Industrialization in sub-Saharan Africa : strategies and performance (English)

The paper analyzes industrialization experience in sub - Saharan Africa in the last three decades. Focusing on ten key countries, it draws conclusions about the impact of the initial conditions, the external environment, strategies and policies on past industrial development and identifies critical issues for future industrial policy. The analysis centers around three major themes. First, the inward-looking strategy of industrialization, as it was...

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Steel,William F.;

Evans, Jonathan W.;
Document Date
1984/09/30
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
WTP25
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Industrialization in sub-Saharan Africa : strategies and performance
Keywords
Industrial adaptation

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Steel,William F.; Evans, Jonathan W..

Industrialization in sub-Saharan Africa : strategies and performance (English). World Bank technical paper|no. WTP 25. Industry and finance series|v. 6 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/943951468767960776

Industrialization in sub-Saharan Africa : strategies and performance (English)

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