Policies to Promote Competitiveness in Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa

Policies to Promote Competitiveness in Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa

Primary commodities dominate African exports, yet these products are extremely vulnerable to variations in weather conditions, world demand and prices. If the continent is to obtain optimum benefit from the integration and opening of the world economy, this heavy reliance on primary products must be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autores Corporativos: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), International Monetary Fund, African Economic Research Consortium
Otros Autores: Kwasi Fosu, Augustin (-), Nsouli, Saleh M., Varoudakis, Aristomene
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 2001.
Colección:Development Centre Seminars,
Materias:
Industrial promotion > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses.
Manufacturing industries > Government policy > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705412906719
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  • 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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