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Trade liberalization and South African manufacturing

This paper provides a retrospective assessment of the effects of trade policies on South African manufacturing since the transition to democracy, examining the differences and commonalities in the views of economists in favour of and against an...

  • Trade policy
  • Manufacturing
  • Trade liberalization
Working Paper
Moving up the copper value chain in Southern Africa

Southern African countries—mainly Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo—account for around a seventh of global production of copper. In the 2010s, they imported over a third of the associated capital goods and components from South Africa...

  • Copper
  • Industrialization
  • Agglomeration
Journal Article
Effects of Foreign Aid on Income through International Trade

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness

  • Bilateral aid
  • Exports
  • Free trade
Working Paper
From manufacturing-led export growth to a twenty-first-century inclusive growth strategy

Success in development over the past half-century was based on manufacturing-led export growth. Because the share of global employment in manufacturing will decline, manufacturing won’t play the same role in the coming decades. An increase in...

  • Stockholm Statement
  • Industrial policy
  • Dynamic comparative advantage
Working Paper
Effects of foreign aid on income through international trade

This paper presents a review of recent studies that estimate the trade effects of foreign aid. It also provides new results obtained using panel data techniques to estimate the direct effects of aid on international trade, accounting for countries’...

  • Bilateral aid
  • Exports
  • Free trade
Journal Article
Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern Africa

Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

  • Food industry and trade
  • Exports
  • Regional integration
Book Chapter
Implications for Ethiopia's industrialization

Part of Book Industries without Smokestacks

  • Ethiopia
  • Exports
  • Tourism
Book Chapter
Industries without smokestacks

Part of Book Industries without Smokestacks

  • Industries
  • Exports
  • Policy
Book Chapter
Senegal

Part of Book Industries without Smokestacks

  • Exports
  • Services
  • Tourism
Book Chapter
Rwanda

Part of Book Industries without Smokestacks

  • Africa
  • Economic growth
  • Exports
Book Chapter
Regional opportunities in East Africa

Part of Book Industries without Smokestacks

  • Exports
  • Free trade
  • Customs union
Book Chapter
Dependence on extractive industries in lower-income countries

Part of Book Extractive Industries

  • Development
  • Oil
  • Gas
Book Chapter
Mining's contribution to low- and middle-income economies

Part of Book Extractive Industries

  • Mining
  • Development
  • Tax revenue
Seminar
Samwel J. Kabote and Jires Tunguhole on the determinants of clove exports in Zanzibar

Samwel J. Kabote and Jires Tunguhole give a presentation on 10 December at 10-11am (UTC+2) as part of the Sustainable development solutions for Tanzania – strengthening research to achieve SDGs project. The presentation is held as a webinar, in...

10 December 2021
Online, Finland
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Research Brief
How can agro-processing value chains be developed to strengthen regional integration in Southern Africa?

Regional integration in Africa has potential for increasing regional trade and contribute towards industrialization and economic development. Agro-processing trade offers numerous opportunities for southern Africa countries and is a potential area of...

  • Regional integration
  • Agriculture
  • Agro-processing
Working Paper
Constraints on the performance and competitiveness of Tanzania’s manufacturing exports

This study sought to examine the main constraints to manufacturing export competitiveness in Tanzania. Using panel data for the period 1997–2018, the study established that supply-side factors dominate demand-side factors in explaining manufacturing...

  • Competitiveness
  • Manufacturing
  • Exports
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