, China, and India - to describe some of the strategies which Asian economies used in order to induce industrial development … the last fifty years. This paper provides an outline of some of the most important trends of this development and analyses … first part, we describe crucial dimensions of industrialization in the region - its extent, its historical trajectory, and …

while the manufacturing sector contributed only 4 per cent to GDP in 2011. The economic transformation agenda, otherwise … known as Nigeria Vision 20: 2020, sets the direction for the current industrial policy in Nigeria. The industrialization …

. Government intervention in favour of industrialization in the 1960s-1970s resulted in the neglect of agriculture, poor growth … require accelerated agricultural productivity growth, a modernized informal service sector, and effective industrialization …Africa's improved growth performance over the last 15 years provides an opportunity for the continent to transit from …

The successful use of special economic zones as economic tools for export-led industrial development in East Asia … zones in their respective legal and institutional frameworks in the 2000s as mechanisms for catalysing industrialization and … zones in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, are largely latent drivers of growth and employment hampered by inadequate …

the growth of highproductivity sectors in the city. The findings are essential for discussions on the new urban agenda as …

development effects that structural transformation relating to manufacturing may have in developing countries, not merely through … Kuznets hypothesis, we find that the movement of workers to manufacturing unambiguously decreases income inequality … structural transformation than manufacturing driven structural transformation. Overall, our findings confirm the positive …

An important stylized fact about African economic development is the phenomenon of urbanization without structural … on the Deals and Development framework. It argues that limited structural transformation in African cities is due to the … nature of state-business relations in the cities, where manufacturing and tradeable services firms in the formal sector face …

present day. We find that South Africa experienced growth-enhancing structural transformation until the early 1970s, before … entering a period of premature deindustrialization. Today, the services sector has become the primary driver of growth and … employment in the country, while the agriculture, mining, and manufacturing sectors have declined in relative importance. While …

We focus on special characteristics of the manufacturing sector, in terms of employment generation and productivity … growth, that enable the rapid, resilient economic catch-up of developing countries. We consider the 'developer's dilemma' and … the relationship between manufacturing value added or employment shares and trends in income inequality. In Indonesia …

This study examines the structural transformation-inclusive growth nexus for Ghana. The data cover the post … and also associated with limited inclusive growth. In part, the legacy problem relating to political settlements, and with … impactful for inclusive growth. However, the risk of adverse political settlements still mitigating this potential impact …