The latest Dialogue presented the results of the third Infrastructure Inputs Monitoring Project which provides a comprehensive overview of infrastructure demand and supply in South Africa.

The IIMP was initiated in 2006 to assess the impact of the increase in public sector demand in the supply for key infrastructure inputs. It is specifically meant to assist both the public and private sectors with more comprehensive and integrated information on the extent and nature of sector capacity required to meet the expanded Infrastructure spend. IIMP is also intended to build confidence in the projections and trends regarding infrastructure investment such as to motivate substantial private sector investment in additional capacity.

The first IIMP project was completed in 2007. The study, led by Dr. Suren Singh, provided a baseline assessment of various strategic inputs associated with the proposed public infrastructure investment programmes of government and the state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The report covered a review of all the key sectors and sub-sectors in respect of infrastructure in South Africa and provided an assessment of current capacity / outputs as well as public sector demand.

In 2008, the Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development (CSID) Research Programme, at the University of Witwatersrand, was appointed to undertake the second IIMP project. This provided an update of the 2007 research.

In 2011, the third round IIMP takes cognisance of the changed economic context since 2008, and provides a very comprehensive overview of infrastructure demand and supply, looking at no less than 15 infrastructure input sectors, including steel, cement, timber, plastic pipes, capital equipment, skills and transport and logistics costs. Led by Dr. Zavareh Rustomjee for the DBSA, the work is now completed and the results were presented to interested stakeholders.

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