Peter Draper
Senior Research Fellow
peter.draper@saiia.org.za
Areas of Research Expertise:
- Global economic governance, especially the World Trade Organization and the G20
- Regional economic integration in Southern Africa
- Trade and Investment policies and negotiations
Background:
Peter’s previous positions include: Head of Department of the Department of Economics and Economic History at the University of Durban-Westville; head of the Asia and Mercosur desks at the national Department of Trade and Industry; and Director of Economic Analysis and Research in the DTI’s International Trade and Economic Development Division.
His current domestic affiliations include: his appointment as Senior Research Fellow in the Economic Diplomacy programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs; Visiting Adjunct Professor of International Business at Wits Business School; and Research Associate of the Department of Political Science at the University of Pretoria.
His current international affiliations include: board member of the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis; non-resident senior fellow of the Brussels-based European Centre for International Political Economy; non-resident Fellow of the OECD’s Development Centre; member of the IMD-Lausanne’s Evian group; member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Trade; and member of the World Economic Survey Expert Group coordinated by the Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
Languages spoken:
English, Afrikaans, French (basic)
Recent Publications:
Draper, P. (2010), ‘Rethinking the (European) Foundations of African Regional Economic Integration’, Development Centre Working Paper, 293 OECD: Paris.
Draper, P. (2010) “Whither the Multilateral Trading System? Implications for (South) Africa”, Occasional Paper 64, SAIIA.
Draper, P. and Mbirimi, I. (2010) (eds) Climate Change and Trade: The Challenges for Southern Africa. Johannesburg: Fanele.
Draper, P., Disenyana, T., and Biacuana, G. (2010) “Chinese Investment in African Network Industries: Case-studies from the DRC and Ghana”, in Cheru, F. and Obi, C. (eds) The Rise of China and India in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Critical Interventions. London: Zed Books.
Draper, P., Disenyana, T. and Biacuana, G. (2010) ‘South Africa’ in Capling, A. and Low, P. (eds) Governments, Non-State Actors and Trade Policy-Making: Negotiating Preferentially or Multilaterally? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Draper, P. and Dube, M. (2011) “The Doha Development Agenda and the WTO can Deliver on Africa’s Development Priorities”, presented at the Inaugural Global Poverty Summit, Johannesburg, South Africa, January 17th, 2011.
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