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    The trade effects of regional economic integration in the Southern African Development Community

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011
    In their quest to achieve higher economic growth and development African governments have experimented with different growth and industrialisation models. Prominent among these is the import substitution industrialisation (ISI) model adopted after gaining independence in the 1960s '70s.
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    Export diversification in Zambia and Botswana: little progress so far

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011
    Botswana and Zambia are both heavily reliant on primary commodity exports. Both Zambia and Botswana have emphasised export diversification over a long time. Carefully guided sectoral interventions have yielded some small results in Zambia and sectoral interventions should be investigated in Botswana.
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    The effects of the European Union-imposed livestock identification and traceback system on Botswana’s beef exports and rural poverty

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011
    In 1997 the EU introduced a requirement that beef imports be traceable through a computerised system. To ensure continued access to the EU market, Botswana introduced the livestock identification and traceback system (LITS).
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    Services sector development in Uganda: the role of financial services

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011
    The objectives of financial sector reform in Uganda were interest liberalisation, reducing directed credit, improving prudential regulation, privatisating financial intermediaries, reducing reserve requirements, liberalisation of securities markets and pro-competition measures.
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    Southern Africa Customs Union: getting ready for services negotiations

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011
    For many African states, negotiations to liberalise trade in services is a relatively new experience.
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    The policy case for a tailor-made indicator of sustainable development for South Africa

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012
    South Africa reflects many of the world’s sustainability problems. Gains from the rise in commodity prices and debt-fueled, consumption-led growth have masked issues such as rising costs and declining competitiveness of the economy.
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    Policy considerations of adopting Geographical Indication protection in South Africa

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012
    Geographical Indication (GI) refers to a proper name or a sign that identifies a certain product with a specific geographical location (the product’s origin) such as a province, a town or a country. The definition also implies that the product has specific qualities such as shelf life, texture, flavour, scent or nutritional properties related to its geographical origin.
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    Win win partnership? China, Southern Africa and extractive industries

    Southern African Resource Watch, 2012
    The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has prioritised Africa as a strategic partner at both the political and economic levels. According to some observers, the evidence of China’s growing African involvement suggests a strategy devised to secure access to the continent’s abundant resources.
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    Angola's oil industry operations

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    The state-owned oil company, Sonangol, is at the centre of the oil industry in Angola. By law, multinationals that want to do business in Angola must associate with Sonangol in the form of a joint venture or Production Sharing Agreement (PSA). To win contracts, multinationals must pay signature bonuses that can run into billions of dollars – and are not publicly disclosed.
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    Southern Africa resource barometer

    Southern African Resource Watch, 2013
    Since 2000, oil and mineral commodity prices have been undergoing a strong and steady rise, mainly due to increasing demand from China, India and other emerging economies.

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