Policies to promote competitiveness in manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa /

Primary commodities dominate African exports, yet these products are extremely vulnerable to variations in weather conditions, world demand and prices. If the continent is to obtain optimum benefit from the integration and opening of the world economy, this heavy reliance on primary products must be...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: International Monetary Fund, African Economic Research Consortium, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre
Otros Autores: Fosu, Augustin Kwasi, Nsouli, Saleh M., Varoudakis, Aristomène
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : IMF : AERC : Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, ©2001.
Colección:International development (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Temas:
Manufacturing industries > Government policy > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses.
Industrial promotion > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses.
Industrie manufacturière > Politique gouvernementale > Afrique subsaharienne > Congrès.
Promotion industrielle > Afrique subsaharienne > Congrès.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Industrial promotion
Manufacturing industries > Government policy
Sub-Saharan Africa
Manufacturing
Competition
Africa
Exchange rate management
Export promotion
Industrial productivity
Technology transfer
Foreign investment
International comparisons
Overseas item
Conference papers and proceedings
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Promoting competitiveness in manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa / Saleh M. Nsouli, Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Aristomene Varoudakis
  • Can Africa export manufactures? : endowments, exchange rates and transaction costs / Ibrahim A. Elbadawi
  • Kenya's recent exchange-rate policy and manufactured export performance / Francis M. Mwega and Njuguna S. Ndung'u
  • Structural factors affecting manufacturing competitiveness : comparative results from Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Senegal / Adeola Adenikinju [and others]
  • The role of trade in technology diffusion / Dalia Hakura and Florence Jaumotte
  • Competitiveness and foreign direct investment in Africa / Sara E. Sievers
  • Exporting and efficiency in African manufacturing / Arne Bigsten [and others]
  • Issues in competitiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa / Saleh M. Nsouli
  • A panoramic view of policies for competitiveness in manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa / Augustin Kwasi Fosu
  • Epilogue promoting competitiveness in manufacturing : a continuing challenge for improving Sub-Saharan Africa's integration into the global economy / Saleh M. Nsouli and Aristomene Varoudakis.

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