"The Next Africa" will change the way people think about the continent. The old narrative of an Africa disconnected from the global economy, depicted by conflict or corruption, and heavily dependent on outside donors is fading. A wave of transformation driven by business, modernization, and a...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- List of acronyms -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I Industrialization and growth -- 1 Growth, structural transformation, and industrialization -- 2...

"A long road to substantive levels of industrialization still lies ahead of most African countries. The challenges facing policy-makers, industrialists, industrial development activist and all other actors in these countries are enormous. This raises the question as to, what role the...