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- Year 1999
- Author(s) Willem Naude
- Year 1999
- Author(s) Nikki Dunne; Mike Morris
- Year 1999
- Author(s) Robin Bloch
- Year 1999
- Author(s) Martin Nicol
- Year 1999
- Author(s) Lawrence Edwards
- Year 1999
- Author(s) Yvonne Tsikata
- Year 1999
- Author(s) O'mano Emma Edigheji
This paper seeks to provide a coherent definition of BEE, which has the empowerment of the people as its prime objective. In the first section, I examine how the concept of empowerment has been used in the field of development. In section two, I introduce and critique the minimalist approach…
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- Rethinking_BEE_in_Post-Apartheid_SA_O_Edigheji_1.pdf (2604 Downloads)
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- Year 1999
- Author(s) Vusi Gumede
Tuesday, 01 December 1998
A Preliminary Analysis of the Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Manufacturing
- Year 1998
- Organisation University of London
- Author(s) Simon Roberts
This study undertakes a preliminary analysis of changes in manufacturing in light of the ongoing trade liberalisation measures introduced in the 1990s. The case for trade liberalisation rests on firms responding to the increased incentive to export, leading to more efficient use of resources, with increased productivity, competition and investment.…
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- 199.pdf (3423 Downloads)
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Trade & Growth Dynamics
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Tuesday, 01 December 1998
Free Trade with Europe - the Winners and Losers: The Results of the SMART Simulation
- Year 1998
- Organisation UNCTAD; TIPS
- Author(s) Ethel Teljeur
- Countries and Regions European Union (EU), South Africa
This study projects the impact of the proposed free trade area (FTA) between South Africa and the European Union on the bilateral trade flows between the two. The South African and European respective proposals, as formulated in 1996, served as a basis. The results are evaluated both at an aggregate…
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- 251.pdf (2979 Downloads)
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SADC Trade Development
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Tuesday, 01 December 1998
South African Trades in High Technology Products
- Year 1998
- Author(s) James Hodge
- Countries and Regions South Africa
The production of and trade in high technology products has always been seen to be important for both developed and developing countries. For developed nations these products are a source of significant exports, off-setting their loss of competitiveness in traditional low technology products. For developing nations, mastery of these products…
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- 201.pdf (6462 Downloads)
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Trade & Growth Dynamics
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- Year 1998
- Author(s) Stephen Hanival; Alan Hirsch
The Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) is tasked with ensuring that the broad objectives of the RDP and GEAR, in terms of industrial restructuring, export and investment facilitation, as well as job creation and redistribution, are met. The Department has thus put in place a set of programmes and…
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- 174.pdf (6963 Downloads)
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- Year 1998
- Author(s) Rakesh Mohan
Following the debt crisis of the 1980s a large number of developing countries, particularly in Latin America and Africa, and to a lesser extent in Asia, have undergone what have been termed as ‘Structural Adjustment Programmes’. A certain degree of orthodoxy has developed around these programmes although clear evidence on…
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- 172.pdf (2632 Downloads)
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- Year 1998
This paper is concerned with informal clothing in the inner city of Johannesburg. This is done in the context of both the changing racial complexion of small enterprise development and of South Africa's economic heartland inner-city as an important incubator for emerging black manufacturers. This study builds on local research…
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- 189.pdf (3797 Downloads)