Tag: Industrial policy

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is convening an Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government on 29 April 2015 to agree on a regional industrial developm...

Ministers in charge of Industry and Quality in West Africa are to meet in Accra, Ghana, 24-25 April 2015 to consider and validate several documents including the strategy for ...

While the last 15 years have seen relatively high levels of growth driven by a commodity super-cycle and strong internal demand from a growing middleclass, Africa is still dependen...

The East African Community Secretariat in collaboration with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), on 1 April 2015 launched a programme on Strengthening Insti...

Executive Summary Africa’s growth continued to increase rising from 3.7 per cent in 2013 to 3.9 per cent in 2014. The performance was underpinned by improved macroeconomic manag...

Malawi has experienced mixed economic fortunes in recent years, characterised by low growth between 1994 and 2003, a spurt between 2005 and 2009, and balance of payment and fiscal ...

Industrialization is as much an economic as it is a political project and requires unorthodox thinking, difficult policy choices, innovation and creativity. Speaking at the offici...

The SADC Ministerial Task Force on Regional Economic Integration met on 5 March 2015 in Harare, Zimbabwe, to deliberate on the Interim Report on the development of the SADC Industr...

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Sub-regional Office for Southern Africa will convene its 21st Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) me...

SADC member states have completed an interim report outlining the regional industrialisation strategy expected to prioritise value addition and beneficiation. The interim report...

TRADE and industry experts from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe to discuss the strategy and roadmap for on-going efforts to indust...

Using FDI to Upgrade and Diversify the Production and Export Base of Host Economies in the Developing World Harsha Vardhana Singh – drawing on arguments developed by Dani Rodrik...

The study presents cases from Africa, Asia and Latin America, which provide contrasting experiences of the role of technology transfer and absorption in the development of differen...

The 2015 edition of the Economic Report on Africa (ERA) is scheduled for release in March 2015 and will build on the key messages of the previous editions on industrialization and ...

Africa needs a green, clean industrialization that leapfrogs outdated, polluting processes and platforms and benefits from new technologies, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki...

The curtain came down at the 34th Annual Summit of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) with special emphasis on the importance of beneficiation of exports. The Summit...

Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialisation The Department of International Relations and Cooperation will jointly host an event with the Embassy of the People...

The objective of this paper is to provide information on Nigeria and its merchandise trading profile and regime. Nigeria is a middle-income country with a Gross Domestic Product (G...

South Africa should take advantage of its comparative industrial advantage to lead other regional countries in building their manufacturing base to ensure collective socio-economic...

Much of the focus for African industrialisation must be on the clothing sector, as this is the classic low-tech and low-wage sector for an industrial base to assist an economy with...