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Author Newman, Carol, 1977- author.

Title Made in Africa : learning to compete in industry / Carol Newman, John Page, John Rand, Abebe Shimeles, Måns Söderbom, Finn Tarp.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 268 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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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Summary 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.
Language English.
Subject Industrialization -- Africa.
Industrial policy -- Africa.
Economic development -- Africa -- International cooperation.
Investments, Foreign -- Africa.
Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
Industrialisation -- Afrique.
Politique industrielle -- Afrique.
Développement économique -- Afrique -- Coopération internationale.
Investissements étrangers -- Afrique.
Afrique -- Conditions économiques -- 1960-
Development economics & emerging economies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- African.
Economic development -- International cooperation
Economic history
Industrial policy
Industrialization
Investments, Foreign
Africa https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkHrMyfHC67yqRTycbrv3
Chronological Term Since 1960
Added Author Page, John M., 1949- author.
Rand, John, 1974- author.
Abebe Shimeles, author.
Söderbom, Måns, author.
Tarp, Finn, 1951- author.
World Institute for Development Economics Research.
African Development Bank.
Other Form: Print version: Newman, Carol, 1977- Made in Africa. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016] 9780815728153 (DLC) 2015034872 (OCoLC)931476331
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