Policy Brief
Industries without smokestacks
Our research shows that structural change in Africa is relying on a new set of economic activities, called ‘industries without smokestacks’, created by recent technological changes and a changing global market place. Adopting a broad concept of...
Book
Industries without Smokestacks
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. By 2030 more than three quarters...
Lecture
Sustainable cities and structural transformation in Africa in the twenty-first century
Thu, 9 November 2023
Event Square at Helsinki City Hall,
Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Panel discussion
Towards peace and decent work in Africa: Accelerating progress on the SDGs
Thu, 26 October 2023
UNECA,
United Nations Conference Center,
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Past event
Seminar
Health, development, and institutional factors: the Mozambique case
On 17 August 2022, the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) organizes the third session of the cycle of debates on institutional development and economic development in Mozambique. In this session, entitled ‘Health...
Wed, 17 August 2022
Online,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Project
African development - myths and realities
Theme: 2008-09
Existing research on Africa has produced a seemingly endless list of reasons why African growth and poverty reduction record has lagged behind that of other regions of the developing world. This project looks at the reasons put forward for Africa’s...
Workshop
Unemployment in Tunisia: What do we know? Where do we go?
The African Development Bank, the African Development Institute and UNU-WIDER, in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training, organize a workshop on the subject...
Tue, 10 April 2012
African Development Bank Group,
Tunis,
Tunisia
Past event
Project meeting
Industries without smokestacks
This project workshop on industries without smokestacks brings together researchers to discuss joint work on the industry sector and structural transformation in Africa. The workshop was held in Helsinki on 19-20 July 2016.
Tue, 19 July 2016
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Wed, 20 July 2016
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
About
Industries without smokestacks
Authors' workshop in Helsinki, 19-20 July 2016.
Workshop
Regional Research Workshop
The purpose of the workshop is to initiate a four year programme of research on opportunities to spur growth and development in the Southern Africa region. The workshop is by invitation only.
Fri, 28 March 2014
Johannesburg,
South Africa
Past event
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