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Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Seizing Opportunities in Global Value Chains

dc.contributor.author Abreha, Kaleb G.
dc.contributor.author Kassa, Woubet
dc.contributor.author Lartey, Emmanuel K.K.
dc.contributor.author Mengistae, Taye A.
dc.contributor.author Owusu, Solomon
dc.contributor.author Zeufack, Albert G.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-03T18:53:07Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-03T18:53:07Z
dc.date.issued 2021-11-23
dc.description.abstract Industrialization drives the sustained growth in jobs and productivity that marks the developmental take-off of most developed economies. Yet, academics and policy makers have questioned the role of manufacturing in development for late industrializers, especially in view of rapid advancements in technologies and restructuring of international trade. Concurrently, industrialization and structural transformation are integral to the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the development strategies of several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Given this renewed interest in industrialization across the region, a central question is not whether SSA countries should pursue industrialization as a potential path to sustainable growth but how to promote the prospects of industrialization. Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Seizing Opportunities in Global Value Chains addresses this question by reassessing the prospects for industrialization in SSA countries through integration into global value chains. It also examines the role of policy in enhancing these prospects. The main findings indicate that • SSA has not experienced premature deindustrialization; the region has witnessed substantial growth in manufacturing jobs despite a lack of improvement in the contribution of manufacturing value-added to GDP. • The region’s integration into manufacturing global value chains is reasonably high but it is dominated by exports of primary products and engagement in low-skill tasks. • Global value chain integration has led to job growth, and backward integration is associated with more job creation. The report emphasizes the role of policy in maintaining a competitive market environment, promoting productivity growth, and investing in skills development and enabling sectors such as infrastructure and finance. Policy makers can strengthen the global value chain linkages by (1) increasing the value-added content of current exports, (2) upgrading into high-skill tasks, and (3) creating comparative advantages in knowledge-intensive industries. en
dc.identifier https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/431361637729896467/industrialization-in-sub-saharan-africa-seizing-opportunities-in-global-value-chains
dc.identifier.isbn 978-1-4648-1673-4
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36465
dc.publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries Africa Development Forum;
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject INDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subject GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN
dc.subject MARKET COMPETITION
dc.subject SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE INDUSTRY
dc.title Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa en
dc.title.subtitle Seizing Opportunities in Global Value Chains en
dc.type Book en
dc.type Livre fr
dc.type Libro es
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okr.date.disclosure 2021-11-23
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/978-1-4648-1673-4
okr.identifier.report 166309
okr.language.supported en
okr.region.administrative Africa
okr.region.geographical Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.topic Industry :: Industrial Economics
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Access to Markets
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Export Competitiveness
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.topic Private Sector Development :: Global Value Chains and Business Clustering
okr.unit AFECE
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