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Tag: Industrial policy

South Africa’s need to revive mining exploration

South Africa’s need to revive mining exploration

14 Dec 23  Blog
According to Minerals Council South Africa CEO, Mzila Mthenjane, in an op-ed published in October, the country’s mining exploration spend in 2023 was 0.8 percent of global spend,...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

22 Nov 23  News
Raising South Africa’s Economic Prospects by Curbing Crime (World Bank) The impact of crime on South Africa’s economic prospects is high and broad-based, according to a World ...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

20 Nov 23  News
Climate Action Key to Kenya’s Upper-Middle-Income Country Aspirations (World Bank) Kenya remains vulnerable to frequent climatic shocks that pose significant economic risk. With...
How is the AfCFTA’s industrial development agenda shaping up?

How is the AfCFTA’s industrial development agenda shaping up?

18 Oct 23  Blog
DOWNLOAD BLOG Industrialisation is vital for Africa’s long-term development. To achieve its objectives and boost intra-African trade (which stands at very low levels and in...
Some Applications of tralac’s Value Chain Database

Some Applications of tralac’s Value Chain Database

28 Sep 23  Publications
Cross-border value chains are a form of trade in which intermediate value (whether product or service) passes from one country to another, to be beneficiated by the recipient count...
Trade facilitation and industrialisation: Cross-border value chain development – Progress to date and way forward

Trade facilitation and industrialisation: Cross-border value chain development – Progress to date and way forward

26 Sep 23  Publications
Objectives of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), such as industrial development through diversification and regional value chain development, increased intra-regiona...
tralac Workshop: Africa’s Industrialisation and the AfCFTA

tralac Workshop: Africa’s Industrialisation and the AfCFTA

07 Sep 23  Event
Africa’s Industrialisation and the AfCFTA: What can we learn from trade-investment-industrial policy linkages and experiences in Southern Africa? Trade law and policy experts ca...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

31 Aug 23  News
SARS records R16 billion trade boost for South Africa (BusinessTech) South Africa saw a preliminary trade balance surplus of R16.0 billion in July 2023, data from the South Africa...
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tralac Daily News

29 Aug 23  News
South Africa missed the boat on some localisation opportunities, but higher value industries can be pursued (Engineering News) The latest research from policy research entity Trad...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

03 Aug 23  News
Industrial policy changes needed, TIPS forum hears (Engineering News) Academics and researchers have highlighted some of the policy changes needed within a changing global economy...
Why We Need to Promote African Value Chain Industrialisation Now That the AfCFTA Is Here

Why We Need to Promote African Value Chain Industrialisation Now That the AfCFTA Is Here

23 Dec 22  Blog
The ways in which developing countries industrialised post the industrial revolution have drawn attention from scholars for decades. The ‘Asian tigers’ are a group of South-Eas...
Africa’s textile and apparel value chain – Its impact on special economic zones

Africa’s textile and apparel value chain – Its impact on special economic zones

12 Dec 22  Publications
DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION The textile, apparel and accessories (TA&A) industry, as well as the footwear industry, hold considerable potential for Africa in terms of economic advanc...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

02 Dec 22  News
Local news After challenging season, citrus industry moves to mitigate new and old risks (Engineering News) South Africa’s citrus growers industry has, despite achieving a marg...
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tralac Daily News

27 Nov 22  News
Local news R4-trillion needed for South Africa’s hydrogen economy, PIC declares (Engineering News) South Africa’s State-owned Public Investment Corporation (PIC) stated on Mo...
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tralac Daily News

22 Nov 22  News
Local news Poultry industry jitters over extension to US anti-dumping tariffs (IOL) The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) will have to continue to “take one for the team...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

21 Nov 22  News
COP27 outcomes and reactions Call for collaboration to achieve COP27 outcomes (SAnews) South Africa has called on all Parties to work constructively and in a spirit of compromise...
Could Safeguards be used to promote Industrialisation?

Could Safeguards be used to promote Industrialisation?

14 Nov 22  Blog
Industrialisation depends on many policy inputs. African countries face unique challenges and must develop industrialisation policies suitable for their conditions. Such polices mu...
tralac Daily News

tralac Daily News

24 Jun 22  News
Local news South Africa is making a big localisation push – and has stopped using some international products: Ramaphosa (BusinessTech) Answering a recent parliamentary Q&A...
Special Economic Zones: Ethiopian Case Study

Special Economic Zones: Ethiopian Case Study

31 May 22  Publications
DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION Special Economic Zones (SEZs) represent delimited zones in which industrial development is promoted by establishing export strategies and by attracting foreig...
Global Launch Event: Global Alliance of Special Economic Zones (GASEZ), 17 May 2022

Global Launch Event: Global Alliance of Special Economic Zones (GASEZ), 17 May 2022

24 May 22  Blog
New global alliance of special economic zones to boost development The Global Alliance of Special Economic Zones (GASEZ) was launched on May 17, 2022, with eight founding members:...

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