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Regionalism and Failure of the African Manufacturing Sector: Technology Transfer Policies as a Missing Link

In: Innovation, Regional Integration, and Development in Africa

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  • Deus Costantine Shirati

    (STIPRO-Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organization)

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In comparison to 20 years ago, Africa has many opportunities for economic transformation and development in general. Macroeconomic policies in many African countries are becoming favorable aiming for economic growth and development. For more than 5 years now, economic growth for African countries has been impressive (AfDB 2017). Increased Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and trade between Africa and Asia have been on increasing record (OECD 2008). However, development of the manufacturing sector has remained almost stagnant compared to the state led economic approaches that were adopted by African countries soon after independence from the 1960s to late 1980s. For instance, Africa’s total world export share from 2000 to 2007 was at the average of three percent (3%) (ECA 2009). For East African Countries, the manufacturing share to Gross Domestic Products has remained below 10% for over 20 years (UNIDO 2008).

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  • Deus Costantine Shirati, 2019. "Regionalism and Failure of the African Manufacturing Sector: Technology Transfer Policies as a Missing Link," Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, in: Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba & Mammo Muchie (ed.), Innovation, Regional Integration, and Development in Africa, pages 225-235, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aaechp:978-3-319-92180-8_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92180-8_15
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    1. Yassin Elshain Yahia & Haiyun Liu & Abdalla Sirag & Sayyed Sadaqat Hussain Shah, 2020. "The Impacts of Intra-Trade on Industrialization: Evidence from COMESA," Asian Development Policy Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 8(2), pages 75-101, June.

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