The next frontier for African industrial policy
An overview of the imminent challenges in African industrial policy and the proposed strategies for progress.
An overview of the imminent challenges in African industrial policy and the proposed strategies for progress.
Substantive progress is needed on specific sustainable industrialization indicators.
Countries can pick up their pace with policies based on reliable industrial statistics.
Industrial rezoning is an attractive alternative to traditional policies promoting development through the urban migration of workers.
Left unaddressed, power asymmetries in the world economy can negatively impact industrialization in the Global South.
Big data can help detecting high-potential export products to support diversification.
Integration of manufacturing firms in global value chains offers opportunities for countries to raise employment, exports and productivity.
The pandemic is causing massive disruptions to flows of foreign direct investments. Developing countries are likely to be hit the hardest.