Very little has been written, at least in recent decades, about Keynes's radical rethinking of microeconomic theory and policy in the 1920s. The traditional view…

In analyzing the impact of industrial policy, it is important to distinguish between the initiation of industrialization and its continuance once a higher level of…

The South is becoming a major player in world industry and trade. Since the 1980s, its share in world manufacturing added has almost doubled; its…

Since 2001 the Sector Job Summit project located at NALEDI has been conducting in-depth research in a number of industries in South Africa. The primary…

To prepare for the negotiations with government and business at the Sector Job Summits (SJSs), NALEDI and COSATU and its affiliates are developing policies relevant…

The Government of the State of Eritrea has defined a macro-economic policy for recovery, reconstruction and development, which emphasises the new role of the Government…

The aim of this paper is to review the objectives and instruments of industrial policy in a changing global context and multilateral rules and discipline.…

TIPS is holding an introductory training workshop on basic market analysis for the National Department of Agriculture from 17 to 18 July 2007 in Pretoria. The course is based on the use of the International Trade Centre's (ITC's) online Market Analysis Tools - TradeMap, ProductMap and Market Access Map -…

Business Day - 13 July 2007

The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) is just over a year old but has quickly established itself as a force to be taken seriously. From its comprehensive reports on SA's electricity crisis to its two landmark petroleum pipeline decisions, it has show that it is a regulator in the true sense of the word and not a negotiator.

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Liberalisation of goods trade has enjoyed substantial advances in Southern Africa in recent years, notably through the SADC and COMESA free trade agreements (FTAs). Notwith-standing ongoing problems with rules of origin pertaining to tariff concessions, tariff rates have been reduced substantially and processes established to liberalize and/or harmonize services trade…

TIPS is pleased to announce the launch of a new development-focused research network funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). SADRN's broad objectives are to: Increase the supply of policy-relevant research in the SADC region by creating a pool of suitably-skilled researchers based in institutions in SADC, Improve the…

In this edition of the Monitor, we focused on five thematic areas: labour market dynamics; technology and innovation; trade liberalisation; regional trends; and sector strategies.

Features: TIPS Conference on Privatisation, Competition and Regulation in South Africa Some Themes Covered: William H. Melody The Triumph and Tragedy of Human Capital: Foundation Resource for Building Network Knowledge Economies Efficiency and Road Privatisation: Bidding, Tolling and the "User Pays" Principle Anthony Leiman Rolfe Eberhard Economic Regulation of Water

Focusing on the TIPS/DPRU Forum 2003 entitled The Challenge of Growth and Poverty: The contents include articles by Trevor Manuel (The SA Economy Since Democracy Sustainable Solutions Needed for Economic Growth and Development), Alan Hirsch and Neva Makgetla (The Next Decade in SA: Challenges for Ensuring Welfare-Enhancing Growth. Other articles include: The Economic Rationale for SMME Promotion in SA, a note on the pace of Tanzanias Privatisation programme by Reg Rumney, and a focus on SA's GDFI and Capital StockGrowth by Donald Onyango

This edition of the Trade and Industry Monitor features an article on Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) by Ron Sandrey (economic research co-ordinator at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade), and a piece on the failed WTO talks in Cancun by Bernard Hoekman of the World Bank . The complete list of articles includes: Mmatlou KalabaSA Trade at a Glance Stephen HanivalUnlocking the Benefits of Trade Policy Ron SandreyNTMs: The Bigger Picture for SA and Southern Africa Myriam Velia & Imraan ValodiaKZN Trade with the Rest of the WorldPost-1994: Emerging Trends Rob Davies & Dirk van SeventerIs the Public…

" In this edition of the Trade and Industry Monitor we feature two articles on South Africa's (SA's) presence in key traded product markets, and a report on some of the likely implications of the planned European Union (EU) expansion. In the first paper on the theme of dynamic products, TIPS' chief economist Dirk van Seventer and former TIPS researcher Katherine Gibson note that SA's presence in dynamic world product markets is low, with the exception of diamonds. Moreover, Van Seventer and Gibson's research suggests that of SA's top 10 products (by market share) in the dynamic products group, more…

In this edition of the Trade & Industry Monitor, we focus on various aspects of economic development: high-technology product trade performance; whether technology usage facilitates goods and services exports; lessons on successful poverty reduction efforts; and how constructive partnerships between governments, civil action groups and other parties can assist development efforts.

This edition of the Monitor is loosely themed around trade policy in support of the breakthrough in World Trade Organisation (WTO)negotiations on negotiations. Whilst some have hailed this as an historic breakthrough partly because for the first time all member states have agreed to the (eventual) abolition of all forms of agricultural subsidies not all trade watchers are as optimistic. The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, for example, has argued that the success was achieved only because the bar was set exceedingly low.

This edition of the Trade & Industry Monitor considers various aspects of trade policy and its influence on development and growth. The first article by Cosatus Tanya van Meelis and Neva Makgetla looks at the impact of trade on economic structure, and is a response to Xavier Carim of the dtis article, South Africas Trade Policy: Ten Years On, which was published in the September 2004 Monitor edition. The article points out that simply growing trade in its current form might assist in maintaining macroeconomic stability, but will not do much to create employment or support increased equality. It suggests…