Peter Draper
Peter Draper
Head of Development through Trade Programme
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Areas of Research Expertise:
- The World Trade Organisation
- Political economy of regional economic integration
- South African trade policy
Background:
Peter Draper joined SAIIA as Trade Research Fellow and Project Head of the Development through Trade Programme in 2003. He previously headed the Department of Economics and Economic History at the University of Durban-Westville; the Asia and Mercosur desks at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI); and Economic Analysis and Research in the DTI's International Trade and Economic Development Division. He is a member of Business Unity South Africa's trade committee and lectures International Business at the Wits Business School. He is a board member and non-resident senior fellow of the Brussels-based European Centre for International Political Economy; a member of the IMD-Lausanne's Evian group including its "Brains trust"; and a board member of the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis. He holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Kwazulu-Natal. He is based in Pretoria.
Languages:
English (fluent), Afrikaans (competent), French (basic)
Recent publications:
Draper P, ‘EU-Africa Trade Relations: The Political Economy of Economic Partnership
Agreements', Jan Tumlir Policy Essays, no 2, European Centre for International Political
Economy, June 2007.
Draper P & N Khumalo (eds), Trade in Genetically Modified Foods: Decoding Southern
African Regulatory Approaches. Johannesburg: SAIIA, 2007.
Draper P and Khumalo N (eds) One Size Doesn't Fit All; Deal-Breaker Issues in the Failed
US-SACU Free Trade Negotiations. Johannesburg: SAIIA, 2007.
Draper P, ‘Towards Doha-Lite? Consequences for South Africa', SAIIA Briefing, 19 June 2007.
Draper P (ed), Reconfiguring the Compass: South Africa's African Trade Diplomacy.
Johannesburg: SAIIA. 2005.
Draper P & G Le Pere (eds), Enter The Dragon: Towards a SACU-China Free Trade
Agreement, Johannesburg: Institute for Global Dialogue and South African Institute of
International Affairs, 2005.
Media articles
Draper P, ‘Trade Reforms can cut Global Food Prices', AllAfrica.com, 18 June 2008.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200806180100.html
Draper P, ‘Hopes Rise for Global Trade Deal', AllAfrica.com, 10 April 2008.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804100166.html
Draper P & R Sally, ‘Liberalisation Fatigue and the Dangers it Holds for SA', Business Day, 13 March 2008.
Draper P, ‘Multilateralising Regionalism - Implications for Africa', Business in Africa, 15 November 2007.
