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TIPS - Trade Policy
- Year 2004
- Author(s) Imraan Valodia and Myriam Velia
- Countries and Regions South Africa
We begin by presenting an overview of manufacturing in the Durban area and report on the GDMA survey, highlighting the methodology and key objectives and findings of the survey. We then focus on the international trade issues, reporting on how firms in the GDMA are responding to trade liberalisation. We report here on…"
15 June 2004
Has the New Zealand/Australian Closer Economic Relationship (CER) been Trade Widening or Deepening?
- Year 2004
- Author(s) Ron Sandrey; Dirk van Seventer
This study finds that export trade widened rather than deepened as a result of the CER trade agreement with Australia. Trade has expanded in those products that were not heavily traded prior to the agreement as opposed to an expansion of traditional-exports that were traded at the start of the agreement."
- Year 2004
- Author(s) Rosemary N. Okoh
- Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
This paper is an empirical analysis of the demand for Nigeria's non-oil export merchandise with a view to providing an answer to the question of how far the present product mix would go in the global market. The study employed the Johansen's test of co-integration and analysis of structural characteristics of the integrated…"
15 June 2004
South African Trade Reform since Democracy
- Year 2004
- Author(s) Rashad Cassim; Dirk van Seventer
- Countries and Regions South Africa
As part of a wider investigation by the National Institute for Economic Policy, covering a range of economic policy issues, the main aim of this paper is to provide another view of how trade policy has evolved since democracy. We use standard quantities measures of trade policy analysis as an input into a…"
- Year 2004
- Author(s) Lawrence Edwards; Duncan Pieterse
- Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper estimates the impact of trade liberalisation on factor returns in South Africa between 1988 and 2002. A particular contribution of the paper is that tariff data are explicitly used in the analysis. In addition, the paper models trade-induced technological change. The paper finds that tariff liberalisation from 1988 to 2002 negatively…"
This paper discusses changes in the regulation of citrus exports from South Africa. It traces the changes from state regulation of the citrus chain to very recent forms of private regulation in the context of highly competitive global markets. The paper argues that while these forms of private regulation are positive in that…"
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SADC Trade Development
01 December 2003
Trade Policy Development in a Coherent Macroeconomic Framework
The overriding objectives of the Nepad programme are economic growth and sustainable development. If it is accepted that trade contributes positively to these objectives, the next question that arises is how to improve African countries' export performance. The ability to improve export performance requires a broader discussion of trade, industrial and agricultural policies,…"
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SADC Trade Development
01 December 2003
Armington Elasticities for South Africa: Long- and Short-Run Industry Level Estimates
In economics, the effects of tariff protection and tariff reform remain a contentious, fervently debated issue.1 In South Africa, decades of high tariff protection, of which domestic manufacturing sectors primarily benefited, are being followed by a period of substantial tariff reform. To this end, endorsement by the South African government of the Uruguay…"
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SADC Trade Development
01 December 2003
Winners and Losers in Prospect and Retrospect a Policy Agenda on Trade, Employment and Poverty in Southern Africa
The first section sketches the well-known argument that there is a potential clash between trade policy reform, employment creation and poverty alleviation in the context of economic integration in Southern Africa. The argument is developed in the wider context of the endowments and accumulation of key resources in Sub Saharan Africa since 1960…"
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Small Enterprise Development
15 June 2003
Bilateral Trade Between South Africa and Brazil
In this short report we examine South African trade with Brazil for decade up to 2001. First we look at the absolute values, trends, patterns at the aggregate level and somehow disaggregated level of 22 commodities clusters. The aim of this section is to provide a first round analysis of those commodities that…"
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SADC Trade Development
South Africa has experienced significant liberalisation during the 1990s on the political as well as economic front. Starting with the first democratic elections in 1994, the economy has undergone liberalisation of internal and external financial markets, labour markets and trade regime. Major changes have also taken place in terms of monetary and fiscal…"
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Trade & Growth Dynamics
15 June 2003
A Development Perspective on EU Trade Policies and their Implications for Central and Eastern European Countries
This paper will begin by outlining the policy framework that informs EU trade policies and will set out a development perspective that informs the evaluation of EU trade policies. The paper then discusses the issue of adjustment in the EU and evaluates the EU track record in key industries of interest to developing…"
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SADC Trade Development
15 June 2003
An Analysis of Intra-SADC Trade
The SADC Free Trade Agreement (FTA) came into effect recently. Periodic examination of intra-SADC trade flows is an important element of monitoring the impact of the FTA."
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SADC Trade Development
Of concern to domestic policy makers is that trade between Finland and South Africa is very much biased in favour of the former country. Set against this backdrop, Trade and Investment South Africa (TISA) of the South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), together with the Finnish Embassy in South Africa, the…"
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SADC Trade Development
15 June 2003
A Trade Performance Index for South Africa
The Trade Performance Index (TPI) is a tool developed by the International Trade Centre (ITC) for assessing and monitoring the multi-faceted dimensions of export performance and competitiveness of countries and their principal export sectors. At present, the TPI covers 184 countries and 14 different sectors. It reveals how competitive and diversified a particular…"
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SADC Trade Development
15 June 2002
Energy Services, WTO GATS Negotiations and Energy Market Regulation and Liberalisation in South Africa
This paper is essentially a scoping exercise to explore the type of issues that might arise for South Africa in WTO energy service negotiations. The background to the current round of negotiations in energy services is explained, including the uncertainties that remain in classifying energy services. The extent and diversity of the energy…"
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Trade & Growth Dynamics
15 June 2002
Regulating South Africa's Citrus Export Commodity
- Year 2002
- Author(s) Charles Mather
- Countries and Regions South Africa
This paper is about changes in the regulation of citrus exports from South Africa. It traces the changes from state regulation of the citrus chain to very recent forms of private regulation in the context of highly competitive global markets. The paper argues that while these forms of private regulation are positive in…"
- Year 2002
- Author(s) Anthony Black; Shannon Mitchell
- Countries and Regions South Africa
The paper first outlines the history of industrial and trade policy in the industry. It highlights the significance of the transition from import-substitution policies to export promotion policies. It then provides an analytic exposition of the welfare costs and benefits of the current export complementation programme. We find that: The current policy creates…"
15 June 2002
South Africa's Changing Agricultural Trade Regime
- Year 2002
- Author(s) Nicholas Vink; Norma Tregurtha
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Over the past two decades, South Africa's agricultural sector has been extensively liberalised. As a result, a closer examination of the data shows some interesting trends in international trade in food and beverage products. First, exports of processed foods and beverages have shown strong growth. Despite the large increase in exports to South…"
15 June 2002
Predicting South African Trade in Services
- Year 2002
- Author(s) Matthew Stern
- Countries and Regions South Africa
Economists seem to agree that the theory of comparative advantage can be extended to trade in services. Countries with relatively large endowments of skilled labour and capital and relatively few natural resources should export more services and less mining or agricultural goods than those relatively rich in land or resources. Although some econometric…"