Tag: Manufacturing
tralac’s Daily News Selection
10 Nov 17 NewsFeatured African trade tweets:
@AnnMbiruru: Good news for transporters from Dar. Only 3 police roadblocks are official in Tanzania between Dar es Salaam and Mutukula, said TZ Pres...
1st AU Symposium on Special Economic Zones and Industrial Development
07 Nov 17 NewsThe first African Union Symposium on Special Economic Zones and Industrial Development takes place at the Best Western Plus Lusaka Grand Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia from 7-10 November ...
African trade liberalisation: implications for the clothing sector
02 Nov 17 PublicationsThe objective of this working paper is to update earlier tralac research by Sandrey et al. (2014) and extend it by concentrating on intra-African trade and trading regimes to asses...
Uganda: 8th Annual Joint Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Sector Review
27 Oct 17 NewsThe Trade sector is one of the key sectors that contribute to the economic development of the country.
Every year sector stakeholders meet at a conference to review the performanc...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
17 Oct 17 NewsAfrica Week 2017 is underway at the UN: update, downloads
SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement: updates from yesterday’s regional conference in Johannesburg. (i) Minister Davi...
Even Africa’s poorest countries are too expensive to be the world’s next manufacturing hub
17 Oct 17 NewsEven though the global economy has evolved significantly in the last few decades away from the industrial revolution – which transformed many of the world’s advanced countries ...
Economic overview: Recent developments in the global and South African economies – August 2017
17 Oct 17 NewsWith the domestic drivers of growth currently under strain, the South African economy will most likely have to rely on exports for a positive performance.
Consumer and business co...
Stiglitz delivers inaugural Ndiaye Lecture, urges coordinated strategy for Africa’s economic success
16 Oct 17 NewsThe Babacar Ndiaye Lecture Series, an international series introduced by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), debuted in Washington D.C. on Sunday, 15 October 2017 with No...
The role of applied import duties on intermediate goods in industrial development: the case of South African clothing
26 Sep 17 PublicationsThe South African clothing sector has been under significant pressure in recent years as it attempts to become internationally competitive. This Trade Brief looks at how import tar...
Rwanda: Economy grows 4 percent in second quarter of 2017
26 Sep 17 NewsThe Rwandan economy grew by 4 per cent in the second quarter of 2017 largely driven by agriculture and services sector, according to the latest official figures that were released ...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
21 Sep 17 NewsThird African Union Customs Expert Trade Facilitation Forum: Day 1 update
WTO upgrades forecast for 2017 as trade rebounds strongly (WTO)
The estimate for growth in world merchan...
Leapfrogging: The key to Africa’s development?
21 Sep 17 NewsDespite sustained economic growth over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa faces massive challenges and significant gaps in many development outcomes. Although poverty has bee...
Changes in technology and trade disrupting manufacturing-led development
21 Sep 17 NewsNew policies needed to ensure developing countries can ompete
Advances in technology and changing trade patterns are affecting opportunities for export-led manufacturing. Smart au...
ECA calls Uganda to make industrial policy more effective
15 Sep 17 NewsIn the last two decades, Uganda’s economy has been performing impressively and has managed to reduce, by over half, the proportion of people living in poverty. However, in 2016 t...
ICE 2017: ECA praised for “excellent initiative” in Central Africa
14 Sep 17 NewsCameroon’s Minister of Trade, Mr. Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, has described the upcoming meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts for Central Africa (ICE 2017) as...
Dti pushes ahead with localisation to boost domestic growth
13 Sep 17 NewsSouth Africa is working towards more effective monitoring and enforcement of localisation of products and compliance with local content requirements, Trade and Industry M...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
12 Sep 17 NewsLaunched today in Abuja: Nigerian Tax Research Network
Profiled presentations from UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Board meeting: Evolution of the international trading system an...
Clothing, Textile, Footwear and Leather sectors convene Conference to find responses to SA’s downgrade to junk status
12 Sep 17 NewsClothing sector seeks urgent solution to downgrades impact
Labour and business in the clothing, textile, footwear and leather (CTFL) sectors are deeply concerned about the impact ...
tralac’s Daily News Selection
11 Sep 17 NewsStarting today, in Dar es Salaam: Tanzania oil and gas congress. A DW commentary: Gas and oil key in East African integration
UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Board began its 64th...
Unlocking the potential of the power sector for industrialization and poverty alleviation in Nigeria
07 Sep 17 NewsNigeria is the biggest economy in Africa, and now, has the potential to play a more active role in the global economy than in the past. Actualizing this potential will depend large...