The Forum conducts investigations and in-depth debates with leading academics, policy makers and industry professionals, with a view to breaking down the world’s toughest economic problems.
The Economic Forum propagates the Wits University’s legacy of being actively engaged in supporting the next generation of academics, policy makers and industry professionals through intensive research. The research agenda is centred on all aspects of built infrastructure development in a variety of different countries and contexts. The pivotal role played by the built infrastructure sector in economic growth is investigated in the context of appropriate tendering, contracting methods, ethics, governance, skills development, investment and funding methods.
The Forum forges links with a range of organizations and emerging economies around the globe that help fund specific research programmes. Funders benefit from dedicated research teams that provide economic analysis, policy guidance and engagements on specific built infrastructure issues relating to emerging economies. Consideration is given to the identification, development and implementation challenges of the required policy and institutional structures that would eliminate barriers to the creation of built infrastructure in emerging economies. The intellectual discourse of The Economic Forum is to understand the built infrastructure needs of emerging economies in the context of developmental goals and appropriate technologies.
This year, the Forum is hosting an international research and innovation conference to explore the theme ‘Creating sustainable built infrastructure’. This is an astounding opportunity for renowned researchers globally, to come together for a 2-day economic dialogue to achieve more than just political rhetoric. More information and registration here.
