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imitation sector. The process of industrialization increases the demand for high-skill labor, inducing individuals to invest in …
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industrialization, diversification, and trade integration in many countries, particularly in East Asia. However, in the African context …, facilitating exports, and creating jobs. Economic zones in Africa offer an improved business environment relative to what is …
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substantial progress on the understanding and acceptance of industrial policy and that Africa could benefit enormously from it and …
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The shares of manufacturing in value added and employment across a range of developing economies peaked at lower levels of per capita income compared with their high-income, early-industrializer precursors. Based on the statistical analysis of input-output tables and firm-level data, the paper...
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As evidence from rigorous impact evaluations grows in development, there have been more calls to complement impact evaluation analysis with cost analysis, so that policy makers can make investment decisions based on costs as well as impacts. This paper discusses important considerations for...
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supported by data from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. A growing number of studies from a range of contexts therefore indicate …
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After years of diplomatic efforts and legal procedures to obtain the elimination of rich countries' cotton subsidies, policy prospects for African cotton producers remain bleak. However, the world price for cotton has doubled in a year and has hit an all-time high. This paper examines these...
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productivity, incomes, and poverty, and compares current conditions in Africa with the conditions that prevailed in Asia as its …. Moreover, many of the same practices that have proved successful in Asia and in Africa can be applied where yields are …Asia's green revolution in rice was transformational and improved the lives of millions of poor households. Rice has …
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This analysis assesses the role of skills, human capital endowment, and migration as determinants of Sub-Saharan Africa … for economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, skilled labor seems to be the strongest determinant of participation in backward and … policies to improve Sub-Saharan Africa?s integration in manufacturing global value chains should target: shifting from …
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business practices may play a more limited role in spurring growth in Africa's manufacturing sector than is often assumed in …
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