South African manufacturing industries catching up or falling behind?
研究了南非与发达国家的产业内贸易作为技术转移来源，指出高成本和低技术吸收能力阻碍生产率增长，若教育不改善则难以追赶OECD国家。
This paper argues that intraindustry trade with developed countries is an important source of technology transfer, and creates incentives to climb up the learning curve. South Africa has an industrial structure that could be suited to such trade, but high costs and weak social capacity to assimilate technology are an impediment to productivity growth. Therefore, reintegration into the world economy is likely to reinforce dependence on resource-intensive industries. In the short run this need not adversely affect economic growth, but unless the quality and quantity of education are improved, the prospects for rebuilding the technological capacity and catch up with OECD countries are bleak.