INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THINK TANK (IDTT)
Year 1
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
POLICY BRIEFS
Structural transformation to grow high-value exports and jobs: the case of fruit
The auto industry needs regional integration – can it happen?
Localisation and Supply Chain Development in the SA Auto Industry
Upstream strategies and support in the metals and machinery value chain: Industrial policy lessons
Stuck in the Middle: South Africa in the New Global Industrial Landscape
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.