SADRN Industrial Policy Training Workshop

The Southern African Development Research Network, funded by Canada’s IDRC and hosted at Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), invites researchers and policy-makers in both the public and private sector to participate in a training workshop to contribute to the development and implementation of viable regional industrial policies.

The Industrial Policy Training Workshop is organised by SADRN and CREI, University of Roma Tre

Industrial policy has been a focus of SADC member states for many years. Different approaches have been attempted – nationalisation of industries; privatisation; corporatisation; ‘traditional’ industrial policy initiatives such as export processing zones (EPZ’s) and the provision of incentives for new investments; and a range of sectoral approaches, from diversification studies to World Bank-funded ‘cluster’ studies and sector-based manufacturing ‘plans’.

Where industrial policy planning and strategy are concerned, some headway has been made, with the SADC Secretariat having developed the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) as a guiding ‘mainstay’ for regional industrial policy co-ordination and economic development. Moreover, SACU has started work on the development of a common industrial policy, which member states see as an important component of formulating tariff and trade policy and revenue-sharing arrangements, as well as an essential step towards the effective operation of national bodies and the SACU tariff board.

The outcomes of these initiatives have been varied and the lessons learnt have not always been disseminated adequately.

This session aims to build on SADRN’s Industrial Policy Inception workshop held in Pretoria, South Africa in September 2008 where pertinent regional industrial policy issues were identified and activities discussed. Most SADC member states were represented at the workshop, which laid the foundation for future industrial activities in the region, including this workshop.

Topics to be discussed

1. Industrial policy theory and background
2. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the domestic economy
3. Market failures, co-ordination failures and systemic approaches
4. Cluster development policies
5. Promotion of entrepreneurship and new firm growth, with special emphasis on SMMEs.

Register here
Registrations close on 14 November 2008

Enquiries:
ipeleng [at] tips [dot] org [dot] za (Ipeleng Mohlala) or mmatlou [at] tips [dot] org [dot] za (Mmatlou Kalaba)

Travel and accommodation:
Limited funding is available for travel and accommodation. Please direct requests for funding to ipeleng [at] tips [dot] org [dot] za (Ipeleng Mohlala)  before 10 November 2008.

Workshop programme

Co-ordinated by Prof. Carlo Pietrobelli (Ph.D., Oxford, Ph.D. Rome), Centre for Research on the Economics of Institutions (CREI)

Instructed by Prof. Carlo Pietrobelli (Ph.D., Oxford, Ph.D. Rome) and Prof. Hugo Kantis (Ph.D., Barcelona)

Reading List

Section 1:

Barnes, J., Kaplisky R., Morris M., 2004, "Industrial Policy in Developing Economies: Developing Comparative Advantage in the South African Automobile Sector." Available at http://www.tips.org.za/files/727.pdf.

Hausmann R., Rodrik D., Sabel C.F., 2008, "Reconfiguring Industrial Policy: A Framework with an Application to South Africa", Harvard University, CID Working Paper No. 168, May, http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidwp/168.html  .

Lall S., 2005, "Rethinking Industrial Strategy: The Role of the State in the Face of Globalization", in K.P.Gallagher (ed.) Putting Development First. The Importance of Policy Space in the WTO and IFIs, London and New York: ZED Books, pp.33-68.

Lall S. and Pietrobelli C. (2002) Failing to Compete: Technology Development and Technology Systems in Africa, Cheltenham, UK and Lyme, US: Edward ELGAR.

Lall S. and Pietrobelli C. (2005) "National Technology Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa", International Journal of Technology and Globalization, Vol.1, Nos.3-4, pp.311-42.

Pietrobelli C., 2006, "Private Sector Development (PSD): Concepts and Practices", mimeo for the OECD Development Centre, December.

Pietrobelli, C. (2007) ‘Private sector development: concepts and practices', in OECD, Business for Development: Fostering the Private Sector, OECD Development Centre, Paris, OECD, pp.21-53, http://www.oecd.org/document/32/0,3343,en_2649_201185_38639328_1_1_1_1,00.html

Rodrik, D., 2004, "Industrial Policy for the Twenty-First Century", Harvard University, for UNIDO, September. (http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~drodrik/UNIDOSep.pdf).

UNIDO, 2002, Industrial Development Report 2002-03. Competition through Innovation and Learning, Chapter 5, Vienna: United Nations, http://www.unido.org/ 

Section 2:

Giuliani E., Pietrobelli C., Rabellotti R. (2005), "Upgrading In Global Value Chains: Lessons From Latin American Clusters", World Development, Vol.33(4), pp. 549-73.

Morrison A., Pietrobelli C., Rabellotti R (2008), "Global Value Chains and Technological Capabilities: A Framework to Study Industrial Innovation in Developing Countries", Oxford Development Studies, Vol.36 Issue 1, SLPTMD W.P. http://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/centres/slptmd-wp

Pietrobelli, C. (2007) ‘Global value chains and clusters in LDCs: what prospects for upgrading and technological capabilities?', Background paper for The Least Developed Countries Report 2007, UNCTAD, Geneva. Available online at: http://www.unctad.org/sections/ldc_dir/docs/ldcr2007_Pietrobelli_en.pdf

Pietrobelli, C. and Maggi, C. (2005) "Recomendaciones metodológicas para la elaboración de Planes de Mejoramiento de la Competitividad en Arranjos Produtivos Locais (APL)", Agorà 2000 for the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C..

Pietrobelli C. and Rabellotti R. (eds.) (2007), Upgrading to Compete: SMEs, Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America, Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press, http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/PIEUPG.html

Pietrobelli C. and Rabellotti R. (2004) "Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America. The Role of Policies" Sustainable Development Department Best practices series; MSM-124, January, http://www.iadb.org/sds/publication/publication_3586_e.htm and in Spanish (February 2005, http://www.iadb.org/sds/mic/publication/publication_159_3586_s.htm )

Pietrobelli C. and Saliola F. (2008) "Power Relationships along the Value Chain: Multinational Firms, Global Buyers, and Local Suppliers' Performance", Cambridge Journal of Economics, forthcoming.

What is a cluster?, Podcast by Meyer-Stamer http://www.ledcast.net/Concept/concept01.html

Morris M. and Barnes J. (2006) "Regional Development and Cluster Management: lessons from South Africa", in A.J. Scott and G.Garofoli (eds.) Development on the Ground: Clusters, Networks, and Regions in Emerging Economies, London : Routledge.

Section 3:

Naudé W. 2008. Entrepreneurship in Economic Development. United Nations University

Suddle K. and Hessels, S., 2007, High-Growth Support Initiatives.

Zoltan Acs, 2006, How is Entrepreneurship Good for Economic Growth. Innovations

LListerri J.J., Kantis H., Angelelli P. and Tejerina L., 2005, Is Youth Entrepreneurship a Necessity or an Opportunity? IADB.

Kantis H. (Ed) with Angelelli P. And Moori V., 2004, Entrepreneurial Development: Latin America and Worldwide Experience. IADB.

A team of international experts will instruct participantds and lead discussions at the workshop, including:

Prof. Carlo Pietrobelli, Professor of International Economics at the University of Rome 3, Italy

Carlo Pietrobelli is Professor of International Economics at the University of Rome 3, Italy, where he directs the Research Centre on the Economics of Institutions (CREI, http://host.uniroma3.it/centri/CREI). He is also Delegate of the Rector for promoting University-Industry linkages and Head of the Industrial Liaison Office of the University of Rome 3 (since 2005). He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford (UK) and a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’.

He has held positions in several Italian and foreign Universities, and is a regular advisor to international organizations such as the European Commission, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, UNIDO, UNCTAD, ECLAC, OECD. His fields of expertise include industrial policy, industry, technology and trade in developing countries, Science and Technology Policies, Clusters, Networks and Value Chains, Design and Evaluation of Development Programs and Projects.

He has published in many international academic journals, and his recent books include:

• Upgrading to Compete. Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America (with R.Rabellotti), Cambridge Ma.: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2007;
• Linking Local and Global Economies: The Ties that Bind (with Á. Sverrisson) London and New-York: ROUTLEDGE, 2004;
• Failing to Compete: Technology Development and Technology Systems in Africa (with Sanjaya Lall), Cheltenham, UK and Lyme, US: Edward ELGAR, 2002;
• The Global Challenge to Industrial Districts: SMEs in Italy and Taiwan, (with P. Guerrieri and S. Iammarino), Cheltenham, UK and Lyme, US: Edward ELGAR: 2001;
• Industry, Competitiveness and Technological Capabilities in Chile. A New Tiger from Latin America?, London and New York: MACMILLAN and ST.MARTIN’S, 1998.

Contact details

CREI, University of Roma Tre, Via Ostiense 161, 00154 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 06 57332476 Fax: + 39 06 57332511
Email: c [dot] pietrobelli [at] uniroma3 [dot] it
Website: http://www.pietrobelli.tk/

Prof. Hugo Kantis, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina

Hugo Kantis is a Professor at the Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (Argentina) where he directs the Master in Industrial and Economic Development with Emphasis on SMEs and the research program on Entrepreneurship and Policies to foster entrepreneurial development. He holds a PhD from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona-Spain.

He is a consultant and advisor in the field of entrepreneurial development. As such he often works for several organizations such as the Inter American Development Bank, the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the UNDP (United Nations Development Program), and National and Local Governments (Argentina, El Salvador, Chile, Uruguay).

He has published an important number of papers and articles. The best known books related to Entrepreneurship are:

• Entrepreneurship in Emergent Economies: New firm creation in Latin America and East Asia,
• Entrepreneurship Development: Latin America and World Wide Experience.

He is also a Member of the Editorial Board in several Journals such as Venture Capital and The International Small Business Journal.

Contact details
Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento
Email: hkantis [at] fibertel [dot] com [dot] ar, hkantis [at] ungs [dot] edu [dot] ar

The presentation slides for the training workshop are available below: