Second Preparatory Committee Session for FfD4

UNU-WIDER at the Second Preparatory Committee Session for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development

UNU-WIDER contributes to policy recommendations for the G20

Sub-Saharan Africa faces an alarming debt burden that could hinder progress on sustainable development goals

COVID-19 pandemic, household welfare and diversification strategies of smallholder farmers in Uganda

The billionaire tax – a (modest) proposal for the 21st century by Gabriel Zucman

WIDER Annual Lecture 28 Brief

UNU-WIDER launches a free online training course in tax-benefit microsimulation for Global South countries

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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...

Blog
Rethinking African industrialization on another Africa Industrialization Day
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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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‘Industrial’ policy in the 21st century
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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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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...

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Industries without smokestacks and structural transformation in Africa

Part of Book Industries without Smokestacks

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Industries without smokestacks in Uganda and Rwanda

Part of Book Industries without Smokestacks

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Widening the options

Part of Book Industries without Smokestacks

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Industries without smokestacks

Theme: Transformation

Working Paper
Industries without smokestacks in Uganda and Rwanda

We use unique high-frequency Government of Uganda and Government of Rwanda tax administration datasets to map the characteristics of ‘industries without smokestacks’ in East Africa. First, we find firm size appears to be crucial for successful...

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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 – Wed, 20 July 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Industries without smokestacks

Authors' workshop in Helsinki, 19-20 July 2016.

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Learning to Compete: What did we learn?

UNU-WIDER Director Finn Tarp presents the book 'Made in Africa' in a Special Session at the AERC Biannual Research Workshop.

Wed, 1 June 2016
Safari Park Hotel, P.O Box 45038 A2, Nairobi, Kenya
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