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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 Business and Industry Policy Forum explored how the global restructuring strategies being pursued by firms have changed over time, the challenges that firms face…
- Authors OECD
- Year 2002
- Organisation OECD
- Publisher OECD
Before the transition from a socialist to a market economy in 1990, the manufacturing sector generated a quarter of total GDP and modern sector employment.…
- Authors UNIDO
- Year 2002
- Organisation UNIDO
- Publisher UNIDO Publication
Exports and foreign investment in the South African motor industry have been growing rapidly. The Motor Industry Development Program (MIDP) has been a crucial factor…
- Authors Frank Flatters
- Year 2002
- Organisation USAID
- Publisher TSG
South Africa needs an economy that can sustainably meet the needs of all its economic citizens - both its people and their enterprises. This implies…
- Authors DTI
- Year 2003
- Organisation DTI
- Publisher DTI
This document adopts the DPE's assumption that competition will almost inevitably ensure more efficient and effective service delivery. The principal insight underlying the DTI's industrial…
- Authors DTI
- Year 2001
- Organisation DTI
- Publisher DTI
The post-apartheid 'economic miracle' has not happened. Job losses are reaching astronomical proportions. While the current Budget is expansionary, it will not lead to the…
- Authors David Jarvis
- Year 2001
- Organisation Naledi
- Publisher Naledi
Nigeria's experience with external trade and industrialisation is a classic case of tragedy. Since independence the country has experienced rapid de-industrialisation, continuing loss of market…
- Authors N. I. Ikpeze, C. C. Soludo and N. N. Elekwa
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
While B2B e-commerce represents a major technological innovation and marks a significant development in organisational interconnectivity (i.e., the ability to network both internally and externally),…
- Authors Sagren Moodley
- Year 2002
- Organisation University of Witwatersrand
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
This paper traces the evolution of the policy environment in Kenya with specific reference to strategic trade and industrial policies. It examines the role of…
- Authors Gerrishon K. Ikiara, Joshua Olewe-Nyunya and Walter Odhiambo
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
China has actively implemented an industrial policy during the last two decades. However, despite important progress, the overall result is rather disappointing. Should China continue…
- Authors Peter Nolan and Huaichuan Rui
- Year 2004
- Organisation University of Cambridge
- Publisher Routledge. Tailor and Francis Group
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During evaluation one should consider what would have happened in the absence of assistance. To produce an assessment of this counter-factual scenario involves considering the…
- Authors Helena Lenihan
- Year 2004
- Organisation University of Limerick
- Publisher Routledge. Tailor and Francis Group
Customs unions represent a form of deep economic integration. The Southern African Customs Union (SACU), comprising four small members - Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland (BLNS)…
- Authors Colin McCarthy and Dirk Hansohm
- Year 2005
- Organisation University of Stellenbosch
- Publisher Tralac
This paper looks at economic reform against the backdrop of lower employment and increasing skill intensity of the economy and a consistently high gini-co-efficent ratio…
- Authors Rashad Cassim
- Year 2004
- Organisation UKZN
- Publisher HSRC Press
This article argues that skills development in South Africa must be aligned to the economic and political imperatives of reducing unemployment and poverty, while fostering…
- Authors Miriam Altman and Marina Mayer
- Year 2005
- Organisation Human Sciences Research Council
- Publisher Routledge: Tailor and Francis Group