Made in Africa : learning to compete in industry /

Made in Africa : learning to compete in industry /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Newman, Carol, 1977- author.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2016.
Description:	xv, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Industrialization -- Africa. Industrial policy -- Africa. Economic development -- Africa -- International cooperation. Investments, Foreign -- Africa. Economic development -- International cooperation. Economic history. Industrial policy. Industrialization. Investments, Foreign. Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960- Africa.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10425466

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Other authors / contributors:	Page, John M., 1949- author. Rand, John, 1974- author. Abebe Shimeles, author. Söderbom, Måns, author. Tarp, Finn, 1951- author. Brookings Institution, sponsoring body. World Institute for Development Economics Research. African Development Bank.
ISBN:	9780815728153 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815728158 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	"...based on the results of a four-year, multi-country research project jointly sponsored by the African Development Bank, the Brookings Institution, and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics (UNU-WIDER)." -- p. [v] Includes bibliographical references (p.233-253) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I. Why Industry Matters for Africa
1. Why Industry Matters for Africa
Part II. Realities and Opportunities
2. Industrialization Efforts and Outcomes
3. Can Africa Break In?
Part III. Learning to Compete
4. Productivity, Exports, and Competition
5. Firm Capabilities
6. Industrial Clusters
Part IV. How Africa Can Industrialize
7. A Strategy for Industrial Development
8. Dealing with Resource Abundance
9. An Agenda for Aid
Afterword: Leopards and Laggards
References
Index