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The Industrial Policy Reference Resource is a bibliography of key South African and international references on industrial policy and related subjects. It was developed with financial assistance from the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) and the Department for International Development (DFID).
The purpose of this report is to provide a preliminary overview of the 'key' trends, challenges and opportunities facing the leather industry of South Africa.…
- Authors Richard Ballard
- Year 2001
- Organisation UKZN
- Publisher UKZN
Vietnam intends S&T to be one of the components of the nation's socio-economic strategy. Against that larger framework, the vision of the long-term aspirations of…
- Authors Keith Bezanson
- Year 2000
- Organisation UNIDO
- Publisher UNIDO Publication
Empirical evidence strongly suggests that R&D increases a firm's "absorptive capacity" (its ability to absorb spillovers from other firms) as well as contributing directly to…
- Authors Dermot Leahy and J. Peter Neary
- Year 2004
- Organisation University of Dublin
- Publisher CEPR
South Africa's economic performance between 1995 and 2000 has been shaped by two main factors. The first is the political transition marked by the country's…
- Authors Stephen Gelb and Ethel Teljeur
- Year 2002
- Organisation UNECA
- Publisher The Edge Institute
Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are regarded as primary examples of countries that have derived great benefits from increasing integration with the international economy, without…
- Authors Marcus Noland and Howard Pack
- Year 2005
- Organisation Institute for International Economics
- Publisher Institute for International Economics
This research project on the South African white goods manufacturing industry is part of a broader initiative bringing together researchers globally to study changes taking…
- Authors Andries Bezuidenhout
- Year c
- Organisation NUMSA
- Publisher n/a
Trade policy is a central feature of the South African government's economic policy. In the early post-transition years it was widely debated. This debate is…
- Authors Peter Draper
- Year 2003
- Organisation SAIIA
- Publisher SAIIA
This paper analyses the impact of industrial policy on the demand for labour. It shows that South Africa's industrial development has historically been driven by…
- Authors Miriam Altman and Marina Mayer
- Year 2003
- Organisation HSRC
- Publisher n/a
Firm-level data were used to estimate changes in factor efficiencies - imported inputs being one of them - over three sub-periods, 1977-84,1985-91,1992-99. These respectively denote…
- Authors Sanghamitra Das and Sambasiva Rao
- Year 2004
- Organisation Indian Statistical Institute
- Publisher Indian Statistical Institute
During the 1990s, South Africa's trade policy was drastically reformed. This mainly entailed rapid tariff liberalisation agreed to under the General Agreement on Tariffs and…
- Authors Juganathan Rangasamy
- Year 2003
- Organisation University of Pretoria
- Publisher n/a
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The aim of this chapter is to bring to the fore the historical context in which economic policies and industrial strategies have been carried out…
- Authors Gaye Daffe and Momar Coumba Diop
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
This paper characterises the process of economic policymaking and implementation in Zimbabwe, focusing on trade and industrial policies. Specifically, the study investigates the mechanisms through…
- Authors Benson Zwizwai, Admore Kambudzi and Bonface Mauwa
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
This chapter aims to examine whether there are indeed certain institutional prerequisites that a country should have before it can implement selective industrial and trade…
- Authors Ha-Joon Chang
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
The paper presents an in-depth case study of the Shanghai Baosteel Group as a contribution to overall assessment of the competitiveness and catch-up capability of…
- Authors Yasheng Huang
- Year 2005
- Organisation The Chinese Economic Association
- Publisher Routledge. Tailor and Francis Group