South Africa: Reshaping the Foreign Trade Dimension
International Trade Forum › Num. 4/2004, Octobre 2004
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In an interview, Faizel Ismail, who held key posts in the Pretoria Department of Trade and Industry from 1994 until 2002, and Hendrik Roelofsen, ITC's Director of the Division of Technical Cooperation Coordination, were asked about the changes in South Africa. They agreed that it would be a good idea to bring some seasoned experts to Pretoria to share their experiences. The first task was rebuilding all their trade links. Ismail told Hendrik that he needed to retain their people and to have a fast-track program for developing skills in export promotion, to help change the national business culture. Another thing they learned was that there has to be good and permanent feedback between the government and the private sector. They created a Capital Goods Export Council and from that moved on to specific sectors, like steel. They find that they could work together on concrete issues and get them solved in double-quick time.
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South Africa: Reshaping the Foreign Trade Dimension
When South Africa broke with apartheid, the country had to rethink its approach to buisness and trade. it selected ITC as the partner to help rebuild its trade energy. Here is a portrait of an evolving strategy that helped South Africa fast-forward from isolation integration in the global economy, boost incomes and become a magnet for investment.
After breaking with apartheid and holding its first free elections under universal suffrage in 1994, South Africa had to shake itself from economic stagnation and international isolation. A Reconstruction and Development Programme adopted by the new government in September 1994 launched the country on the path to becoming the giant that its natural resources and p...Voir le contenu complet de ce document
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