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887830
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Policies to promote competitiveness in manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa /\ edited by Augustin Kwasi Fosu, Saleh M. Nsouli, Aristomène Varoudakis.
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Paris :: IMF :: AERC :: Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,, ©2001.
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| Series Statement
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International development
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1 online resource (142 pages) :: illustrations, map
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| ISBN
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1463914776
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: 9264193774
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: 9781463914776
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: 9789264193772
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9264187057
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9789264187054
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Promoting competitiveness in manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa / Saleh M. Nsouli, Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Aristomene Varoudakis -- Can Africa export manufactures? : endowments, exchange rates and transaction costs / Ibrahim A. Elbadawi -- Kenya's recent exchange-rate policy and manufactured export performance / Francis M. Mwega and Njuguna S. Ndung'u -- Structural factors affecting manufacturing competitiveness : comparative results from Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Senegal / Adeola Adenikinju [and others] -- The role of trade in technology diffusion / Dalia Hakura and Florence Jaumotte -- Competitiveness and foreign direct investment in Africa / Sara E. Sievers -- Exporting and efficiency in African manufacturing / Arne Bigsten [and others] -- Issues in competitiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa / Saleh M. Nsouli -- A panoramic view of policies for competitiveness in manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa / Augustin Kwasi Fosu -- Epilogue promoting competitiveness in manufacturing : a continuing challenge for improving Sub-Saharan Africa's integration into the global economy / Saleh M. Nsouli and Aristomene Varoudakis.
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Primary commodities dominate African exports, yet these products are extremely vulnerable to variations in weather conditions, world demand and prices. If the continent is to obtain optimum benefit from the integration and opening of the world economy, this heavy reliance on primary products must be reduced. There is, thus, a new and important role for African countries' manufacturing industries. The papers in this volume address three important issues: the role of exchange-rate policy in enhancing the competitiveness of African manufactured exports; the steps that can be taken to improve production efficiency; and the role of institutional and structural reforms in promoting competitiveness in manufacturing and in improving Africa's attractiveness to foreign direct investment. An Epilogue evaluates progress and developments since the conference which gave rise to this volume was held.
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Industrial promotion-- Africa, Sub-Saharan, Congresses.
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Manufacturing industries-- Government policy-- Africa, Sub-Saharan, Congresses.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- Business Development.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- General.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Government Business.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Structural Adjustment.
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Industrial promotion.
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Manufacturing industries-- Government policy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Economic Policy.
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Sub-Saharan Africa.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.967
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HD9737.A2
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Fosu, Augustin Kwasi.
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Nsouli, Saleh M.
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Varoudakis, Aristomène.
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African Economic Research Consortium.
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International Monetary Fund.
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development., Development Centre.
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Development Centre seminars with the IMF and the AERC
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