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State Capability and Prospects for Close Co-ordination: Considerations for Industrial Policy in Africa

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Recent research highlights the considerable potential of industrial policy to support structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. Given the importance of the state in industrial policy, this paper considers the implications for these discussions of recent work on state fragility. It argues that weaknesses in state capacity in the region can be expected to severely limit the likelihood of successful industrial policy in a number of countries—indeed, over a half of them, if we believe standard metrics.

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  • Rachel M. Gisselquist, 2015. "State Capability and Prospects for Close Co-ordination: Considerations for Industrial Policy in Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2015-035, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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