Documents et rapports
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Mapping global and regional value chains in SACU : sector-level overviews (anglais)
In considering the prospects for expanding non-commodities exports, the SACU region faces a global environment that has changed markedly over the past two decades. First, trade is increasingly shifting...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 102984 Date du document: 1 janvier 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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SACU in global value chains : measuring GVC integration, position, and performance of Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland (anglais)
Once concentrated among a few large economies, global flows of goods, services, and capital now reach an ever larger number of economies worldwide. Global trade in goods and services increased 10 times...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 102987 Date du document: 1 janvier 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Engel,Jakob,Winkler,Deborah Elisabeth,Farole,Thomas
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Is a ‘factory Southern Africa’ feasible? Harnessing flying geese to the South African gateway (anglais)
The countries comprising the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) are currently not very integrated into global value chains (GVCs), potentially missing out on important development opportunities. Accordingly...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 102983 Date du document: 1 janvier 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Draper,Peter,Freytag,Christoph Andreas,Scholvin, Sören,Tran,Thanh Luong
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Factory Southern Africa? : SACU in global value chains - summary report (anglais)
Once concentrated among a few large economies, global flows of goods, services, and capital now reach an ever-larger number of countries worldwide. Global trade in goods and in services both increased...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 102850 Date du document: 1 janvier 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Farole,Thomas
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Global value chain integration and productivity : evidence from enterprise surveys in Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland (anglais)
In order to adequately measure a firm’s participation in GVCs in this context, it is important to first identify the different forms through which GVC integration can affect domestic firms’ productivity...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 102986 Date du document: 26 février 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Winkler,Deborah Elisabeth,Farole,Thomas
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A capability-based assessment of GVC competitiveness for the SACU region (anglais)
The emergence of global value chains (GVCs) and their rapid expansion over the past two decades has transformed the global trade environment. GVCs involve task-based trade across multiple stages of the...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 103070 Date du document: 20 février 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Pathikonda,Vilas G.,Farole,Thomas
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The labor content of exports in South Africa and Botswana – a preliminary exploration (anglais)
The LACEX dataset has been recently assembled to compute the (direct and indirect) value of the compensation of employees linked to exports for each sector/country/year. The data has been computed on the...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 103072 Date du document: 1 janvier 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Calì, Massimiliano,Hollweg,Claire Honore
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Trade facilitation for global and regional value chains in SACU : Mapping global and regional value chains in SACU : sector-level overviews (anglais)
In this context, this note summarizes the findings of a recent World Bank, SACU Secretariat assessment of regional trade facilitation based on the Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment (TTFA) methodology...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 102985 Date du document: 1 janvier 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Overcoming barriers to supply chain integration in SACU : lessons from the private sector (anglais)
Cross border value chains are increasingly seen as critical for export growth, providing the conduit for more than half of developing countries exports in value-added terms. However, Africa’s contribution...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 102988 Date du document: 1 janvier 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bausinger, Mirabel,Bertlesmann-Scott, Talitha,Charalambides, Nick,Slabbert, Jaco,Van Heerden, Francois