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than 7 per cent annually since 1992, the economy is mostly based on low-productivity agriculture. Manufacturing contributes …
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informality as a continuum consisting of four degrees. The quantitative data includes 516 manufacturing enterprises which are …
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picture of the manufacturing sector. However, it is not obvious whether this is true for the population of manufacturing firms … 2017 by considering other indicators of the health of the manufacturing sector in Mozambique, including manufacturing gross … domestic product, the latest enterprise census, and satellite imagery. Results indicate that the manufacturing sector grows at …
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We consider economic development of sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of slow convergence of productivity, both across sectors and firms within sectors. Why have 'productivity enclaves', islands of high productivity in a sea of smaller low-productivity firms, not diffused more rapidly? We...
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Recent developments in policy initiatives as well as some current practical events have combined to put the spotlight on the issue of industrial embeddedness in sub-Saharan Africa. Though extant research documents, some stylized facts, as determinants of its manifestations of their relevance to...
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There has recently been a resurgence of interest in industrial policy. This paper examines the choices, implementation processes, and outcomes of the Ethiopian present industrial policy. The country represents an excellent case study of recent industrial policy experimentation in Africa as it is...
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while the manufacturing sector contributed only 4 per cent to GDP in 2011. The economic transformation agenda, otherwise …
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resource endowments. Over the last couple of years, industry in Ghana, dominated since independence by the manufacturing … competitive manufacturing sector; how to promote agro-based industrial development to ensure value-addition to manufactures and …
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performance of the manufacturing industry over the past five decades in terms of exports, production and foreign direct investment …
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Recent research highlights the considerable potential of industrial policy to support structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. Given the importance of the state in industrial policy, this paper considers the implications for these discussions of recent work on state fragility. It argues...
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