(AsgiSA) Annual Report 2008 - South African Government Information
(AsgiSA) Annual Report 2008 - South African Government Information
(AsgiSA) Annual Report 2008 - South African Government Information
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Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for <strong>South</strong> Africa<br />
ANNUAL REPORT<br />
<strong>2008</strong><br />
(c) Ensuring that the measures and programmes proposed for industrial policy, when taken together,<br />
are sufficient to achieve the <strong>AsgiSA</strong> targets for growth, employment and poverty alleviation. The<br />
current list of proposals and achievements, while impressive, appears to fall short of this standard.<br />
Here, the main challenge will be to increase the resourcing available to back up industrial policy,<br />
particularly through targeted provision of infrastructure and credit.<br />
From a sectoral standpoint, more consistent and powerful government engagement is needed<br />
around:<br />
• agrarian reform<br />
• infrastructural and regulatory support for the mining value chain, as the critical export sector<br />
• securing sustainable growth in the tertiary sector, which remains central to employment creation<br />
• engagement with the southern <strong>African</strong> region, as a major market for manufactures and services<br />
• defining the role of knowledge-based and green industries, which are key for long-term, dynamic<br />
growth, but which cannot create much employment in the foreseeable future.<br />
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