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    Trade futures 2014: The WTO and Southern Africa's external trade relations

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    To gain some clarity on uncertainties and complexities that existed before the DOha Round, SAIIA (South African Institute of International Affairs) embarked on a futures thinking exercise employing, among others, scenario planning techniques.
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    Protecting international investors in SACU: towards harmonisation

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    Foreign investment inflows are of vital importance to the national economic development of African countries, because in most parts of Africa there is very little generated capital for substantial investment. Hence, most countries tend to look to foreign investors to bring much-needed foreign direct investment (FDI) to their shores.
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    South Africa's current account deficit: are proposed cures worse than the disease?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    Each time the domestic trade balance shows a deficit, the policy discussion becomes very emotional. Normally discussions are driven by a strong mercantilist bias: trade surpluses are seen as a benefit to the country and they are claimed to be caused by own competitiveness.
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    Subsidies as an Instrument of industrial policy: are they WTO compliant?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    Global responses to economic recession revealed a trend towards trade protectionism, specifically through ‘bail-out’ measures in the form of large sums of government revenue handed out to specific industries. South Africa similarly responded to the economic crisis by offering rescue packages to affected industries.
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    Supporting South African exporters

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    Aggregate exports are the result of the number of firms participating in the export market and the amount exported by each firm. Designing policies to increase total exports requires an understanding of the drivers of these two distinct processes. South African exporters are bigger, more capital-intensive and have higher levels of labour productivity than non-exporters.
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    Transport services in SACU: accelerating harmonisation and liberalisation

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
    Services are without doubt a key driver of economic growth and fundamentally influence (or determine) the trade capacity of countries.
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    Does China’s economic rise help or hinder the development of its neighbours?

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
    The impact of China’s rapid economic growth is is being felt globally via international trade. Among China’s less-developed neighbours, trying to develop their own industries, one of the most pressing questions is: does China’s economic rise help or hinder the industrial development of its neighbours?
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    Timber trade in Africa's Great Lakes: the road from Beni, DRC to Kampala, Uganda

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    This report provides a political economy analysis of the trade in tropical timber from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to and through Uganda via the Northern Transit Corridor. The study focuses on international, regional and local demand-side drivers for tropical timber exports from the eastern DRC to and through Uganda.
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    The political economy of regional integration in Africa: the regional integration of public goods

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    The trend in monitoring and evaluating progress in regional integration has been towards measuring success or failure on an exclusive trade integration framework.
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    South Africa as Africa’s gateway: a perspective from business

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    Recently, investors from emerging markets have joined companies from developed countries in establishing offices in South Africa with a

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