Abstract Firms in developing countries can learn advanced technology and management know-how through foreign direct investment (FDI). The extent (or the lack) of transmission of technology and…

South Africa has the dubious distinction of having one of the highest rates of unemployment and inequality in the world. It is also one of the world’s most emissions-intensive economies, measured in…

Africa plays a very limited role in the global automotive industry and many of its small national markets are mainly supplied by imports of used cars. However, with a rapidly expanding middle class…

Introduction South Africa has the dubious distinction of having amongst the highest rates of unemployment and inequality in the world. It is also one of the most emissions-intensive economies…

Abstract Apart from having amongst the highest rates of unemployment and inequality in the world, South Africa is also a highly emissions-intensive economy. This paper examines the key drivers of the…

Regional integration in Africa is underway but ongoing progress requires that the gains are widely spread. South Africa’s huge regional trade surplus in manufactured goods is already leading to…

This chapter assesses the prospects of regional value chains (RVCs) in car manufacturing in Africa, focussing specifically on Southern Africa (because of relatively advanced regional integration there…

China increasingly dominates global manufacturing and South Africa, while the largest industrial power in Africa, has lagged with the manufacturing sector’s share of GDP declining in a low growth…

Development largely depends on how given places participate in global economic processes. The contributions to this book address various features of the integration of sub-Saharan Africa into the…