Regulatory Reform
Trade liberalisation cannot work in isolation thus regulatory approaches and other complimentary polices of countries are essential to ensure that liberalisation delivers the expected benefits in the long run. Equally, poorly designed or applied regulations may actually prove detrimental and impose significant costs to business greatly curtailing the stimulation of economic growth which liberalisation offers.
As such EDip’s work on regulatory reform explores regulatory approaches that can be undertaken by Southern African countries so as to improve growth and increase their competitiveness by removing obstacles that hinder efficient trade and investment flows.
Regulatory Reform: Publications
- Policy Briefings
- Occasional Papers
- Research Reports
- Books
- Additional Papers and Publications
- Opinion Pieces
- Diplomatic Pouch
Policy Briefings
The Economics of Intellectual Property Rights in Developing Countries: Lessons from a Literature Review
by Tsidiso Disenyana
SAIIA Policy Briefing, No 5, March 2009
Occasional Papers
Economic Partnership Agreements and Intellectual Property Rights Protection: Challenges for the Southern African Development Community Region
by Dorica Phiri
SAIIA Occasional Paper, No 48, October 2009
Trade in Electricity Services in the Southern African Customs Union: Towards a Negotiating Strategy
by Tsidiso Disenyana & Cézanne Samuel
SAIIA Occasional Paper, No 46, October 2009
Research Reports
Transport Services in SACU: Accelerating Harmonisation and Liberalisation
by Tsidiso Disenyana & Nkululeko Khumalo
SAIIA Research Report, No 1, February 2009
Protecting International Investors in SACU: Towards Harmonisation
by Sheila Kiratu
Trade Report, No 24, October 2008
Intellectual Property Rights and South Africa's Innovation Future
by Samantha Gregory
Trade Report, No 23, August 2008
Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade in Southern Africa: Towards a Measurement Approach
by Costa Pierides
Trade Report, No 21, June 2008
The Cost of Non-tariff Barriers to Business along the North-South Corridor (South Africa-Zimbabwe) via Beit Bridge: A Preliminary Study
by Gregory Mthembu-Salter
Trade Report, No 20, May 2008
Trade in Services: From controlling to managing the Movement of Persons in SADC
by Nkululeko Khumalo
Trade Report, No 16, July 2007
Francophone Africa’s Jewel: The Experience of South African Companies Doing Business in Senegal
by Hany Besada
Business in Africa Report, No 10, 2007
East Africa’s Hub: The Experience of South African Companies Doing Busines in Kenya
by Judi Hudson
Business in Africa Report, No 9, 2007
A Nation in Turmoil: The Experience of South African Companies Doing Business in Zimbabwe
by Dianna Games
Business in Africa Report, No 8, 2006
Meeting the Sphinx: The Experience of South African Companies Doing Business in Egypt
by Hany Besada
Business in Africa Report, No 7, 2006
Timbuktu’s Golden Legacy: The Experience of South African Companies Doing Business in Mali
by Mercedes Sayagues
Business in Africa Report, No 6, 2005
Africa’s First Welfare State: the Experience of South African Companies Doing Business in Botswana
by Neuma Grobbelaar and Kaemete Tsotete
Business in Africa Report, No 5, 2005
Glimpse of Hope in West Africa: The Experience of South African Companies Doing Business in Ghana
by Hany Besada
Business in Africa Report, No 4, 2005
An Oil Giant Reforms: The Experience of South African Firms Doing Business in Nigeria
by Dianna Games
Business in Africa Report, No 3, 2004
Every Continent Needs an America: The Experience of South African Firms Doing Business in Mozambique
by Neuma Grobbelaar
Business in Africa Report, No 2, 2004
The Experience of South African Firms Doing Business in Africa: A Preliminary Survey and Analysis
by Dianna Games
Business in Africa Report, No 1, 2004
Services Trade in Southern Africa: A Literature Survey and Overview
by Nkululeko Khumalo
Trade Report, No 10, May 2006
Books
Trade in Genetically Modified Foods: Decoding Southern African Regulatory Approaches
by Peter Draper & Nkululeko Khumalo (eds)
SAIIA, 2007 (1-919969-10-1)
Additional Papers and Publications
South Africa's Bilateral Investment Treaties: Implications for Development and Human Rights
by Luke Eric Peterson (International Institute for Sustainable Development)
Occasional Paper number 26 in the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung's "Dialogue on Globalisation" series, 2006
The Role of South African FDI in Southern Africa
by Peter Draper, Sheila Kiratu and Cezanne Samuel (2010) for d.i.e
Opinion Pieces
Fossiled Priorities In IPP Regulations?
by Suryapratim Roy
Trade Finance Squeeze
by Tsidiso Disenyana
Trade in Regional Electricity Services
by Tsidiso Disenyana 2009
Is South Africa Serious about Services Liberalisation?
by Tsidiso Disenyana
Published in Business Day, 1 September 2008
Rethinking the “Buy Local” conditions in the SA Infrastructure Investment Programme
by Tsidiso Disenyana
16 May 2009
What Future for Monetary Policy in Zimbabwe?
by Peter Draper & Andreas Freytag
4 March 2009
Some African labour markets don’t work, but competition helps
by Philip Alves
Published in Business in Africa, 15 October 2007
Plant biotechnology provides hope for Africa’s future
by Nkululeko Khumalo
Published in Business in Africa, 31 May 2007
The Daunting Task of Peer Review in Africa
by Hany Besada
Published in Mail & Guardian,15 November 2006
South Africa Taking Advantage of Improved Trade Conditions
by Hany Besada
Published in Engineering News, 18 August 2006
Senegal’s Allure for SA Companies
by Hany Besada
Published in Business Day, 8 December 2005
In Search of El Dorado in Africa
by Hany Besada
Published in Business Day, 23 September 2005
Business as Usual in Egypt
by Hany Besada
Published in Business Day, 30 August 2005
Egypt Opens the Door to SA Business
by Hany Besada
Published in Business Day, 4 August 2005
SA’s Influence a Mixed Blessing
by Neuma Grobbelaar
Published in Business Day, 1 June 2005
SA companies use Ghana as gateway to West Africa: SA business in Ghana: Investors find a sweet spot for stable growth
by Mzwandile Jacks
Published in Financial Mail, 11 March 2005
Can the South African Business Experience in Africa Offer a Way Forward?
by Neuma Grobbelaar
Published in African Union Directory, December 2004
Ghana Elections: Kufuor has put Ghana on the right track
by Hany Besada
Published in Business Day, GhanaWeb.com, 25 October 2004
Good intentions not enough: African development
by Greg Mills
Published in Business Day, 27 September 2004
South African Business Marching North: Is there a case for regulation?
by Neuma Grobbelaar
Published in Traders African Business Journal, May – August 2004
Joint African Effort Needs Real Teeth: Regional Integration
by Kaemete Tsotetsi
Published in Business Day, 2 June 2004
The private sector, political elites and underdevelopment in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Moeletsi Mbeki
June 2004
A Luta Continua
by Neuma Grobbelaar
Published in This Day, 6 April 2004
Nepad Must Guide Business in Africa
by Neuma Grobbelaar
Published in Business Day, 17 October 2003
Diplomatic Pouch
Economic Partnership Agreements and Intellectual Property Rights protection: challenges for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region
by Dorica Suvye Phiri
Diplomatic Pouch, 10 November 2008
