Made in Africa : Learning to Compete in Industry /
Carol Newman, John Page, John Rand, Abebe Shimeles, Måns Söderbom, Finn Tarp.
- 1 online resource (306 pages): illustrations
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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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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 is important to low-income countries. It is good for economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction. Made in Africa: Learning to Compete in Industry outlines a new strategy to help Africa gets its fair share of the global market. Here, case studies and econometric and qualitative research from Africa, as well as emerging Asia, help the reader understand what drives firm-level competitiveness in low-income countries.
English.
9780815728177
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--Cooperation internationale.--Afrique Politique industrielle--Afrique. Industrialisation--Afrique. Investments, Foreign--Africa. Economic development--International cooperation.--Africa Industrial policy--Africa. Industrialization--Africa.