Margaret Chitiga

Prof Chitiga-Mabugu is the Director and Head of the School of Public Management and Administration of the University of Pretoria, South Africa, since September 1, 2014. She was the Executive Director of Economic Performance and Development at the Human Sciences Research Council prior to joining the University.

Prof Chitiga-Mabugu obtained her PhD in Economics at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden with the research focus on the economy-wide impacts of public policies on income distribution. Her research interests are in tracing and analysing the effects of government policies on households, and on the broader economy. She has applied various modelling approaches to answering questions on environmental policies, trade policies and various socio-economic policies, amongst others. She has published both locally and internationally. She has also co-authored more than 20 client research reports.

She is Associate Editor of the Environment and Development Economics Journal based at Cambridge University press. In January 2018, she became the Research Director for the Macro-Micro Policy Modeling research group at the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP).

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Projects

Title	Country	Themes
Support for Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) Reform: How can MDBs better support green energy transition and financing in the Global South?”	South Africa	Climate change
Empirical review of Youth Employment Policies in South Africa	South Africa	Labour markets and employment , Youth and children
Southern Researchers Marginalisation at the Global, Regional and National Economic Development Consulting Business	South Africa	Globalization and trade
Simulations of policy responses and interventions to promote inclusive adaptation to and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis in Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Health and nutrition
Assessment of the welfare, employment and gender impacts of policy options for renewable energy financing in Nigeria	Nigeria	Gender & women’s empowerment , Labour markets and employment
Can a Wage Subsidy be used to Improve Women’s Formal Employment in Zambia?	Zambia	Gender & women’s empowerment , Labour markets and employment
Simulating the distributive impacts of different growth strategies in China	China	Poverty and Inequality
Simulating the Distributive Impacts of Different Growth Strategies in Pakistan	Pakistan	Fiscal policy
Simulating the Distributive Impacts of Different Growth Strategies in the Philippines	Philippines	Fiscal policy
The impact of the economic crisis in South Africa	South Africa	Poverty and Inequality , Labour markets and employment , Globalization and trade
Impacts of Infrastructure Investment in South Africa: A Dynamic CGE Analysis	South Africa	Fiscal policy
Poverty and Inequality Impacts of Trade Policy Reforms in South Africa	South Africa	Poverty and Inequality , Globalization and trade
Textiles Protection and Poverty in South Africa	South Africa	Poverty and Inequality
Does Trade Liberalisation lead to Poverty alleviation' A CGE microsimulation approach for Zimbabwe.	South Africa	Poverty and Inequality , Globalization and trade
Fiscal Policy Design in South Africa : An Intertemporal CGE Model with Perfect Foresight	South Africa	Poverty and Inequality , Fiscal policy , Globalization and trade
Computable General Equilibrium Micro-Simulation Analysis of the Impact of Trade Policies on Poverty in Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Poverty and Inequality , Globalization and trade

Details

Professor Margaret Chitiga
Director and Head of School
University of Pretoria

Contact information:

South Africa
margaret.chitiga@up.ac.za