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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).
Although the Constitution envisages an economic system for Lao PDR based on market mechanisms, a review of the government's overall approach to industrial planning concludes…
- Authors UNIDO
- Year 2003
- Organisation UNIDO
- Publisher UNIDO Publication
South Africa's current industrial policy has a two level focus: sectoral and spatial. The former (addressed here) deals with improving the performance and competitiveness of…
- Authors H Nel and G Makuwaza
- Year 2001
- Organisation Rhodes University
- Publisher SA Economic Society
This paper has a discrete, bounded and limited focus. It is about the role of government in facilitating cluster development in developing country contexts. The…
- Authors Mike Morris, Glen Robbins and Justin Barnes
- Year 2004
- Organisation UKZN
- Publisher School of Development Studies
The 1990s witnessed the emergence of a considerable body of research making a case for placing more emphasis on interfirm co-operation, networks, regional collaboration and…
- Authors Mike Morris and Glen Robbins
- Year 2004
- Organisation INTECH
- Publisher INTECH
Developments in the automotive industry have received considerable positive publicity over the last few years. Firstly, and most importantly, this is a consequence of rapid…
- Authors Anthony Black
- Year 2002
- Organisation TIPS
- Publisher TIPS
It is well established that there are collective economic gains to be realised from local industrial agglomerations. These gains arise from labour market pooling, knowledge…
- Authors Johannes Machaka and Simon Roberts
- Year 2003
- Organisation University of Witwatersrand
- Publisher University of Witwatersrand
It is well established that there are collective economic gains to be realised from local industrial agglomerations. These gains arise from labour market pooling, knowledge…
- Authors Johannes Machaka and Simon Roberts
- Year 2003
- Organisation University of Witwatersrand
- Publisher University of Witwatersrand
The complexity of the system of incentives and uncertainty surrounding the nature of relationships between policy variables in South Africa's motor industry tend to discourage…
- Authors Trevor Bell
- Year 2003
- Organisation The National Union of Metal workers of South Africa (NUMSA)
- Publisher NUMSA
The focus of this paper is on industrial policy, an area that has been neglected not only in the discussion document mentioned, but also in…
- Authors Omano Edigheji
- Year 2005
- Organisation Centre for Policy Studies
- Publisher SARPN
This paper analyses the interplay of policy reform and entrepreneurship in a model where investment decisions and policy outcomes are both subject to uncertainty. The…
- Authors Murat Iyigun and Dani Rodrik
- Year 2004
- Organisation Harvard University and University of Colorado
- Publisher NBER
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Industrial Policy in the traditional sense was reactive, bureaucratic and demand side based. By contrast, modern industrial policy requires pro-active intervention and changes. Consequently, it…
- Authors UNIDO
- Year 2001
- Organisation UNIDO
- Publisher UNIDO Publication
Indonesia's competitiveness declined in the second half of the 1990s relative to other countries in Southeast and South Asia. The country now faces the real…
- Authors Shafiq Dhanani
- Year 2000
- Organisation UNDP/UNIDO
- Publisher UNIDO Publication
In May 2001, the State Government of Orissa organized a review workshop in Bhubaneswar to discuss prospects for growth and industrial policy, following the undertaking…
- Authors UNIDO
- Year 2001
- Organisation UNIDO
- Publisher UNIDO Publication
This paper searches for the origins of the relatively successful performance of Hoogovens, the only sizeable steel firm in the Netherlands. It is suggested that…
- Authors Hans Schenk
- Year 2000
- Organisation ERIM
- Publisher ERIM