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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. 

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Monday, 16 April 2007

The Economics of MIDP and the South African Motor Industry

  • Year 2005
  • Author(s) Frank Flatters
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The Motor Industry Development Program (MIDP) is widely regarded as a major success of South Africa's post-apartheid trade and industrial policies. The program was introduced in 1995, has been modified and/or extended several times, and is currently scheduled to continue until 2012. A DTI-funded review, the third since the programs…
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Friday, 13 April 2007

Non-Tariff Measures: The Bigger Picture for South and Southern Africa

  • Year 2003
  • Organisation Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)
  • Author(s) Ron Sandrey
  • Countries and Regions South Africa, Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU)
As tariff barriers are reduced around the world, increasing attention has been paid to non-tariff measures. Although differing definitions exist of exactly what these NTMs are, let alone how their quantitative impacts are measured, they can basically be defined as government measures other than tariffs that restrict trade flows.
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Friday, 13 April 2007

Trade Information Service 2005

  • Year 2005
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Owen Willcox
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
One of the objectives of the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) is to develop capacitiesfor improving the export performance of businesses. To do so, the dti/TISA require easily accessible practical strategic and analytical tools for identifying growing markets to which South African firms could export. This report will…
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Thursday, 12 April 2007

Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) Facing Exports from South and Southern Africa

  • Year 2003
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Ron Sandrey
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
As international tariffs are being reduced increased attention is being given to the role of non-tariff measures in impeding trade flows. The working definition of NTMs used in this report is “government measures other than tariffs that restrict trade flows”. This covers a range of measures from health and safety…
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Wednesday, 11 April 2007

Analysis of Trade between South Africa and the EU and a Preliminary Attempt to Examine the Impact of the EU-SA FTA on Trade

  • Year 2005
  • Organisation Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)
  • Author(s) Mmatlou Kalaba; Ron Sandrey; Dirk Ernst van Seventer
  • Countries and Regions European Union (EU), Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU)
This paper evaluates bilateral trade between South Africa and the EU over the past decade, where possible up to 2003. Structure of the Report: Part A: Aspects of trade and tariff patterns Basic trade flows between South Africa and the EU Intra-industry trade Trade intensity calculations Areas of export potential…
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Monday, 26 February 2007

SA/EU FTA: Mid-term Review

  • Year 2005
  • Organisation Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)
  • Author(s) Mmatlou Kalabe; Ron Sandrey; Dirk Ernst van Seventer
This paper evaluates bilateral trade between South Africa and the EU over the past decade, where possible up to 2003. Structure of the Report: Part A: Aspects of trade and tariff patterns Basic trade flows between South Africa and the EU. Intra-industry trade Trade intensity calculations Areas of export potential…
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Friday, 02 February 2007

Do free trade agreements create trade for South Africa?

  • Year 2006
  • Author(s) Merle Holden;Landon McMillan
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper by Prof. Merle Holden, head of the School of Economics and Management at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban and Landon McMillan, an economist at TIPS, supports the view that the EU-SA FTA stimulated both imports and exports, while for SADC, exports were stimulated but the results for imports…
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Friday, 02 February 2007

Smart industries: the importance of technology and R&D for industry performance

  • Year 2006
  • Author(s) Simon Roberts
Prof. Simon Roberts, previously the director of Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development (CSID) at the University of the Witwatersrand and now chief economist at the Competition Commission in this paper explains the importance for industrial development of technological capability development across all economic sectors. The sector studies discussed here indicate…
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Friday, 02 February 2007

Regional Integration in Southern Africa: Volume 1 - South Africa's International Trade Diplomacy

  • Year 2006
  • Organisation TIPS ; SAIIA
  • Author(s) Mmatlou Kalaba; Peter Draper; Philip Alves
  • Countries and Regions Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU), Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Regional integration can be a key force for sustainable development. It can promote economic growth, reduce poverty, foster social development or protect the environment. But it can also have negative economic and social impacts, especially when the domestic regulatory framework is inadequate or not implemented effectively.
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Friday, 02 February 2007

Trade at a glance

  • Year 2006
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Mmatlou Kalaba
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Description TIPS economist Mmatlou Kalaba prepares a quarterly snapshot of South Africa's trade with particular trade blocs around the world. Abstract Graphical representation of World trade and South African Trade, at a glance
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Friday, 01 December 2006

The State of Trade Policy in South Africa

  • Year 2002
  • Author(s) Rashad Cassim; Donald Onyango
The South African government and the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) in particular have embarked on a policy framework to ensure that the SA economy becomes competitive. In an increasingly traded global economy, it is recognised that national economic welfare will be enhanced by both greater efficiency, brought…
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Thursday, 02 November 2006

Cut Flowers

  • Year 2006
  • Organisation SADC Trade Project
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
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Thursday, 01 December 2005

Working Paper 5 - 2005: Ramsey Model of Barriers to Growth and Skill-Biased Income Distribution in South Africa

  • Year 2005
  • Author(s) Jorn Rattso; Hildegunn Stokke
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper integrates two mechanisms of economic growth barriers to international spill-overs and skill-biased effects on the income distribution. South Africa (SA) is an interesting case study because of dramatic changes in international barriers over time and policy focus to productivity and distribution. Barriers affect the balance between innovation and…
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Thursday, 01 December 2005

Working Paper 1 - 2005: The Market Disciplining Effects of Trade Liberalisation and Regional Import Penetration on Manufacturing In South Africa

  • Year 2005
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Lawrence Edwards; Tijl van de Winkel
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Since the mid-1990s, South Africa has made considerable progress in opening ups its trade regime. In 1994 South Africa committed itself to reducing and simplifying its tariff levels and structure in accordance with it offer under the GATT Uruguay Round. As a consequence tariffs have fallen, although the number of…
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Thursday, 01 December 2005

Working Paper 6 - 2005: Determining an Appropriate Methodology for an Economy-wide Study of the Impact of Restructuring and Privatisation on the SA Economy

  • Year 2005
  • Author(s) Dirk van Seventer; Richard Goode
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Since 1994, some restructuring of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has taken place in South Africa (SA), which has included elements of corporatisation and commercialisation, as well as partial privatisation. The Government has committed itself to more reform. This is an ongoing process, and to inform this process an investigation into its…
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Thursday, 01 December 2005

Working Paper 4 - 2005: The Barrier Model of Productivity Growth: South Africa

  • Year 2005
  • Author(s) Jorn Rattso; Hildegunn Stokke
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The barrier model of productivity growth suggests that individual country productivity is related to the world technology frontier disturbed by national barriers. We offer a country study of the barrier model, exploiting the dramatic changes in the linkages to the world economy in South Africa (SA).The productivity growth in the…
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Thursday, 01 December 2005

Working Paper 7 - 2005: Models for Private Sector Engagement in the Delivery of Commuter Rail Services

  • Year 2005
  • Author(s) Karl Venter; Richard Goode
Improving commuter rail service delivery is a high-priority programme of the Department of Transport (DOT). Faced with a failing business, the DOT has launched a reform programme for commuter rail, foreseeing increased public investment and possibly an extended role for the private sector. The object of this working paper is…
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Thursday, 01 December 2005

Working Paper 2 - 2005: Tourism SMMEs in South Africa: A Case for Separate Policy Development?

  • Year 2005
  • Author(s) Christian Rogerson
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
One of the key issues that has been raised in terms of the analysis of small enterprise (SMME) support programmes in South Africa is that often support initiatives have been in the form of 'generic' packages that overlook the specificities of particular sectors. Although it has been recognized that the…
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Thursday, 01 December 2005

Working Paper 3 - 2005: SMEs in South Africas Food Processing Complex

  • Year 2005
  • Author(s) Charles Mather
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The food processing sector is widely regarded as having the potential to generate economic growth, entrepreneurial opportunities and employment (FAO, 1997; CIAT, 2002; Lambert, 2001; McCormick and Atieno, 2002). In developing countries the interest in agro-processing is associated with its potential for generating demand amongst smallholder farmers, upgrading primary production…
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Wednesday, 23 November 2005

Review: 10 Years of Small Business Support in South Africa 1994 - 2004

  • Year 2005
  • Organisation DTI
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
In 2004, TIPS also undertook a study to document public sector support to the small enterprise sector over the last decade for the dti. The Review documents 10 years of evolution of the dti's small enterprise support programmes and its overall strategy, leading to the current 'Integrated Strategy for Small-Enterprise…
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Tuesday, 14 June 2005

Working Paper 8 - 2005: The Role of Provincial Governments in Supporting Small Enterprise Development

  • Year 2005
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) John Orford
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper considers the role of provincial governments in supporting small enterprise development. It is based on research conducted by the University of Cape Town's (UCT's) Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE). It was sponsored by TIPS (Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies), an independent non-profit research institution that is committed…
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Wednesday, 01 December 2004

A Gap and Macro Decomposition Analysis for South Africa, 1993-2002

  • Year 2004
  • Author(s) Rob Davies; Dirk Ernst van Seventer
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The South African government is evaluating the economy’s performance over its first decade in power. This period can be characterised by a ‘double’ liberalisation: democratisation of the political process going hand in hand with liberalisation of the economy. This paper provides a broad overview of the macroeconomic aspects of this…
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Wednesday, 01 December 2004

Reinventing Industrial Strategy: The Role of Government Policy in Building Industrial Competitiveness

  • Year 2004
  • Author(s) Sanjaya Lall
  • Countries and Regions East African Community (EAC), European Union (EU), Southern African Development Community (SADC)
As liberalization and globalization gather pace, concern with industrial competitiveness is growing, not just in developing countries but also in mature industrial ones. But it is the former that face the most intense competitive pressures: many find that their enterprises are unable to cope with rigours of open markets in…
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Wednesday, 01 December 2004

Working Paper 1-2004: A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model for South Africa: Extending the Static IFPRI Model

  • Year 2004
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) James Thurlow
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models are widely used for policy-analysis in many countries. In the past a number of CGE models have been developed for South Africa, and used to assess a broad range of policy issues. However, the perceived complexity of this analytical approach, and the concentration of capacity…
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Wednesday, 01 December 2004

Features and Challenges of the Post-Democratic Financial Sector

  • Year 2004
  • Author(s) Penelope Hawkins
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The South African financial sector, defined as the banking, insurance and securities industries, has contributed to the growth of the economy since democracy in terms of growth in assets and value added, although its provision of financial services to the poor has been less impressive. The article takes a broad…
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Wednesday, 01 December 2004

The Role of Dynamic Products in Global Integration Implications for South Africa

  • Year 2004
  • Author(s) Nimrod Zalk
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
The current phase of globalisation, from the mid-1980s to the present, has been characterised by farreaching changes in the global trading system. There have been differential economic gains from participation in the global economy, particularly a) between developed and developing countries and b) amongst developing countries. Much has depended on…
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Wednesday, 01 December 2004

Productivity in SA: Friend or Fiend?

  • Year 2004
  • Author(s) Christopher D. Mlosy; Thomas E. Pogue
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Today in South Africa we are witnessing changes that are remaking the country. These changes are in the social, economic and political spheres. Under its democratic government, South Africa committed itself to the principles of free-market economy nearly a decade ago. Yet, these commitments have not borne their expected fruits.…
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Wednesday, 01 December 2004

The Role for Competition Policy in Economic Development: The South African Experience

  • Year 2004
  • Author(s) Simon Roberts
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Competition policy is part of the new international orthodoxy in economic policy and, at the same time, was viewed in South Africa as a crucial element of economic transformation. This article reviews the role of competition policy in economic development and the experiences of developing countries such as Brazil and…
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Tuesday, 15 June 2004

A Strategic Assessment of the South African Motor Vehicle, Parts and Accessories sector

  • Year 2004
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Justin Barnes; Anthony Black
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
This strategy document endeavours to analyse the South African automotive assembly and components industry's major market and production trends and dynamics as a mechanism for identifying current industry constraints and opportunities/challenges. It is comprised of six sections. Section 1 provides an overview of the sector's major trends as gleaned from…
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Tuesday, 15 June 2004

Creating Employment and Economic Wealth Through Developing the South African BPO&O sector

  • Year 2004
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Kirsten Kennedy
Business process outsourcing and offshoring (BPO&O) is a major global trend, with a significant positive impact in developing countries that have the required skills, cost advantage and infrastructure. Over the next 4-5 years, a window of opportunity exists for South Africa to realize significant value by developing this sector. South…
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