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Science and Survival: Is an Agriculture-led Developmental Model the Way Forward for sub-Saharan Africa?
9 May 2013 Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen and Roger Williamson Pathways to Industrialization in the Twenty-First Century, (edited by Adam Szirmai, Wim...
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The View from Buenos Aires
Tony Addison A visit to Buenos Aires in September provided a good vantage point to look at the euro zone’s deepening crisis. Angle readers will recall...
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Global Recycling Supply Chains and Waste Picking in Developing Countries
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Martin Medina
December 2009
Martin Medina As world leaders gather in Copenhagen this month for the fifteenth United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) the challenges...
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Is Manufacturing Still the Main Engine of Growth in Developing Countries?
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Adam Szirmai
May 2009
Adam Szirmai Since the late 18th century, the manufacturing sector has been the main engine of growth and catch up. Presently, however, service sector...
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Twenty Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall: The Travails of East Germany’s Economic Transition
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Charles S. Maier
November 2009
Charles S. Maier When the Berlin Wall fell, twenty years ago, on 9 November 1989, many expected that the East German (German Democratic Republic - DDR...
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Sub-Saharan Africa had a manufacturing renaissance in 2010s – it’s a promising sign for the years ahead
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Gaaitzen de Vries, Emmanuel Mensah, Hagen Kruse,
Kunal Sen
February 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the global economy, with world output contracting at 3.5% in 2020, and no recovery likely before the fourth...
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‘Industrial’ policy in the 21st century
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John Page
October 2018
During the past week, I participated in two international conferences. The first was the WIDER Development Conference in Helsinki: Think development -...
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Rethinking African industrialization on another Africa Industrialization Day
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John Page
December 2018
This week I attended the 28th Africa Industrialization Day at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Even sympathetic readers may reasonably ask...
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The ins and outs of African industrialization: UNU-WIDER provides open access to a wealth of information
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Heini Salonen
December 2018
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...
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Can natural resources jump-start industrialization?
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John Page
January 2019
At the end of last year, I filmed a lecture that will be part of a massive open online course (MOOC) on industrialization in Africa. The course is...
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Like it or not, poor countries are increasingly dependent on mining and oil & gas
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Alan R. Roe, Samantha Dodd
June 2016
The UNU-WIDER project on extractives for development seeks to examine how poor and middle-income countries can best use their natural resource wealth...
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Extractive industries and development – taxing profits and investing gains
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James Stewart
July 2016
Industries based on natural resources such as oil, gas, and minerals can play a major positive role in the development of low- and middle-income...
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What did we Learn at the L2C Conference about Industrial Development and Policy in Africa?
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Roger Williamson
August 2013
22 August 2013 Roger Williamson Given the high growth rates since 2000 and low labour costs, Africa could develop manufacturing industry, agro...
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The New Economy in Development: ICT Challenges and Opportunities
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Anthony P. D’Costa
2006
by Anthony P. D’Costa The last three decades have witnessed a sea change in the character and functioning of the world economy. With the speeding up...
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Industrial Policy and Environmental Sustainability: The Challenge After COP15
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Wim Naudé, Ludovico Alcorta
January 2010
Wim Naudé and Ludovico Alcorta Industrial policy is being reassessed in the light of the global financial crisis as well as the negotiations on a...
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The Triple Crisis: What Development Prospects for Africa?
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Alain de Janvry, Elisabeth Sadoulet
June 2010
Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet On May 13 and 14, 2010, UNU-WIDER invited around 200 development economists from all over the world to Helsinki...