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Moving from ‘anti-development ’ microcredit to a ‘developmental’ local financial system in South Africa
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2014It increasingly recognised around the world that an effective local financial system is a pivotal prerequisite for sustainable bottom-up local economic and Industrial SME development. Put very simply, a local economy requires a local financial system capable of intermediating scarce financial and other resources into the highest productivity uses.DocumentAdvanced manufacturing and jobs in South Africa: an examination of perceptions and trends
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2014Advanced manufacturing has been recognised globally as important to reverse de--industrialisation and to create decent, well-paying jobs. However, lingering perceptions regarding the negative correlation of advanced manufacturing and technological advancement on employment creates resistance to the adoption of advanced manufacturing practices by industry.DocumentAnchoring growth and employment: the interaction between manufacturing and services in South Africa
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2014Manufacturing has been identified as a key marker for growth and employment driver in South Africa. Yet the sector itself is no longer a major source of employment creation internationally. Using cointegration, this paper assesses the relative importance of manufacturing and service sectors in achieving long term growth and employment objectives in South Africa.DocumentThe challenges to reversing the decline of the apparel sector in South Africa
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2014Industrial 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.DocumentTechnology intensive manufacturing and innovation in South Africa: a comparison with the BRIC countries and an emprical examination of technology based firms
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2014There is considerable interest in the economic progress of the BRICS and in their capacity to enter into more technologically demanding activities. But, there is considerable variation in the rate of innovation as between the BRICS.DocumentAnalysis of export and employment opportunities for the South African manufacturing industry
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2014The South African government recognises the importance of promoting manufactured exports as a means of ensuring sustainable economic growth and job creation.DocumentWho benefits from South Africa’s bilateral trade agreements?
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2008Trade 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.DocumentSynthesis report on current and emerging youth policies and initiatives with links to agriculture: the case of Malawi, Mauritius, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2012Sub–Saharan African (SSA) countries have a unique population profile, with 44 percent of its population being under the age of 15, making it the youngest region of the world.DocumentThe status of agricultural water use, access, and productivity in the Limpopo Basin — opportunities for poverty alleviation
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2010The Limpopo River Basin is home to 14,000,000 people, at least half of whom live in rural areas. Over ten million South Africans live in the basin - nearly 25% of the national population. The remaining population live in Botswana - one million people, nearly 60% of the national population - Mozambique and Zimbabwe.DocumentSouth Africa's emerging black middle class: A harbinger of political change?
Afrobarometer, 2014South Africa has seen a significant increase in the size of its black middle class in the post-apartheid period, but the attitudinal consequences of indicators of the middle class, as of 2011, are inconsistent and modest in size.Pages