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Industrial Policy Reference Resource (191)
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).
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 manufacturing sector has traditionally been the primary focus of both the trade and industrial policy literature and the national departments of trade and industry…
- Authors James Hodge
- Year 1998
- Organisation TIPS/DPRU
- Publisher TIPS
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
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
The purpose of this report is to provide a preliminary overview of the 'key' trends, challenges and opportunities facing the leather industry of South Africa.…
- Authors Richard Ballard
- Year 2001
- Organisation UKZN
- Publisher UKZN
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Vietnam intends S&T to be one of the components of the nation's socio-economic strategy. Against that larger framework, the vision of the long-term aspirations of…
- Authors Keith Bezanson
- Year 2000
- Organisation UNIDO
- Publisher UNIDO Publication
Empirical evidence strongly suggests that R&D increases a firm's "absorptive capacity" (its ability to absorb spillovers from other firms) as well as contributing directly to…
- Authors Dermot Leahy and J. Peter Neary
- Year 2004
- Organisation University of Dublin
- Publisher CEPR
South Africa's economic performance between 1995 and 2000 has been shaped by two main factors. The first is the political transition marked by the country's…
- Authors Stephen Gelb and Ethel Teljeur
- Year 2002
- Organisation UNECA
- Publisher The Edge Institute
Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are regarded as primary examples of countries that have derived great benefits from increasing integration with the international economy, without…
- Authors Marcus Noland and Howard Pack
- Year 2005
- Organisation Institute for International Economics
- Publisher Institute for International Economics