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Shingie Chisoro - Dube

Economist/Researcher, University of Johannesburg

Economist/Researcher, University of Johannesburg Shingie Chisoro - Dube is a researcher at the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development (CCRED) at the University of Johannesburg. Prior to joining CCRED, Shingie worked as a researcher at the Centre for the Study of Equality, Social Organization and Performance (ESOP) in Norway, an organisation studying the relationship between institutions, mineral wealth and long-term economic development in developing countries. Shingie’s research interests include regional value chains in the agriculture and agro-processing space, regional economic development and industrial development. She has conducted research projects on industrial development and regional (global) value chains in agriculture and agro-processing across a number of Southern African countries. Shingie holds a Master of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Oslo, Norway and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Zimbabwe. She has published in the Development Southern Africa.