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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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    Export market selection methods and the identification of realistic export opportunities for south africa using a decision support model

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2009
    Market selection methods, of which a vast number exist, are a critical tool in firms’ and government’s policy, planning and budgeting processes. To this end, the primary aim of this paper is to determine the international market selection method best-suited to the identification of potential export opportunities for South Africa.
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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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    Restructuring ports for improved investment

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2013
    The change in the traditonal role of ports in the global logisistcs supply chain has necessitated restructuring in many ports worldwide, leading to the revision of national port strategies as well as the legislative and regulatory environment.
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    South Africa’s super-exporters

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2014
    The export market offers an opportunity for South African firms to grow beyond the limitations of the local market, and employ more people. Exporting encourages innovation (through international competition) and leads to improved product quality. 
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    Access to finance: microfinance innovations in the People's Republic of China

    Asian Development Bank, 2015
    From the early 1990s to 2005, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) used a top–down approach to rural finance and microfinance reform and development. The top level policy issues were largely the focus and market issues at the micro level received little attention. This approach could not have sustainable results.
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    Services sector development: a key to poverty alleviation in Mauritius

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011
    Mauritius has evolved into a middle-income country with a diversified economy, a result of reforms undertaken in the 1980s aimed at diversifying the economy away from its dependence on sugar exports.
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    Prospects for establishing an education hub: the case of Botswana

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011
    Botswana is a net importer of tertiary education services. A significant proportion of public funds are spent on educating citizens in foreign institutions. The deliberate policy of government to educate the citizens is clearly articulated in different public policy documents.
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    Internationalising higher education in Southern Africa with South Africa as the major exporter

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011
    South Africa is the major exporter of higher education services in the SADC region and has managed to position itself as the major destination for international students in the SADC region and in Africa as a whole. South African Universities have also adopted policies to internationalise the educational system, hence transferring South Africa into the educational hub of Southern Africa.

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