INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THINK TANK (IDTT)

Year 1

STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

POLICY BRIEFS

Concentration, profits and investment: Let’s focus on the structure of the economy, not “cash hoarding”
Structural transformation to grow high-value exports and jobs: the case of fruit
Structural transformation, competition and economic power
Structural transformation: The impact of municipal electricity pricing policy on the foundry industry
The auto industry needs regional integration – can it happen?
Localisation and Supply Chain Development in the SA Auto Industry
Structural transformation in agro-processing: Addressing concentration levels and greater market access in dairy and sugar value chains
Upstream strategies and support in the metals and machinery value chain: Industrial policy lessons
Recommendations for Structural Transformation and job creation in South Africa: Towards a Smart, Open Economy for All
Rewriting the rules governing the South African Economy: A new political settlement for industrial development
Stuck in the Middle: South Africa in the New Global Industrial Landscape
Industrial Policies for Middle-Income Countries

OVERVIEW

The South African economy, since 1994, has suffered from low growth and high levels of unemployment. The main focus of this first year of research was on investigating the structural transformation of the South African economy, with emphasis on diversification, value-addition and employment-stimulating industrialisation of the sub-region. The work programme culminated in an Flagship Report on post-apartheid structural transformation and three separate industry studies.

INDUSTRY STUDIES & WORKING PAPERS

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