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SADRN Call for Participation: Industrial Policy Training Workshop
Date(s):
2008-12-09 to
2009-01-12
Venue:
Gaborone, Botswana
The Southern African Development Research Network, funded by Canada’s IDRC and hosted at Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), invites researchers and policy-makers in both the public and private sector to participate in a training workshop to contribute to the development and implementation of viable regional industrial policies. Industrial policy has been a focus of SADC member states for many years. Different approaches have been attempted – nationalisation of industries; privatisation; corporatisation; ‘traditional’ industrial policy initiatives such as export processing zones (EPZ’s) and the provision of incentives for new investments; and a range of sectoral approaches, from diversification studies to World Bank-funded ‘cluster’ studies and sector-based manufacturing ‘plans’. Where industrial policy planning and strategy are concerned, some headway has been made, with the SADC Secretariat having developed the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) as a guiding ‘mainstay’ for regional industrial policy co-ordination and economic development. Moreover, SACU has started work on the development of a common industrial policy, which member states see as an important component of formulating tariff and trade policy and revenue-sharing arrangements, as well as an essential step towards the effective operation of national bodies and the SACU tariff board. The outcomes of these initiatives have been varied and the lessons learnt have not always been disseminated adequately.
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Co-ordinated by Prof. Carlo Pietrobelli, Ph.D., Oxford, Ph.D. Rome
A team of international experts will instruct participantds and lead discussions at the workshop, including: He has held positions in several Italian and foreign Universities, and is a regular advisor to international organizations such as the European Commission, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, UNIDO, UNCTAD, ECLAC, OECD. His fields of expertise include industrial policy, industry, technology and trade in developing countries, Science and Technology Policies, Clusters, Networks and Value Chains, Design and Evaluation of Development Programs and Projects. He has published in many international academic journals, and his recent books include:
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CREI, University of Roma Tre, Via Ostiense 161, 00154 Rome, Italy
Elisa Giuliani holds a PhD from SPRU, University of Sussex (www.sussex.ac.uk/spru) (2005). Her doctoral research, When the micro shapes the meso: learning and innovation in wine clusters, explored the processes of knowledge acquisition, diffusion and creation in clusters of firms. Elisa also holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Management from the University of Pisa (2002). During her post-doctoral research experience, she has been Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) (www.iue.it/RSCAS) and ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellow at SPRU. She has also been a visiting scholar at the Universidad Nacional General Sarmiento in Buenos Aires, Argentina (www.ungs.edu.ar). Since January 2006 Elisa has held a position as Lecturer in Economics at the University of Pisa (www.ec.unipi.it), and is a Visiting Fellow at SPRU. Her fields of expertise include industrial policy, industry, technology and innovation in developing countries, clusters, networks and value chains, university-industry linkages. Her research has recently been more focused on the role of Foreign Direct Investment to foster processes of local innovation and industrial development in developing countries. She has also been consultant for ECLAC, UNIDO and various governments in developed and developing countries. Her recent publications include:
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University of Pisa, Faculty of Economics, Via Ridolfi 10, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Hugo Kantis is a Professor at the Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (Argentina) where he directs the Master in Industrial and Economic Development with Emphasis on SMEs and the research program on Entrepreneurship and Policies to foster entrepreneurial development. He holds a PhD from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona-Spain. He is a consultant and advisor in the field of entrepreneurial development. As such he often works for several organizations such as the Inter American Development Bank, the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the UNDP (United Nations Development Program), and National and Local Governments (Argentina, El Salvador, Chile, Uruguay). He has published an important number of papers and articles. The best known books related to Entrepreneurship are:
He is also a Member of the Editorial Board in several Journals such as Venture Capital and The International Small Business Journal.
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