Working Paper
Constraints on the performance and competitiveness of Tanzania’s manufacturing exports
This study sought to examine the main constraints to manufacturing export competitiveness in Tanzania. Using panel data for the period 1997–2018, the study established that supply-side factors dominate demand-side factors in explaining manufacturing...
Working Paper
Market power and merger control in South Africa
We estimate structural, materials, and labour markups for the South African economy at the three-digit industry level for 2012–19. The fall in structural labour and materials markups found for the numerical majority of industries are generally...
Working Paper
Competitiveness and diversification of service exports in sub-Saharan Africa
Growth in service exports has improved countries’ per capita incomes, reduced over-reliance on goods exports, and promoted economic diversification. However, the growth has not been uniform across regions and countries. Africa lags behind in service...
Working Paper
Can gender differences in distributional preferences explain gender gaps in competition?
We design an experiment to examine whether egalitarian preferences, and in particular, behindness aversion as well as preference for favourable inequality affect competitive choices differently among males and females. We find that selection into...
Blog
Feeding southern Africa?: Growing the animal-feed-to-poultry regional value chain
by
Tamara Paremoer, Simon Roberts
March 2017
In 2016 the South African poultry sector faced intense pressure from two sides in the form of much higher input costs and increased imports of low...
Blog
Sales recovered faster from the pandemic than employment: Evidence from tax administrative and survey data in Zambia
by
Aliisa Koivisto, Christopher Hoy, Laban Simbeye, Muhammad Malik, Mashekwa Maboshe
August 2022
Like most other countries, the government of Zambia introduced restrictions to control COVID-19, which considerably curtailed normal economic activity...
Working Paper
Regional opportunities in East Africa
Significant progress has been made by the East African Community partner states in implementing the East African Community customs union. Trade within the East African Community is now free from import duties, and partner states have adopted a three...
Research uptake
Learning to Compete (L2C): Accelerating Industrial Development in Africa
Learning to compete (L2C) is collaborative research project between UNU-WIDER, the African Development Bank, and the Brookings Institution. The project aims to answer the question: why is there so little industry in Africa? Industry—including modern services and agro-industry—is often the key to job creation, poverty reduction, and growth. In order to sustain economic growth African industries need to learn to compete in global markets. L2C sets out to provide better answers to a number of policy questions relevant to African industries achieving this competitiveness.
Presentation
Introduction to descriptive report of technology, competitiveness and corporate social responsibility
Presentation
Wed, 20 November 2013
Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM),
68 Phan Đình Phùng, Quận Ba Đình,
Hanoi,
Vietnam
Past event
Presentation
Technology and Competitiveness in Vietnam
Professor Carol Newman and professor Finn Tarp, director of WIDER, gave a presentation about technology and competitiveness in Vietnam. Presentation slides
Thu, 3 July 2014
General Statistics Office,
6B Hoang Dieu Str.,
Hanoi,
Vietnam
Past event
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