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17 October 2022

Water and Sanitation Industry Master Plan

  • Year 2022
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, Gillian Chigumira, Daryl McLean, Sandra Makumbirofa
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This Research Report, along with the Policy Report, provides the ‘first draft’ of a proposed Water and Sanitation Industry Master Plan. It puts forward a vision and associated interventions, forming the foundation of a Water and Sanitation Industry Master Plan for South Africa. The reports complement the 2018 Department of…
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25 August 2022

Measures to prevent theft of scrap metal

  • Year 2022
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Theft of scrap metal, especially copper cable, imposes costs far beyond the actual value of the material taken. These costs, mostly in the form of disruptions to rail transport and electricity, effectively cut production and foreign sales worth tens of billions of rand a year Scrap metal is also a…
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05 July 2022

Promoting intra-SADC trade through regional industrial value chains: A case study of import opportunities for South Africa

  • Year 2022
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Sandra Makumbirofa
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Regional value chains have gained increasing popularity in promoting sustained market opportunities, job creation, and sustainable development among countries. With the enactment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, access to larger economic markets will mean larger economies of scale, development of specialised capabilities, increase in productivity, as…
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14 March 2022

A developmental regionalism approach to the AfCFTA and Rules of Origin for the cotton, textiles and apparel regional value chain

  • Year 2022
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Faizel Ismail (Director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town and TIPS Research Fellow)
  • Countries and Regions Africa
Bilateral or regional trade agreements (RTAs) are essentially preferential in nature and a deviation from the World Trade Organization principle of most-favoured-nation or non-discrimination, as they are intended to benefit signatory countries. However, the agreement could be abused by competitive third-countries that use a member country of the RTA (that…
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14 February 2022

Regional wool value chain

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Liako Mofo
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper looks at the potential increase in regional gains, particularly in Lesotho and South Africa, through the wool value chain, with the aim of increasing regional productivity and the distribution of wealth through wool production. It also looks into the constraints that domestic, regional and international demand pose for…
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23 October 2021

Supporting light and small-scale manufacturing in the townships for inclusive industrialisation

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This report highlights the myriad interventions available to township firms to develop a more equitable industrial landscape that supports firm growth and employment growth. Many of these response measures aim to address the constraints facing small businesses and industrial development in townships. Gaps however remain. Economic geography is a key…
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25 July 2021

Quality Infrastructure in the Republic of Korea

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Dr Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke
This country study forms part of a project for the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition on the alignment of the quality infrastructure/technical infrastructure in South Africa. The project includes four country case studies: Australia, Brazil, Kenya and the Republic of Korea. The case studies for Australia, Brazil and Kenya…
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25 July 2021

Quality Infrastructure in Kenya

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Dr Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke
This country study forms part of a project for the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition on the alignment of the quality infrastructure/technical infrastructure in South Africa. The project includes four country case studies: Australia, Brazil, Kenya and the Republic of Korea. The case studies for Australia, Brazil and the…
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25 July 2021

Quality Infrastructure in Brazil

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Dr Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke
This country study forms part of a project for the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition on the alignment of the quality infrastructure/technical infrastructure in South Africa. The project includes four country case studies: Australia, Brazil, Kenya and the Republic of Korea. The case studies for Australia, Kenya and the…
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25 July 2021

Quality Infrastructure in Australia

  • Year 2021
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Dr Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke
This country study forms part of a project for the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition on the alignment of the quality infrastructure/technical infrastructure in South Africa. The project includes four country case studies: Australia, Brazil, Kenya and the Republic of Korea. The case studies for Brazil, Kenya and the…
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