tipslogo2c

Trade and Industry

Small Enterprise Development (13)

Under the Small Enterprise Development programme, TIPS conducted a number of assessments of the outcomes of government's policy, strategy and initiatives in small enterprise development.

Monday, 18 June 2012

How the state and private sector can partner to boost support to SMEs: Lessons from Chile & Malaysia

  • Year 2012
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Stephen Timm
For South Africa, the promotion of small businesses remains key to creating jobs and a more equitable economy. Evidence from Chile and Malaysia – both countries with similar emerging economies as South Africa – reveals that by partnering to provide finance and business support, the government and the private sector…
Download:
Published in Small Enterprise Development
Topic:
Wednesday, 19 January 2011

How South Africa can Boost Support to Small Businesses: Lessons from Brazil & India

  • Year 2011
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Stephen Timm
In its efforts to craft a new economic growth path and assist small businesses, South Africa could do well to look to emerging economies such as Brazil and India, which have attracted much attention in their recent efforts to create greater and more equitable economic growth. The aim of this…
Download:
Published in Small Enterprise Development
Topic:
Friday, 23 November 2007

Annual Review of Small Business in South Africa 2004: A Statistical Review

  • Year 2004
  • Organisation DTI
  • Author(s) TIPS
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
In 2005, the Small Enterprise Development Agency (seda) - the dti's newly established agency for supporting small business - tasked TIPS to carry out a second annual review of South Africa's small businesses as part of its mandate to support the growth of small enterprise in South Africa, to help…
Download:
Published in Small Enterprise Development
Topic:
Friday, 23 November 2007

Annual Review of Small Business in South Africa 2004: A Qualitative Review

  • Year 2004
  • Organisation DTI
  • Author(s) TIPS
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
In 2005, the Small Enterprise Development Agency (seda) - the dti's newly established agency for supporting small business - tasked TIPS to carry out a second annual review of South Africa's small businesses as part of its mandate to support the growth of small enterprise in South Africa, to help…
Download:
Published in Small Enterprise Development
Friday, 16 November 2007

Annual Review of Small Business in South Africa 2003

  • Year 2003
  • Organisation DTI
  • Author(s) TIPS
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The Department of Trade & Industry's (the dti's) Enterprise Development unit is tasked with developing policy and strategy for the small business sector. The objectives of government policy and strategy on enterprise development are empowerment, economic development and job creation. Much progress towards meeting these objectives has been made over…
Download:
Published in Small Enterprise Development
Topic:
Thursday, 01 December 2005

Working Paper 2 - 2005: Tourism SMMEs in South Africa: A Case for Separate Policy Development?

  • Year 2005
  • Author(s) Christian Rogerson
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
One of the key issues that has been raised in terms of the analysis of small enterprise (SMME) support programmes in South Africa is that often support initiatives have been in the form of 'generic' packages that overlook the specificities of particular sectors. Although it has been recognized that the…
Download:
Published in Small Enterprise Development
Topic:
Thursday, 01 December 2005

Working Paper 3 - 2005: SMEs in South Africas Food Processing Complex

  • Year 2005
  • Author(s) Charles Mather
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The food processing sector is widely regarded as having the potential to generate economic growth, entrepreneurial opportunities and employment (FAO, 1997; CIAT, 2002; Lambert, 2001; McCormick and Atieno, 2002). In developing countries the interest in agro-processing is associated with its potential for generating demand amongst smallholder farmers, upgrading primary production…
Download:
Published in Small Enterprise Development
Topic:
Wednesday, 23 November 2005

Review: 10 Years of Small Business Support in South Africa 1994 - 2004

  • Year 2005
  • Organisation DTI
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
In 2004, TIPS also undertook a study to document public sector support to the small enterprise sector over the last decade for the dti. The Review documents 10 years of evolution of the dti's small enterprise support programmes and its overall strategy, leading to the current 'Integrated Strategy for Small-Enterprise…
Download:
Published in Small Enterprise Development
Topic:
Tuesday, 14 June 2005

Working Paper 8 - 2005: The Role of Provincial Governments in Supporting Small Enterprise Development

  • Year 2005
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) John Orford
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper considers the role of provincial governments in supporting small enterprise development. It is based on research conducted by the University of Cape Town's (UCT's) Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE). It was sponsored by TIPS (Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies), an independent non-profit research institution that is committed…
Download:
Published in Small Enterprise Development
Topic:
Thursday, 12 February 2004

DEFINITIONS, DATA & METHODOLOGY - Annual Review of Small Business in South Africa 2004

  • Year 2004
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
In literature or current economic life, the concept of 'small businesses' often covers different implicit areas of focus. The lack of clarity about what is understood as a small business can affect the reliability of research findings. Not surprisingly, since there are different concepts of businesses, there are also different…
Download:
Published in Small Enterprise Development
Topic:
Monday, 01 December 2003

Evaluating the General Equilibrium Effects of a Wage Subsidy Scheme for South Africa

  • Year 2003
  • Author(s) Kalie Pauw
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The unemployment rate among semi- and unskilled workers in South Africa is over 50%. This high rate can be attributed to various factors, including political decisions of the past, educational inequalities, and poor economic growth. These factors have contributed to the structural unemployment problem in South Africa. The real cost…
Download:
Published in Small Enterprise Development
Topic:
Monday, 01 December 2003

Winners and Losers in Prospect and Retrospect a Policy Agenda on Trade, Employment and Poverty in Southern Africa

  • Year 2003
  • Author(s) David Evans
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC), Zambia
The first section sketches the well-known argument that there is a potential clash between trade policy reform, employment creation and poverty alleviation in the context of economic integration in Southern Africa. The argument is developed in the wider context of the endowments and accumulation of key resources in Sub Saharan…
Download:
Published in Small Enterprise Development
Topic:
Saturday, 15 June 2002

Toward an Understanding of the Growth Absence: Reviewing the Evidence that can Account for the Poor Growth Performance of the South African Economy

  • Year 2002
  • Organisation ERSA, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Author(s) Johannes Fedderke
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
South Africa's democratic transition now lies close to a decade in the past. The transition carried with it much by way of hopes in terms of greater access by its population, not only to an improved rights environment. It was envisaged that the political self-realization of all South African citizens…
Download:
Published in Small Enterprise Development
Topic: