Research focus areas

• Macroeconomic forecasting.
• Formal retail trade sales forecasting.
• Small and informal business research focused on the dynamics, characteristics, development, size, success, failure, growth, structure and business constraints.
• Regional economic and welfare studies.
• Socioeconomic profiling of the South African Development Community (SADC).
• Growth estimates for intra-SADC trade and foreign trade prospects.
• Social and economic development impact assessments.
• Monitoring and evaluation studies.
• Consumer and Business Satisfaction surveys.
• Development finance:     Business development finance/grant funding impact assessments.
• Business/entrepreneurial grant making/funding modelling.
• Institutional Governance: Corporate performance assessments/Corporate environmental scanning, Corporate strategic planning/Corporate strategy review and turnaround.