The roundtable was convened to offer interim insights by the research team which is being led by Professor Nicola Viegi and seek critical inputs from participants. Areas under discussion were:

• Access to credit and where the lines are drawn in South Africa;
• international financial integration and national investment – the role of financial markets in producing a savings imbalance; and
• the relationship between the design of South Africa’s social security system and household consumption and savings.

The workshop will offer a space to the research team to report on its work thus far and to seek critical inputs from participants.