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OVERVIEW

The past decade has seen a growing consensus re-emerging on the importance of industrialisation, as well as on the relatively poor performance of African countries in this regard, including South Africa. To better understand the challenges of industrialisation, the Industrial Development Think Tank (IDTT) was established in 2017 at UJ under an MoU with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The IDTT is housed in CCRED, in partnership with the SARChI Chair in Industrial Development, and supported by the DTI. The IDTT will build on existing research undertaken by CCRED and the SARChI Chair in order to provide analysis and advice, build capacity and inform the wider debate on industrialisation.

Throughout the six-years of the IDTT has worked on and published in-depth studies on issues relating to structural transformation, industrial development, digitalisation and digital skills, value chains, climate change and green industrialisation, and agriculture and agro-processing. The work of the IDTT has been instrumental in shaping policy and discourse around the critical issues plaguing the South African economy.

GOVERNANCE

Governance of the IDTT is exercised through a Project Steering Committee (PSC) that is convened and chaired by a representative of the DTI. The PCS considers and approves research priorities, allocates and approves budgets, considers and approves reports, and provides overall guidance to the work of the IDTT. The PSC consists of the following members: 

  • Nimrod Zalk: Chairperson and Industrial Development Policy and Strategy Advisor, Department of Trade and Industry

  • Ilse Karg: Chief Director for Future Production Technologies & Industry 4.0, Department of Trade and Industry

  • Fiona Tregenna: South African Research Chair (SARChI Chair) in Industrial Development, and Professor in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Johannesburg

  • Thando Vilakazi: Executive Director, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development

  • Elvis Avenyo: Senior Researcher, Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development

KNOWLEDGE BASE

STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

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.

DIGITAL INDUSTRIAL POLICY

OVERVIEW

Advances in technologies are disrupting production processes in unprecedented ways across industries around the world. These changes are bringing new opportunities for improving productivity and competitiveness in various sectors but are also bringing new challenges. A large focus of year 2 has been on developing a Digital Industrial Issues Paper following the hosting of a Colloquium. In addition, a series of industry studies taking account of technological changes has been produced.


INDUSTRY STUDIES & WORKING PAPERS

  1. Understanding Technological Competitiveness and Supply Chain Deepening in Plastic Auto Components in Thailand

  2. Online Retailing in South Africa

  3. Strategies for Adapting to Online Entry

  4. Technological developments in South Africa’s fruit industry and implications for market access & participation

  5. Issues in the Regulation and Policy Surrounding E-Commerce in South Africa

  6. The Role of Lead Firms in the Development of Production Ecosystems in Process Equipment and Aerospace

  7. Black Industrialists, Barriers to Entry, and Appropriate Interventions

  8. Governance of poultry value chains – a comparative perspective on developing capabilities in South Africa and Brazil

  9. A critical review of international cluster and other sector-support initiatives in the mining equipment & machinery sector

DIGITALISATION & INDUSTRIALSIATION

OVERVIEW

The world economy is undergoing a period of structural and technological transformation, sometimes described as the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ (4IR). At the centre of this is the digitalisation and automation of economic activity, which is being experienced differentially across the globe. The work program of year 3 culminated in studies into the effects and need for governance of digitalisation to help South Africa prepare for the new digital economy.

INDUSTRY STUDIES & WORKING PAPERS

  1. Data Governance: Towards a Policy Framework

  2. Developing International Perspectives on Digital Competition Policy

  3. Digitalisation, Data and Open Banking: A South African Perspective

  4. The Impact of Digital Platforms on Competition in the South African Tourism Industry

COVID-19 REPSONSE

OVERVIEW

The South African and global economies were shocked by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with several manufacturing sectors experiencing significant demand and supply disruptions. This body of work explores these impacts and investigates ways for the South African economy to recover and reignite its manufacturing potential given the shifts in international trends and patterns of production in light of impact of the pandemic.

INDUSTRY STUDIES & WORKING PAPERS

  1. Identifying vulnerable and priority manufacturing sectors for economic recovery in South Africa: An empirical approach

  2. Emerging issues for industrial policy in South Africa

INDUSTRY STUDIES AND WORKING PAPERS

 

  1. Understanding Technological Competitiveness and Supply Chain Deepening in Plastic Auto Components in Thailand

  2. Online Retailing in South Africa

  3. Strategies for Adapting to Online Entry

  4. Technological developments in South Africa’s fruit industry and implications for market access & participation

  5. Issues in the Regulation and Policy Surrounding E-Commerce in South Africa

  6. The Role of Lead Firms in the Development of Production Ecosystems in Process Equipment and Aerospace

  7. Black Industrialists, Barriers to Entry, and Appropriate Interventions

  8. Governance of poultry value chains – a comparative perspective on developing capabilities in South Africa and Brazil

  9. A critical review of international cluster and other sector-support initiatives in the mining equipment & machinery sector

  1. Data Governance: Towards a Policy Framework

  2. Developing International Perspectives on Digital Competition Policy

  3. Digitalisation, Data and Open Banking: A South African Perspective

  4. The Impact of Digital Platforms on Competition in the South African Tourism Industry

    1. Identifying vulnerable and priority manufacturing sectors for economic recovery in South Africa: An empirical approach

    2. Emerging issues for industrial policy in South Africa

    1. Determinants of digital technologies’ adoption in South African manufacturing: Evidence from a firm-level survey

    2. Climate change policies and trade: Implications for industrial policy in South Africa

    1. Localisation in South Africa: Analysis of key emerging issues

    2. Scaling up South Africa’s Black Industrialist Scheme (BIS): Opportunities and Challenges

    3. The impact of competition law remedies on public interest

    4. Digital Technology Adoption in Agro-processing Value Chains

    5. Market development for regional industrialization and sustainability: the case of the soybean to poultry value chain

    6. The IDC and green industrialisation in South Africa

    INDUSTRY STUDIES AND WORKING PAPERS

    1. Concentration, profits and investment: Let’s focus on the structure of the economy, not “cash hoarding”

    2. Structural transformation to grow high-value exports and jobs: the case of fruit

    3. Structural transformation, competition and economic power

    4. Structural transformation: The impact of municipal electricity pricing policy on the foundry industry

    5. The auto industry needs regional integration – can it happen?

    6. Localisation and Supply Chain Development in the SA Auto Industry

    7. Structural transformation in agro-processing: Addressing concentration levels and greater market access in dairy and sugar value chains

    8. Upstream strategies and support in the metals and machinery value chain: Industrial policy lessons

    9. Recommendations for Structural Transformation and job creation in South Africa: Towards a Smart, Open Economy for All

    10. Rewriting the rules governing the South African Economy: A new political settlement for industrial development

    11. Stuck in the Middle: South Africa in the New Global Industrial Landscape

    12. Industrial Policies for Middle-Income Countries

    1. Machinery, Equipment and Electronic Control Systems: Leading Reindustrialisation in Southern Africa

    2. Repositioning the Future of the South African Automotive Industry

    3. Technological Developments and the ‘Industrialisation of Freshness’ in Fresh Fruit Supply

    4. Practical Implications for the South African Food Processing Industry

    5. Repositioning the Future of the South African Chemicals Industry

    6. An E-Commerce Revolution in Retail?

    7. Repositioning the Future of the South African Clothing and Textile Industries

    8. Digital Disruptions in the Yellow Metals Industry: The Role for Government Response

    9. The Cape Town Software Development Cluster

    10. Digital Transformation of the Plastic Products Factory

    11. Managing the Transition to Electric Vehicle Technology

    12. An Effective Online Retail Strategy Will Allow SA to Catch Up with Big Guns

    13. Talk of a Fourth Industrial Revolution is Almost Meaningless Without Cheaper Data

    14. Leveraging Technologies to Boost Exports in the Fruit Industry

    15. Building Technological Competitiveness and Deepening the Auto Supply Chain Through Plastic Auto Components

    16. Black Industrialists – It’s Not Just About Funding

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      1. Note on WTO moratorium on electronic transmissions

      2. Data centres: How digitalisation and green investments come together

      3. Data governance matters: Lessons for South Africa

      4. Regulating digital platforms for economic development

      5. Policy proposals for South Africa on the digital economy

      6. Are we doing enough to support small and medium-sized food processors and alternative routes to market during and after COVID-19?

      7. The nature of funding matters – making development finance work for South Africa’s SMEs in the COVID-19 crisis

      8. E-commerce and potential responses in an era of COVID-19

      9. Data governance: Towards a policy framework

      10. Can clustering drive South Africa’s economy forward in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the Thai auto industry

      1. Industry associations as growth coalitions: Lessons from South Africa’s citrus industry

      2. South Africa’s economic recovery plans: What are the missing pieces for a sustainable and inclusive drive towards industrialisation?

      3. Awakening industrial economic recovery in South Africa

      4. International industrial policy responses to COVID-19: Lessons for South Africa

      5. Supporting inclusion of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in foodtech in South Africa

      6. E-commerce in a post-Covid-19 era: Building on industry gains

      7. Covid-19 and economic recovery policies in Latin America

      8. The medium- and long-term implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for the restructuring of global value chains and labour in developing countries

      1. Climate change and trade to the EU: Priority sectors for policy intervention in South Africa

      2. Leveraging investment strategies of African Multinational Corporations (AMNCs) for improved regional integration and industrial capacity

      3. Development finance and regional industrialisation finance

      4. Making regional value chains work: Lessons from AFCFTA

      5. Implications of COVID-19 on Digital Transformation in South Africa

      6. Digital industrialisation of freshness

      7. Large firms’ strategies and investment for economic recovery in South Africa

      8. Case studies on large firm strategy: Corporate restructuring, internationalisation and shareholder value

      1. Localisation and Industrialisation Nexus: Lessons for South Africa

      2. Ingredients for a successful localisation policy in South Africa

      3. South Africa’s Country Investment Strategy: A case for manufacturing investment for improved regional integration and industrial capacity

      4. Financing digital industrialisation in South Africa: Emerging issues

      5. Digital Technologies as Standards in Agro-processing Value Chains

      6. Digital capabilities in South African manufacturing firms: What matters?

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