tipslogo2c

Trade and Industry

Trade and Industry (257)

Industrial policy forms the core of TIPS’s work. In this context, TIPS supports the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti), the Departmenet of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME), the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and several other departments and stakeholders with targeted studies to support policy development for industrial and trade policy as well as manufacturing growth.

TIPS undertakes research, among others, into national and regional sectors, value chains and clusters; the impact of state and private institutions on manufacturing  growth and diversification; the barriers to entry to small and medium enterprise in manufacturing; the extent and nature of innovation; and the impact of manufacturing on broader economic growth and development, income distribution and job creation.

Trade research has also been an important research area of TIPS since its establishment.  TIPS has looked at many different aspects of international trade, including country studies, trade policy, export development and the relationship between trade and industrial policy. 

See past projects

Friday, 16 January 2009

Working Paper 3-2009: Export Market Selection Methods and the Identification of Realistic Export Opportunities for South Africa Using a Decision Support Model

  • Year 2009
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Ermie Steenkamp;Riaan Rossouw;Wilma Viviers;Ludo Cuyvers
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Market selection methods, of which a vast number exist, are a critical tool in firms' and government's policy, planning and budgeting processes. To this end, the primary aim of this paper is to determine the international market selection method best-suited to the identification of potential export opportunities for South Africa. The…
Download:
Published in Trade and Industry
Topic:
Friday, 16 January 2009

Working Paper 4-2009: South Africa's Developmental State Makeover

  • Year 2009
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Daniel Poon
This paper highlights ten key features of the Developmental State (DS) growth model by contrasting trends in economic indicators and institutions between China (and East Asia more generally) and South Africa. In light of the recent (and perhaps politically opportunistic) adoption of DS language into the South African policy discourse,…
Download:
Published in Trade and Industry
Topic:
Monday, 08 December 2008

The Impact of Rising Food and Fuel Prices on Small Business

  • Year 2008
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
TIPS was commissioned by FABCOS (The Foundation for African Business and Consumer Services) to undertake a study on the impact of fuel and food price increases on small business. As FABCOS has a large constituency of informal or previously informal businesses, a strong emphasis was placed on the impacts for…
Download:
Published in Trade and Industry
Topic:
Sunday, 02 November 2008

Organic Produce

  • Year 2008
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Sunday, 02 November 2008

Leather

  • Year 2008
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Sunday, 02 November 2008

Honey

  • Year 2008
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Sunday, 02 November 2008

Furniture

  • Year 2008
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Sunday, 02 November 2008

Fibre

  • Year 2008
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Sunday, 02 November 2008

Essential Oils

  • Year 2008
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Sunday, 02 November 2008

Acquaculture

  • Year 2008
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Implementation of the SADC Trade Protocol and the Intra-SADC Trade Performance

  • Year 2008
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Mmatlou Kalaba;Mbofholowo Tsedu
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been implementing the trade protocol for more than seven years. The aim is to liberalise trade flows between members and eventually lead to deeper integration in the region. As member states are preparing to enter another layer of integration in the form of…
Download:
Published in Trade and Industry
Topic:
Monday, 20 October 2008

Working Paper 3-2008: TNC FDI Firms and Domestic SME Linkages Reflecting on three SADC Case Studies

  • Year 2008
  • Author(s) Glen Robbins, Likani Lebani and Mike Rogan
The research process underpinning this article was focused on casting some light on factors influencing the way in which developing countries can enhance linkages between Transnational Corporation (TNC) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) firms and domestic small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It sought to do this through identifying the major lessons…
Download:
Published in Centre for Real Economy Study (Crest)
Topic:
Thursday, 16 October 2008

Working Paper 2-2008: Mozambican Air Transport Liberalisation: A Discussion Document

  • Year 2008
  • Author(s) Myriam Velia;Cornel van Bastern;Arthur Dykes
  • Countries and Regions Mozambique
In this report, the meaning of liberalisation in the air transport sector is discussed and the difference between deregulation and liberalisation is highlighted. Liberalisation entails a progressive opening up of a market with state control enacted over the process, while some amount of regulation may be required to ensure that…
Download:
Published in Centre for Real Economy Study (Crest)
Topic:
Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Working Paper 4-2008: Balance of Payments dynamics, institutions and economic performance in South Africa: a policy-oriented study

  • Year 2008
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Andreas Freytag
SAIIA and TIPS have collaborated on a project investigating balance of payment dynamics issues in South Africa. Professor Andreas Freytag, who has a Chair of Economic Policy at Friedrich-Schiller University Jena in Germany, has been working with SAIIA and the University of Stellenbosch on the following research: 'Balance of Payments…
Download:
Published in Trade and Industry
Topic:
Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Towards a New Partnership: China in the SADC Banking Sector

  • Year 2008
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Memory Dube
  • Countries and Regions China, Southern African Development Community (SADC)
This paper uses as its point of departure the recent demise of the world's largest financial institutions that set in motion the current global financial crisis. These financial institutions look set to re-evaluate their model of global finance and it is anticipated that western finance will be dramatically transformed in…
Download:
Published in Trade and Industry
Topic:
Tuesday, 10 June 2008

First international conference on regional integration issues and SADC law

  • Year 2008
  • Organisation SADRN Programme Co-ordinator, TIPS
  • Author(s) Mmatlou Kalaba
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION ISSUES AND SADC LAW  
Download:
Published in Southern African Development Research Network (SADRN)
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:
Friday, 02 November 2007

Vegetables

  • Year 2007
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Friday, 02 November 2007

Spices

  • Year 2007
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Friday, 02 November 2007

Soybeans

  • Year 2007
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Friday, 02 November 2007

Fruit

  • Year 2007
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Friday, 02 November 2007

Capsicum

  • Year 2007
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Friday, 02 November 2007

Cassava

  • Year 2007
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Friday, 02 November 2007

Almonds

  • Year 2007
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Friday, 15 June 2007

Economic Regulation Research Programme: Concept Paper

  • Year 2007
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Cornel van Basten
TIPS has added Economic Regulation as one of its main research areas, where we'll focus mainly on essential services (energy, telecoms, transport and water) because of their social impact and network characteristics, to ensure universal and affordable access to essential services. The purpose of the paper is to provide some…
Download:
Published in Economic Regulation
Topic:
Monday, 11 June 2007

Economic regulation of the electricity industry: a balancing act

  • Year 2007
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Cornel van Basten
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
No-one can dispute that electricity is an essential input to production and economic growth in South-Africa. Eskom, a wholly state-owned utility dominates electricity generation, it supplies approximately 95% of South Africa's electricity. The Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) has been facing numerous uncertainties during the past decade. This included aspects such…
Download:
Published in Trade and Industry
Topic:
Wednesday, 02 May 2007

Wood and wood products

  • Year 2007
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Download:
Published in Trade Information Briefs
Topic:
Monday, 16 April 2007

A Strategic Assessment of the South African Clothing Sector

  • Year 2005
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Justin Barnes
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This document has two objectives. First, it endeavours to capture the domestic clothing sectors major market and production trends, as well as broader dynamics. Second, these foundational elements operate as a mechanism to identify current clothing sector constraints and opportunities and hence the need for, and the importance of, policy…
Download:
Published in Trade and Industry
Topic:
Page 5 of 9