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Rethinking African industrialization on another Africa Industrialization Day
This week I attended the 28 th Africa Industrialization Day at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Even sympathetic readers may reasonably ask, why hold another African Industrialization Day at all?...
Industrialization Structural change Industrial policyBook Chapter
Widening the options: Implications for public policyFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
African development Public policy IndustryBook Chapter
Industries without smokestacks in Uganda and RwandaFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Economic growth Industry Firm sizeBook Chapter
Industries without smokestacks and structural transformation in Africa: OverviewFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Industry Growth InvestmentBook
Industries without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa ReconsideredThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations...
Industry Growth InvestmentPolicy Brief
Industries without smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa reconsideredOur research shows that structural change in Africa is relying on a new set of economic activities, called ‘industries without smokestacks’, created by recent technological changes and a changing global market place...
Industry Growth InvestmentBlog
‘Industrial’ policy in the 21st century During the past week, I participated in two international conferences. The first was the WIDER Development Conference in Helsinki: Think development - Think WIDER ...
Industrialization Structural change Employment and IndustryWorking Paper
Industries without smokestacks in Uganda and RwandaWe use unique high-frequency Government of Uganda and Government of Rwanda tax administration datasets to map the characteristics of ‘industries without smokestacks’ in East Africa...
Economic growth Industry Firm sizeAbout
Industries without smokestacksAuthors' workshop in Helsinki, 19-20 July 2016.
Industry Africa African developmentProject meeting
Industries without smokestacksThis project workshop on industries without smokestacks brings together researchers to discuss joint work on the industry sector and structural transformation in Africa. The workshop was held in Helsinki on 19-20 July 2016.
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Learning to Compete: What did we learn?UNU-WIDER Director Finn Tarp presents the book 'Made in Africa' in a Special Session at the AERC Biannual Research Workshop.
