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The decline of the labor income share in Mexico: 1990–2015This article is currently available on early view. The paper studies the decline of the labor income share (LIS) in Mexico during the period 1990–2015...
Labour share Non-tradable sectors Tradable sectorsWorking Paper
Trade liberalization and South African manufacturing: Looking back with dataThis paper provides a retrospective assessment of the effects of trade policies on South African manufacturing since the transition to democracy, examining the differences and commonalities in the views of economists in favour of and against an accel...
Trade policy Manufacturing Trade liberalizationReport
Myanmar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 2018 Qualitative StudyThe purpose of this report is to give a nuanced picture of the SME business environment in Myanmar as a complement to the 2017 MSME quantitative survey conducted within the project ‘ Towards Inclusive Development in Myanmar ’...
SMEs Manufacturing Informal sectorBlog
The ins and outs of African industrialization: UNU-WIDER provides open access to a wealth of information
The question ‘why is there so little industrialization in Africa?’ has been a key focus of UNU-WIDER researchers and research partners for the last decade...
Industrialization Poverty JobsBlog
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 policyWorking Paper
What is the state of the manufacturing sector in Mozambique?The latest firm survey of Mozambique, the Inquerito ás Indústrias Manufactureiras (IIM) 2017, draws a concerning picture of the manufacturing sector...
census Manufacturing satellite imagesWorking Paper
From manufacturing-led export growth to a twenty-first-century inclusive growth strategy: Explaining the demise of a successful growth model and what to do about itSuccess in development over the past half-century was based on manufacturing-led export growth. Because the share of global employment in manufacturing will decline, manufacturing won’t play the same role in the coming decades...
Stockholm Statement Industrial policy Dynamic comparative advantageBlog
‘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
Natural resources, structural change, and industrial development: Local content in Zambia—a faltering experience?This paper traces the role of local content in Zambia’s mining sector in supporting industrialization and economic diversification...
Industrialization Local content Economic linkagesResearch Brief
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Mozambique: Improving our understanding of the potential of manufacturing
Mozambique’s manufacturing industry is facing many challenges. Nevertheless, we should not underestimate its linkages to the rest of the economy and its potential in terms of job creation and structural transformation...
Manufacturing firms Manufacturing Manufacturing industriesReport
Myanmar Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Survey 2017: Descriptive ReportMyanmar’s transition to a market-based economy is accompanied by rapid development of the private manufacturing sector, which has large potential for improving economic growth...
SMEs Manufacturing Informal sectorNews
Press release: Mozambican business environment continues to pose challenges for manufacturing firmsPress release: Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme to launch report at public forum on 23 April 2018 Maputo — Mozambican manufacturing firms continue to face logistical, regulatory, and financial constraints that hinder their ability to...
Manufacturing firms Manufacturing Manufacturing industriesWorking Paper
The decline of the labour share in Mexico: 1990–2015This paper studies the decline of the labour share in Mexico during the period 1990–2015...
Labour share Non-tradable sectors Tradable sectorsWorking Paper
The effects of Chinese import penetration on firm innovation: Evidence from the Vietnamese manufacturing sectorThis paper evaluates the impact of Chinese import penetration on the innovation of Vietnamese manufacturing firms from 2011 to 2015, exploiting variations in import exposure by industry specialization and instrumenting for Chinese import penetration ...
China Manufacturing InnovationBlog
Made in Africa – the future of production on the continentThe international community has a new set of development goals. They reflect Africa’s aspirations much more closely than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) they replaced...
Production Manufacturing Industrial development