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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).
This research project on the South African white goods manufacturing industry is part of a broader initiative bringing together researchers globally to study changes taking…
- Authors Andries Bezuidenhout
- Year c
- Organisation NUMSA
- Publisher n/a
Trade policy is a central feature of the South African government's economic policy. In the early post-transition years it was widely debated. This debate is…
- Authors Peter Draper
- Year 2003
- Organisation SAIIA
- Publisher SAIIA
This paper analyses the impact of industrial policy on the demand for labour. It shows that South Africa's industrial development has historically been driven by…
- Authors Miriam Altman and Marina Mayer
- Year 2003
- Organisation HSRC
- Publisher n/a
Firm-level data were used to estimate changes in factor efficiencies - imported inputs being one of them - over three sub-periods, 1977-84,1985-91,1992-99. These respectively denote…
- Authors Sanghamitra Das and Sambasiva Rao
- Year 2004
- Organisation Indian Statistical Institute
- Publisher Indian Statistical Institute
During the 1990s, South Africa's trade policy was drastically reformed. This mainly entailed rapid tariff liberalisation agreed to under the General Agreement on Tariffs and…
- Authors Juganathan Rangasamy
- Year 2003
- Organisation University of Pretoria
- Publisher n/a
The aim of this chapter is to bring to the fore the historical context in which economic policies and industrial strategies have been carried out…
- Authors Gaye Daffe and Momar Coumba Diop
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
This paper characterises the process of economic policymaking and implementation in Zimbabwe, focusing on trade and industrial policies. Specifically, the study investigates the mechanisms through…
- Authors Benson Zwizwai, Admore Kambudzi and Bonface Mauwa
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
This chapter aims to examine whether there are indeed certain institutional prerequisites that a country should have before it can implement selective industrial and trade…
- Authors Ha-Joon Chang
- Year 2004
- Organisation The International Development Research Centre
- Publisher IDRC/CRDI
Today's economic map of the world is dominated by what are called clusters: geographically concentrated critical masses of unusual competitive success in particular fields. Clusters…
- Authors Michael E. Porter
- Year 1998
- Organisation Harvard Business School
- Publisher Harvard Business Review
The paper presents an in-depth case study of the Shanghai Baosteel Group as a contribution to overall assessment of the competitiveness and catch-up capability of…
- Authors Yasheng Huang
- Year 2005
- Organisation The Chinese Economic Association
- Publisher Routledge. Tailor and Francis Group
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For twelve years now, China has attempted to develop and to consolidate its automotive industry through an industrial policy approach closely modeled on that implemented…
- Authors Yasheng Huang
- Year 2002
- Organisation Harvard Business School
- Publisher Routledge. Tailor and Francis Group
China's industrial policy for high-technology industries combines key features of the policies pursued elsewhere in East Asia, such as opening to foreign investors and supporting…
- Authors Greg Linden
- Year 2004
- Organisation UC Berkeley
- Publisher Berkeley Electronic Press
COSATU's submission to Parliament regarding the effect of the Department of Trade and Industry's industrial policy on the performance of manufacturing focuses specifically on: an…
- Authors COSATU
- Year 1998
- Organisation COSATU
The paper attempts to provide a concise and holistic overview of post-apartheid South Africa's competing imperatives in designing its economic policy, in which trade and…
- Authors Barbara Kalima-Phiri
- Year 2005
- Organisation SARPN
- Publisher SARPN