Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing (PRISM) is a research and policy unit located within the School of Economics. PRISM provides a lens to focus research and policy work broadly on issues of globalization, trade and industrialization. It is home to a number of related research activities, projects and programmes focused around the following issues: globalisation; global value chains; industrialisation; industrial policy; international trade; foreign investment; the defence industry; governance and economic policy; commodities and resource based industrialisation; infrastructure development; knowledge intensive services and innovation; employment intensive growth; international competitiveness of firms and clusters; China's economic impact on Africa; regulatory frameworks for trade, services and sectors; the distributional gains of industrial growth; the green economy. Another feature of PRISM's work is its applied focus, responding to economic policy questions issues in South Africa, the rest of Africa and beyond.
Latest News/Highlights
Trump's Tariffs: A reckless gamble with global trade - Lawrence Edwards
ERSA Request for Proposals: Unlocking South Africa's Export Performance - Submission Deadline: 19th May 2025
Trade and Industrial Policy for South Africa's Future - Lawrence Edwards
SA must prepare for an uncertain and unpredictable global trading environment - Jing Chien and Lawrence Edwards
Avoid white elephants while supporting green hydrogen - Sören Scholvin, Anthony Black and Glen Robbins
The case for a bold export strategy in SA - Lawrence Edwards, Matthew Stern and Jing Chien
Getting South Africa's Exports back on Track - Lawrence Edwards, Jing Chien and Matthew Stern
More needs to be done to achieve the Paris climate goals - by Harald Winkler
A temporary rebate on chicken import duties will be an important pro-poor step - by Lawrence Edwards and Jing Chien
