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Reconfiguring Industrial Policy: A Framework with an Application to South Africa

Ricardo Hausmann
Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government

Dani Rodrik
Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Charles Sabel
Columbia Law School

August 2008

HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-031

Abstract:
The main purpose of industrial policy is to speed up the process of structural change towards higher productivity activities. This paper builds on our earlier writings to present an overall design for the conduct of industrial policy in a low- to middle-income country. It is stimulated by the specific problems faced by South Africa and by our discussions with business and government officials in that country. We present specific recommendations for the South African government in the penultimate section of the paper.

Keywords: industrial policy, South Africa

JEL Classifications: O25

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Date posted: August 22, 2008 ; Last revised: August 29, 2008

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Hausmann, Ricardo, Rodrik, Dani and Sabel, Charles Frederick, Reconfiguring Industrial Policy: A Framework with an Application to South Africa (August 2008). HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-031. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1245702

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Ricardo Hausmann (Contact Author) Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government ( email ) 79 John F. Kennedy Street Mailbox 34 Cambridge, MA 02138 United States 617-496-3740 (Phone) 617-496-8753 (Fax) HOME PAGE: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/ricardo-hausmann
Dani Rodrik Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government ( email ) 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 United States 617-495-9454 (Phone) 617-496-5747 (Fax) HOME PAGE: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/rodrik/
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) 90-98 Goswell Road London EC1V 7RR United Kingdom
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 United States
Charles Frederick Sabel Columbia Law School ( email ) 435 West 116th Street New York, NY 10027 United States 212-854-2618 (Phone) 212-854-7946 (Fax)

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Date posted: August 22, 2008 ; Last revised: August 29, 2008

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Ricardo Hausmann (Contact Author)

Dani Rodrik

Charles Frederick Sabel