South Africa’s Export Predicament
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Hausmann, Ricardo, and Bailey Klinger. “South Africa’s Export Predicament.” CID Working Paper Series 2006.129, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, August 2006.Abstract
This paper explores export performance in South Africa over the past 50 years, and concludes that a lagging process of structural transformation is part of the explanation for stagnant exports per capita. Slow structural transformation in South Africa is found to be a consequence of the peripheral nature of South Africa’s productive capabilities. We apply new tools to evaluate South Africa’s future prospects for structural transformation, as well as to explore the sectoral priorities of the DTI’s draft industrial strategy. We then discuss policy conclusions, advocating an ‘open-architecture’ industrial policy where the methods applied herein are but one tool to screen private sector requests for sector-specific coordination and public goods.Terms of Use
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