INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THINK TANK (IDTT)
OVERVIEW
The past decade has seen a growing consensus re-emerging on the importance of industrialisation, as well as on the relatively poor performance of African countries in this regard, including South Africa. To better understand the challenges of industrialisation, the Industrial Development Think Tank (IDTT) was established in 2017 at UJ under an MoU with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The IDTT is housed in CCRED, in partnership with the SARChI Chair in Industrial Development, and supported by the DTI. The IDTT will build on existing research undertaken by CCRED and the SARChI Chair in order to provide analysis and advice, build capacity and inform the wider debate on industrialisation.
Throughout the six-years of the IDTT has worked on and published in-depth studies on issues relating to structural transformation, industrial development, digitalisation and digital skills, value chains, climate change and green industrialisation, and agriculture and agro-processing. The work of the IDTT has been instrumental in shaping policy and discourse around the critical issues plaguing the South African economy.
KNOWLEDGE BASE
A collaboration between the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, the Department of Trade and Industry, South African Research Chair in Industrialisation, and the University of Johannesburg
