Made in Africa : learning to compete in industry

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. Industr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Brookings Institution, sponsoring body (sponsoring body)
Otros Autores: Newman, Carol, 1977- author (author), Tarp, Finn, 1951- author, Söderbom, Måns, author, Abebe Shimeles, author, Rand, John, 1974- author, Page, John M., 1949- author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press 2016.
Materias:
Investments, Foreign > Africa.
Economic development > Africa > International cooperation.
Industrial policy > Africa.
Industrialization > Africa.
Africa > Economic conditions > 1960-
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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