PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL-DEVELOPMENT AND MARKET INTEGRATION IN NAMIBIA

This paper reports on a recent survey of manufacturing industry in Nam ibia, and uses this and other data to attempt an analysis of the possi bility and desirability of industrialisation in a very small economy. The analysis is located in the context of Namibia's long-standing inte gration with the economy of South Africa, its present membership of th e Southern African Customs Union, and its membership of developing reg ional organisations. The constraints on industrialisation are identifi ed, and the paper concludes with an elaboration of the role that indus try should play in employment creation and general economic developmen t.