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    The challenges to reversing the decline of the apparel sector in South Africa

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2014
    Industrial development and export diversification of manufacturing activities is a major development objective for developing countries (LDCs). The apparel sector has traditionally been a gateway to export diversification for LDCs and is generally regarded as a first step for embarking on an export-oriented industrialisation process.
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    Who benefits from South Africa’s bilateral trade agreements?

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2008
    Trade liberal is ation is a key component of South Africa’s post-Apartheid development strategy, aimed at accelerating growth and creating employment. There is evidence suggesting that multilateral reforms over the last decade have been successful.
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    The role of experts in India's economic growth

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2014
    One of the important issues that have dominated the debate in the international growth literature is the role of exports in economic growth. Many economists have argued that more rapid growth of exports can lead to higher economic growth. This is the so-called export-led growth hypothesis (ELGH).
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    China's manufacturing success: lessons for India

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2014
    For India to achieve its stated goals of reviving its manufacturing sector and providing jobs to the tens of millions of its unemployed youth, it must design policies targeted at low cost mass manufacturing, and will need massive investment, including major contributions from foreign investors. There are crucial lessons for India in China's success in the manufacturing sector.
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    Inertia, equity and ingenuity: mapping opportunities in South Africa's green economy

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2010
    As with preceding notions of economic opportunity such as “industrial conglomeration”, “local economic development” and the “digital economy”, the “green economy” runs the risk of becoming a fad, especially if viewed as something distinct from conventional economic theory.
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    How the state and private sector can partner to boost support to SMEs: Lessons from Chile & Malaysia

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012
    For South Africa, the promotion of small businesses remains key to creating jobs and a more equitable economy. Evidence from Chile and Malaysia – both countries with similar emerging economies as South Africa - reveals that by partnering to provide finance and business support, the government and the private sector can boost support to small businesses.
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    The geographic designation of Special Economic Zones

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2014
    Special economic zones (SEZs) emerged internationally as a policy to support industrial development in particular by providing for the introduction of targeted incentives and infrastructure. Internationally, despite their name, they are often effectively delinked from specific geographic areas in order to achieve these aims.
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    Towards a new partnership: China in the SADC banking sector

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2008
    Sino-African relations have long been defined by projects and infrastructure development in sectors that are of strategic importance to the growth of the Chinese economy. These are projects that have typically ensured a steady supply of much needed resources and raw materials to Chinese industries. Chinese banks have, in turn, been involved in the financing of such projects.
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    China's evolving industrial policy strategies and instruments: lessons for development

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2010
    This paper argues that perspectives characterising the trajectory of China’s economic reforms as “reversing course” are misleading by not recognising the current stage of Chinese industrial development and the policy initiatives adopted to steer the country towards widely-stated national objectives.
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    South Africa’s developmental state makeover

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2010
    This paper highlights ten key features of the Developmental State (DS) growth model by contrasting economic and institutional trends between China (and East Asia more generally) and South Africa.

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