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Value chain directionality, upgrading, and industrial policy in the Tanzanian textile and apparel sectors
Boys, Julian; Andreoni, Antonio - 2020
With recent changes in the global economy, policy makers are increasingly turning from global value chains to regional and national value chains as drivers of structural transformation in the global South. This paper examines economic and social upgrading in the Tanzanian textile and apparel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424080
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From productivity to exporting or vice versa? Evidence from the Tunisian manufacturing sector
Ayadi, Mohamed; Mattoussi, Wided - 2014
In this paper, we explore the link between firm productivity and exporting using three firm level datasets of 1323 Tunisian manufacturing firms from 2004 to 2006. In particular, we examine whether more productive firms self-select into export markets, and whether exporters achieve productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420615
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Spreading the gains? Prospects and policies for the development of regional value chains in Southern Africa
Black, Anthony H.; Edwards, Lawrence; Ismail, Faizel; … - 2019
Regional integration is making steady progress in Africa and a key objective is to improve the prospects for … regional trade and regional value chains in Southern Africa. This diverse composition of regional exports is suggestive of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146537
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The role of supermarket chains in developing food, other fast-moving consumer goods and consumer goods suppliers in regional markets
Das Nair, Reena; Landani, Namhla - 2019
and manufactured products in Southern Africa. This paper assesses the role of supermarkets and governments in developing … supplier capabilities through supplier development programmes. In South Africa, a shift is evident in recent approaches by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146555
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Should Africa industrialize?
Page, John - 2011
Africa should industrialize. Without structural change it cannot sustain recent growth. Economies with more diverse and … sophisticated industrial sectors tend to grow faster. But since 1980 Africa has deindustrialized. The paper shows that between 1975 … and 2005 the size, diversity and sophistication of industry in Africa have all declined. An industrialization strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330121
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The long-run impact of foreign aid in 36 African countries: Insights from multivariate time series analysis
Juselius, Katarina; Framroze Møller, Niels; Tarp, Finn - 2011
Studies of aid effectiveness abound in the literature, often with opposing conclusions. Since most time-series studies use data from the exact same publicly available data bases, our claim here is that such differences in results must be due to the use of different econometric models and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280113
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The global financial crisis and development: Whither Africa?
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - 2010
The global economic crisis beginning in 2008 has come at a very inopportune time for Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280127
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Tourism and economic growth: African evidence from panel vector autoregressive framework
Seetanah, Boopen; Padachi, Kessevan; Rojid, Sawkut - 2011
Using a panel vector autoregressive model this paper investigates the dynamic and endogeneous contribution of tourism to output based on a sample of 40 African countries for the period 1990 - 2006. Results from the study confirm tourism to be an important ingredient of African development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280162
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Does lack of innovation and absorptive capacity retard economic growth in Africa?
Onyeiwu, Steve - 2011
-country regressions covering 31 Sub-Saharan African countries suggest that growth in Africa is not simply a question of capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280171
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A re-examination of the relation between democracy and international trade: The case of Africa
Balding, Christopher - 2011
Scholars and policy makers believe that democracy will bring prosperity through integration into the global economy via increased international trade. This study tests two theories as to why democracies might trade more. First, political freedom may be correlated with economic freedom, thus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280181