Made in Africa : Learning to Compete in Industry /

Made in Africa : Learning to Compete in Industry /

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Why is there so little industry in Africa? Over the past forty years, industry and business interests have moved increasingly from the developed to the developing world, yet Africa's share of global manufacturing has fallen from about 3 percent in 1970 to less than 2 percent in 2014. Industry i...

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Main Authors: Newman, Carol, 1977- (Author), Tarp, Finn, 1951- (Author), Söderbom, Måns (Author), Abebe Shimeles (Author), Rand, John, 1974- (Author), Page, John M., 1949- (Author)
Corporate Authors: African Development Bank, World Institute for Development Economics Research
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Investments, Foreign.
Industrialization.
Industrial policy.
Economic history.
Economic development > International cooperation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > African.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Development economics & emerging economies.
Investissements etrangers > Afrique.
Developpement economique > Afrique > Cooperation internationale.
Politique industrielle > Afrique.
Industrialisation > Afrique.
Investments, Foreign > Africa.
Economic development > Africa > International cooperation.
Industrial policy > Africa.
Industrialization > Africa.
Africa.
Afrique > Conditions economiques > 1960-
Africa > Economic conditions > 1960-
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Why industry matters for Africa
  • Why industry matters for Africa
  • Realities and opportunities
  • Industrialization efforts and outcomes
  • Can Africa break in?
  • Learning to compete
  • Productivity, exports and competition
  • Firm capabilities
  • Industrial clusters
  • How Africa can industrialize
  • A strategy for industrial development
  • Dealing with resource abundance
  • An agenda for aid
  • Afterword: leopards and laggards.

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