Prof Mike Morris's views on South Africa's industrial policy were recently featured in Engineering News:
South Africa’s Industrial Policy Action Plan (Ipap2) was being diluted by ancillary objectives, the biggest being unemployment and black economic empowerment, the University of Cape Town’s School of Economics director for policy research on international services Professor Mike Morris said on Tuesday.
While good industrial policy intervention led to growth, and eventually created a platform for job creation, its underlying principle of creating international competiveness was being diffused by other key objectives of government.
“If you want to solve unemployment, then South Africa must have a focused employment policy that should not be mixed with every other government policy.
The African Clothing and Footwear Research Network (ACFRN) has received a large grant to investigate the impact of Chinese global ascendancy on African clothing producers. Mike Morris is a member of the ACFRN, as special advisor and southern Africa coordinator, and attended the launch workshop in mid-July in Mauritius. The project will focus on clothing in Kenya, Mauritius, Madagascar, Lesotho, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Swaziland.
You can now subscribe to the video feed of the CSSR's research podcast. Our first episode is a short introduction to PRISM by director of the CSSR and PRISM, Prof Mike Morris. You can view the episode right here, or use the feed to subscribe in your podcasting software.
The Centre for Social Science Research's annual report for 2009 has been released. It, and earlier reports, can be downloaded on the Annual Reports page.
It includes the annual reports for each of the research units within the CSSR.
<p>Prof Mike Morris, Director of PRISM and the CSSR</p>
Abstract / Description:
Two interrelated PRISM issues: China's growing economic involvement in Africa; and the Making the Most of Commodities Project. The latter asks whether there is an industrialisation path for Africa based on linkages to commodities extraction.
The Making the Most of Commodities Programme (MMCP) held its second workshop focused on developing a common methodology on 21st – 25th July 2009 in the Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town. The MMCP is a collaborative research and policy programme between PRISM and the Open University.
Prof Mike Morris (head of PRISM in the CSSR), on behalf of the African Economic Research Consortium, was one of the principal speakers at a Special Side Event session on Policy Issues in China-Africa Trade, Investment and Aid Relations at the African Development Bank Annual General Meeting. on the 11th of May. The special session was organised by the African Economic Research Consortium.
Prof Morris is a convenor of the AERC Asian Drivers Impact on Sub Saharan Africa programme. The presentations reported on the policy conclusions of scoping study reports from 22 countries.
The Centre for Social Science Research's annual report for 2008 has been released. It, and earlier reports, can be downloaded on the Annual Reports page.
It includes the annual reports for each of the research units within the CSSR.
Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing (PRISM) is a research and policy ‘unit' located in the School of Economics and is affiliated to the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR). PRISM provides a lens to focus research and policy work on issues of globalization and industrialization in Sub Saharan Africa. The CSSR provides management, administrative and financial services, as well as assisting in realising its wide research remit - to interface between economics and other relevant disciplines. PRISM provides a home to a number of independent research activities, projects and programmes. The broad focus of the research activities undertaken are all concerned with issues of globalization, global value chains, industrialization paths, the role of knowledge intensive services, international competitiveness. PRISM is managed by a Steering Committee consisting of Prof Mike Morris (Director), Prof David Kaplan and Prof Anthony Black.
Prof Mike Morris's views on South Africa's industrial policy were recently featured in Engineering News:
Prof Mike Morris (head of 