Tag: Industrial policy
Better trade logistics could jump-start Africa’s light manufacturing industry
16 Jul 15 NewsLabor-intensive, light manufacturing industries led the economic transformation of some of the most successful developing countries in the world, including China and Vietnam. In Su...
Partnerships key for implementation of post-2015 development agenda and financing inclusive and sustainable industrialization, say participants at Addis event
15 Jul 15 NewsMulti-stakeholder partnerships for mobilizing financing for industrial infrastructure and industrial projects, ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises to international larg...
The Investing in Africa Forum: Partnering to accelerate investment, industrialization, and results in Africa
03 Jul 15 NewsThe Investing in Africa Forum: Partnering to Accelerate Investment, Industrializa-tion, and Results was held June 30-July 1, 2015, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, co-organized by the Gov...
The Revised SADC RISDP and plans for market integration and industrial development going forward
10 Jun 15 DiscussionWilliam Mwanza, tralac Researcher, discusses the revision of the SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP)
The Regional Indicative Strategic Developmen...
Launch of Industrial Policy Action Plan 2015/16 – 2017/18
08 May 15 NewsMedia statement by Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Rob Davies at launch of the Industrial Policy Action Plan 2015/16 – 2017/18 at the Industrial Development Corporation Auditor...
Shaping a regional industrial development strategy in Southern Africa
29 Apr 15 PublicationsThe 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...
Nigeria: Ministers to validate strategy for implementing West Africa industrial policy
20 Apr 15 NewsMinisters 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 ...
African trade policies have to match its industrialization imperative
17 Apr 15 NewsWhile 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...
EAC launches programme on Strengthening Institutional Capacities for Industrial Policy Management, Monitoring and Evaluation
02 Apr 15 NewsThe East African Community Secretariat in collaboration with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), on 1 April 2015 launched a programme on Strengthening Insti...
Economic Report on Africa 2015: Industrializing through trade
30 Mar 15 NewsExecutive 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’s trade profile 2001 to 2013
25 Mar 15 PublicationsMalawi 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 a political project
17 Mar 15 NewsIndustrialization 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...
Development of SADC Industrialisation Strategy and Roadmap underway
09 Mar 15 NewsThe 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...
21st Intergovernmental Committee of Experts Meeting: Accelerating Industrialization in Southern Africa
06 Mar 15 NewsThe 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 completes industrial strategy interim report
27 Feb 15 News
SADC member states have completed an interim report outlining the regional industrialisation strategy expected to prioritise value addition and beneficiation.
The interim report...
SADC Industrialists in Harare for strategy
25 Feb 15 NewsTRADE 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...
Industrial Policy as a Tool of Development Strategy
30 Jan 15 NewsUsing 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...
Leveraging technology transfer for industrial development explored in new UNCTAD study
15 Jan 15 NewsThe 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...
Forthcoming Economic Report on Africa to tackle trade and industrialization
05 Jan 15 NewsThe 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 ...
Clean industrialization critical for Africa to ‘leapfrog’ outdated technologies – Ban
21 Nov 14 NewsAfrica needs a green, clean industrialization that leapfrogs outdated, polluting processes and platforms and benefits from new technologies, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki...