uranium(USD/lb)

54.00

22/06/09

The UX Consulting Company

White maize (NAD/ton)

1,355.00

2/07/09

SAFEX

Wheat (NAD/ton)

2,441.00

2/07/09

SAFEX

Beef (NAD/kg) Meat RSA avg. parity price

17.37

2/07/09

Meat Board

Beef (NAD/kg) Meatco avg. price incl. premiums (230kg)

21.59

2/07/09

Meat Board

Corruption Perception Index

4.5 (4.5)

2008 (2007)

Transparency International

Global Competitiveness Index - Global Rank

80 (88)

2008 (2007)

World Economic Forum

Global Competitiveness Index - Africa Rank

5

2007

World Economic Forum

Fitch Sovereign Rating for Namibia

BBB-

Oct. 2008

Fitch Ratings


NEPRU acknowledges gratefully the financial support received from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) for updating and maintaining the economic indicators.