Tag: Competitiveness

Trade minister Amelia Kyambadde has said non-tariff barriers (NTBs) are greatly affecting Uganda’s competitiveness in the East African market. Speaking at the commissioning of...

Gavin van der Nest, tralac Researcher, discusses the key findings of the World Bank’s Doing Business 2014 regional report on SADC The World Bank ‘Doing Business 2014: Sou...

A country’s image abroad can also influence future competitiveness IMD, a top-ranked global business school based in Switzerland, today [22 May 2014] announced its annual world ...

Creating a favourable global perception of South Africa can go a long way to attracting foreign direct investment. As a result, government stakeholders would like to broaden the co...

Africa has recorded robust economic growth since 2001 with average gross domestic product (GDP) of 6.0 per cent that has outpaced the rest of the world, with potential for sus...

Earlier in February 2014, the World Bank’s Africa Region Poverty Reduction and Economic Management researchers presented their most recent economic update on South Africa, which ...

Greater export competitiveness and deeper regional integration could help propel South Africa towards faster-growing exports, allowing it to achieve higher, more inclusive, job-int...

Paul Kruger, tralac Researcher, discusses competitiveness in the South African telecommunications sector One can argue that the telecommunications industry is the central nervous ...

Exports of inland and marine capture fish and fishery products (thereafter ‘fish’) are of integral importance to government revenues and income and employment generation in Sub...