Finance Minister praises SA-TIED in speech to parliament

During a speech to parliament on Thursday, South Africa’s Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, discussed the important work being carried out by the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme. 

Mboweni highlighted the achievements of the SA-TIED programme, which include the publishing of over 180 research papers.

´We are actively advocating coherent economic policy. The National Treasury remains committed to working with all stakeholders in the quest for a transformed banking and financial sector. We also continue to upgrade the economic policy making and coordinating capacity of the state. Our programme, entitled: Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development, or SA-TIED, is a collaboration with various government departments and international agencies to produce high-quality, evidence-based policy research and build the economic policy capacity of the state, ´ said Mboweni.

To read Mboweni’s full speech, click here.