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12 February 2007
Emily Sindane
Emily joined TIPS in 2004 and is responsible for office assistance and maintenance. She has two years' general secretarial experience and has completed a number of computer software courses, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Position Office Assistant
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TIPS Staff
13 February 2007
International Marketing Textbook
TIPS contributed a chapter to this book published by Oxford University Press on International Marketing. TIPS wrote the chapter on Exporting for Small Businesses. The book is aimed at undergraduate and graduate international marketing students but it also a ready reference and guide to exporters and international marketing practitioners. For more information on international Marketing,…
- Year 2006
- Author(s) S.M. Burgess;C.H. Bothma
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External Publications
13 February 2004
South Africa Trade and Poverty Programme
The South Africa Trade and Poverty Programme (SATPP) provides assistance in a wide range of activities to help South Africa formulate, negotiate and implement pro-poor trade policies. It provides assistance to the private sector and civil society, as well as…
- Year 2004
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Trade and Industry
14 February 2009
Southern African Development Research Network (SADRN)
The Southern African Development Research Network (SADRN) was a broad-based policy and research network which aimed to increase the supply of policy-relevant research in the region and strengthen evidence-based policy-making. SADRN focused on two main themes: industrial policy and sector…
- Year 2009
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Trade and Industry
22 February 2002
SED - Small Enterprise Development
Under the Small Enterprise Development (SED) programme, TIPS conducted a number of broad-ranging, qualitative assessments of the outcomes of government's policy, strategy and initiatives in small enterprise development. See all research
- Year 2002
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Trade and Industry
26 February 2007
SA/EU FTA: Mid-term Review
This paper evaluates bilateral trade between South Africa and the EU over the past decade, where possible up to 2003. Structure of the Report: Part A: Aspects of trade and tariff patterns Basic trade flows between South Africa and the…
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Trade and Industry
26 February 2007
Changes in HIV/AIDS knowledge and testing behavior in Africa: How much and for whom?
AIDS has had its most devastating impacts in Africa and the prevalence of the disease continues to rise in most African countries. With a feasible vaccine still years away, reduction in risk behaviors remains the only way to reverse the…
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Inequality and Economic Inclusion
South Africa's low investment rate has been widely recognised as both a symptom and cause of relatively poor industrial performance in the past decade. Investment is particularly important as restructuring requires the rapid growth of new activities if potential gains are to be realised, especially with a view to increasing…
- Year 2005
- Countries and Regions South Africa
NOTE: This is an extract from the recent report of the Department of Economic Development, Western Cape Province. The first chapter sets the scene by outlining some of the challenges faced. Chapter 5 sets out the heart of the approach employed in identifying priority sectors and the broad policy approach…
- Year 2005
- Author(s) D Kaplan
- Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper examines growth patterns in the Western Cape over the 1970-1996 period by means of primal growth accounting decompositions. Evidence by magisterial district, by statistical region and by SIC 3-digit manufacturing sector is presented. We find that the Western Cape differs from national growth patterns. Manufacturing in the Western…
- Year 2005
- Author(s) J.W. Fedderke and A.K. Fitschen
- Countries and Regions South Africa
13 May 2005
The Role of Local Government in Promoting Trade
Trade and industrial policies are generally viewed from the vantage point of national government. Hence the emphasis on the type of trade regime that should be pursued (tariffs, subsidies, etc), the state of the current account, the exchange rate and geo-political factors (globalisation, power blocs and regional associations). While the…
- Year 2005
- Author(s) Amiena Bayat and Zunaid Moolla
- Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper advances on previous work on the effects of trade and technical change on labour markets within the framework of Heckscher-Ohlin trade theory. First, we employ dynamic heterogeneous panel estimation techniques not previously used in thiscontext, which separate Heckscher-Ohlin-based long run relationships from short run dynamics that are heterogeneous…
- Year 2005
- Author(s) Johannes Fedderke;Yongcheol Shin
- Countries and Regions South Africa
13 May 2005
Industrial Development and Industrial Finance in Brazil and South Africa: Comparative assessment
Brazil and South Africa share similar development challenges. Both have very unequal income distributions, both have a strong resource orientation underpinning their industrial development trajectory, and both have undergone a sharp liberalisation and opening up of their economies in the past decade. At the same time, both countries are attempting…
- Year 2005
- Author(s) Jorge Maia;Lumkile Mondi; Simon Roberts
- Countries and Regions Mercosur (Common Market of the South), South Africa
11 April 2007
Analysis of Trade between South Africa and the EU and a Preliminary Attempt to Examine the Impact of the EU-SA FTA on Trade
This paper evaluates bilateral trade between South Africa and the EU over the past decade, where possible up to 2003. Structure of the Report: Part A: Aspects of trade and tariff patterns Basic trade flows between South Africa and the…
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Trade and Industry
As international tariffs are being reduced increased attention is being given to the role of non-tariff measures in impeding trade flows. The working definition of NTMs used in this report is “government measures other than tariffs that restrict trade flows”.…
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Trade and Industry
As tariff barriers are reduced around the world, increasing attention has been paid to non-tariff measures. Although differing definitions exist of exactly what these NTMs are, let alone how their quantitative impacts are measured, they can basically be defined as…
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Trade and Industry
13 April 2007
Trade Information Service 2005
One of the objectives of the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) is to develop capacitiesfor improving the export performance of businesses. To do so, the dti/TISA require easily accessible practical strategic and analytical tools for identifying growing markets…
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Trade and Industry
05 January 2007
Study to identify the best trade policies for poverty reduction in the Asia Pacific region
The University of Adelaide website - 5 January 2007
The University of Adelaide's Institute for International Trade is undertaking a $456,000 12-month study to identify the best trade policies for poverty reduction in the Asia Pacific region. The project is being supported by AusAid and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and will involve several Schools within the University of Adelaide as well as academic and business researchers throughout the region.
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