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The impact of tariff liberalisation on the competitiveness of the South African manufacturing sector during the 1990s
Thesis (DCom (Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26100 The impact of tariff liberalisation on the competitiveness of the South African manufacturing sector during the 1990s Harmse, Chris Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara logan.rangasamy@resbank.co.za Rangasamy, Juganathan Trade policy Tariffs Effective rate of protection Industrial policy UCTD Thesis (DCom (Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2005. During the 1990s, South Africa's trade policy was drastically reformed. This mainly entailed rapid tariff liberalisation agreed to under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1994, and implemented from 1995 onwards under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). South Africa's trade policy reform was premised on the assumption that tariff liberalization would increase the competitiveness of domestic manufacturing industries. The thesis attempts to ascertain if this did in fact materialise by critically appraises the impact of trade policy reform on the production of the South African manufacturing sector. The results indicate that tariff liberalisation has not been successful in securing improved competitiveness. The thesis argues that improved competitiveness goes beyond trade policy reform — government polices should also be directed at issues relating to efficiency in production, distortions in factor markets and institutional development. The desired or appropriate level of openness does not necessarily entail completely free markets for trade and investment. In the light of market and institutional failures the role of government in securing the appropriate industrial outcomes should not be underestimated. Economics unrestricted 2013-09-07T02:31:45Z 2004-07-07 2013-09-07T02:31:45Z 2003-10-09 2005-07-07 2004-07-07 Thesis Rangasamy, J 2003, The impact of tariff liberalisation on the competitiveness of the South African manufacturing sector during the 1990s, DCom thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26100 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26100 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07072004-124524/ © 2003, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Trade policy Tariffs Effective rate of protection Industrial policy UCTD The impact of tariff liberalisation on the competitiveness of the South African manufacturing sector during the 1990s |
| title | The impact of tariff liberalisation on the competitiveness of the South African manufacturing sector during the 1990s |
| title_full | The impact of tariff liberalisation on the competitiveness of the South African manufacturing sector during the 1990s |
| title_fullStr | The impact of tariff liberalisation on the competitiveness of the South African manufacturing sector during the 1990s |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of tariff liberalisation on the competitiveness of the South African manufacturing sector during the 1990s |
| title_short | The impact of tariff liberalisation on the competitiveness of the South African manufacturing sector during the 1990s |
| title_sort | impact of tariff liberalisation on the competitiveness of the south african manufacturing sector during the 1990s |
| topic | Trade policy Tariffs Effective rate of protection Industrial policy UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26100 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07072004-124524/ |