ISBN:
9789264187054
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (145 p.)
Series Statement:
Development Centre Seminars
Parallel Title:
Print version Policies to Promote Competitiveness in Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa
DDC:
338.967
Keywords:
Electronic books
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Entwicklungspolitik
;
Internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit
Abstract:
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 reduced. There is, thus, a new and important role for African countries' manufacturing industries. The papers in this volume address three important issues: the role of exchange-rate policy in enhancing the competitiveness of African manufactured exports; the steps that can be taken to improve prod
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Promoting Competitiveness in Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa; PART I THE ROLE OF EXCHANGE-RATE POLICY IN PROMOTING COMPETITIVENESS; Chapter 2 Can African Export Manufactures? Endowments, Exchange Rates and Transaction Costs; Chapter 3 Kenya's Recent Exchange-Rate Policy and Manufactured Export Performance; PART II ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PRODUCTION FACTORS; Chapter 4 Structural Factors Affecting Manufacturing Competitiveness: Comparative Results from Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Senegal
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 5 The Role of Trade in Technology DiffusionPART III BUILDING AN APPROPRIATE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT TO PROMOTE COMPETITIVENESS; Chapter 6 Competitiveness and Foreign Direct Investment in Africa; Chapter 7 Exporting and Efficiency in African Manufacturing; PART IV CONCLUDING COMMENTS; Chapter 8 Issues in Competitiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa; Chapter 9 A Panoramic View of Policies for Competitiveness in Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa; Epilogue; Contributors;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1787/9789264193772-en
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