Made in Africa : Learning to Compete in Industry /

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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Hoofdauteurs: Newman, Carol, 1977- (Auteur), Tarp, Finn, 1951- (Auteur), Söderbom, Måns (Auteur), Abebe Shimeles (Auteur), Rand, John, 1974- (Auteur), Page, John M., 1949- (Auteur)
Coauteurs: African Development Bank, World Institute for Development Economics Research
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • 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.