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Professor Tarp has four decades of experience in academic and applied development economics research and teaching. His field experience covers more than two decades of in-country work in 35 countries across Africa and the developing world more...
Industries without smokestacks
Tue, 19 July 2016
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Wed, 20 July 2016
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.
Historically, industry is the sector into which resources have first moved in the course of structural transformation. But what is industry in the 21st century? Changes in transport costs and information and communications technology have created a wide range of services and agro-industrial products that are now tradable and have many features in common with traditional manufacturing.
These new industries and their potential to provide exports and drive growth in Africa are the subject of this workshop, which is part of UNU-WIDER’s Industries without smokestacks project. The workshop will feature presentations of 16 draft papers on tradable, non-manufacturing activities, addressing global opportunities and constraints and country experiences.
Presentations
Workshop participants
Second row, from left to right: Finn Tarp, UNU-WIDER; Heinrich Bofinger, World Bank; John Page, The Brookings Institution; Fausto Mafambissa, Mozambique Presidential Office; Mariem Nouar, University of Geneva; Dianah Ngui Muchai, Kenyatta University.
Third row, from left to right: Charles Kunaka, World Bank; Richard Newfarmer, International Growth Centre; Sebastian Wolf, London School of Economics and Political Science; Will Martin, International Food Policy Research Institute; Jaime de Melo, FERDI; Bernard Hoekman, European University Institute.
Fourth row, from left to right: Phil English, Independent consultant; John Spray, University of Cambridge; Cláudio Frischtak, InterB. Consultoria de Negócios; Jack Daly, Duke University; François Steenkamp, University of Cape Town.
Team
Focal point: Finn Tarp
Research Fellow: John Page
Assistant: Janis Vehmaan-Kreula
Communications: Mauricio Roa Grisales
Resources
Programme, updated on 19 July 2016
Tue, 19 July 2016
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Wed, 20 July 2016
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
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