Are we on track to achieving SDG-9 industry-related targets?
Substantive progress is needed on specific sustainable industrialization indicators.
Substantive progress is needed on specific sustainable industrialization indicators.
Countries can pick up their pace with policies based on reliable industrial statistics.
Left unaddressed, power asymmetries in the world economy can negatively impact industrialization in the Global South.
Demand-led industrial strategies can be highly effective, but need to be carefully designed and implemented to avoid possible pitfalls.
Developing countries can use spatial policies to reduce their ecological footprint while simultaneously increasing their competitiveness.
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.