Policies to promote competitiveness in manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa - Fosu, Augustin Kwasi; Nsouli, Saleh M.; Varoudakis, Aristomene; African Economic Research Consortium; International Monetary Fund; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre (Paris, France : OECD, 2001)
Machine generated contents note: Chapter I Promoting Competitiveness in Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Saleh M. Nsouli, Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Aristomene Varoudakis 9 -- PART I -- THE ROLE OF EXCHANGE-RATE POLICY -- IN PROMOTING COMPETITIVENESS -- Chapter 2 Can Africa Export Manufactures? Endowments, Exchange Rates -- and Transaction Costs -- Ibrahim A. Elbadawi15 -- Chapter 3 Kenya's Recent Exchange-Rate Policy and Manufactured -- Export Performance -- Francis M. Mwega and Njuguna S. Ndung'u33 -- PART II -- ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PRODUCTION FACTORS -- Chapter 4 Structural Factors Affecting Manufacturing Competitiveness: -- Comparative Results from Cameroon, C6te d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Senegal -- Adeola Adenikinju, Ludvig Sdderling, Charles Soludo -- and Aristom ne Varoudakis57 -- Chapter 5 The Role of Trade in Technology Diffusion -- Dalia Hakura and Florence Jaumotte73 -- PART III -- BUILDING AN APPROPRIATE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT -- TO PROMOTE COMPETITIVENESS -- Chapter 6 Competitiveness and Foreign Direct Investment in Africa -- Sara E. Sievers99 -- Chapter 7 Exporting and Efficiency in African Manufacturing -- Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Bernard -- Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Jean Habarurema, Abena Oduro, -- Remco Oostendorp, Catherine Pattillo, Mdns Soderbom, Francis Teal -- and A lbert Zeufack111 -- PART IV -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- Chapter 8 Issues in Competitiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Saleh M N souli125 -- Chapter 9 A Panoramic View of Policies for Competitiveness in Manufacturing -- in Sub-Saharan Africa -- A ugustin K wasi Fosu 129 -- Epilogue Promoting Competitiveness in Manufacturing: A Continuing -- Challenge for Improving Sub-Saharan Africa's Integration -- into the Global Economy -- Saleh M. Nsouli and Aristomene Varoudakis135 -- Contributors141.
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Keywords: Industrial promotion -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Congresses; Manufacturing industries -- Government policy -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Congresses; Electronic books