Industrializing Africa

Dr. Richard Scholz

doi:10.5771/9783845293769

Summary

In recent years, not only has economic literature shown a renewed commitment to industrialisation and the manufacturing sector, but so have African government institutions. In this context, this study analyses the role of the manufacturing industry in furthering economic growth in African economies. It starts with a short history of Africa’s unfolding economic performance and its economic structure, before analysing the relationship between structural change and economic development. If industrialisation is not only a by-product but also the driver of economic growth, what makes the African manufacturing sector unique? Does manufacturing yield specific benefits and, if so, why? In this respect, is the service-led growth model paving the way for African economies? Analysing the role of manufacturing in African economies, this thesis empirically explores the characteristics of the manufacturing industry.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2018
Publication date: 10.08.2018
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-5180-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-9376-9
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Weltwirtschaft und internationale Zusammenarbeit
Volume: 21
Language: English
Pages: 280
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 20
1. History of industrialization No access
2. The entity of analysis No access
3. African growth perceptions and the renewed interest in industrial policy No access
4. 1. Institutional capacity No access
  2. Infrastructure No access
  3. Geographic location No access
5. Leapfrogging No access
6. Structure of the thesis No access
7. Data situation No access
1. 1. Islam and Trade No access
  2. Modes of production No access
2. Africa from the 16th century: integration into the world capitalist economy No access
3. Africa at the eve of the European conquest No access
4. 1. Étatist-Peasant Regimes No access
  2. Regimes of competitive exploitation No access
5. 1. International world order: capitalist vs. socialist No access
  2. 1. Modernization theories No access
    2. Structuralism and dependency theories No access
  3. Import substitution industrialization No access
6. 1. Washington Consensus No access
  2. Methodological issues No access
  3. Structural adjustment policies No access
7. 1. New Development Economics No access
  2. East Asian model of development No access
  3. Latin American Neostructuralism No access
8. Interim conclusion: an African development paradigm? No access
1. Data set and benchmark countries No access
2. 1. Evolving patterns over time No access
  2. Relative productivity No access
  3. Benchmarking African economies No access
3. 1. Interpretations No access
  2. Structural deviations of African economies when accounting for control variables No access
4. Interim conclusion No access
1. 1. Productivity differences between sectors No access
  2. Methodological issues No access
  3. Results No access
2. 1. Historical background No access
  2. 1. Labor elasticity and Verdoorn’s law No access
    2. Capital No access
    3. Demand vs. supply-side models No access
    4. Capacity utilization No access
    5. The issue of convergence No access
    6. The static-dynamic paradox of Verdoorn’s law No access
  3. Recent empirical research No access
  4. 1. Verdoorn coefficient No access
    2. Productivity gap No access
    3. Capital No access
  5. 1. Model discussion No access
    2. Data No access
    3. 1. South Africa No access
      2. Mauritius No access
      3. Kenya No access
  6. Interim conclusion No access
3. 1. 1. The input-output framework No access
    2. Industry vs. commodities No access
    3. Accounting for indirect effects No access
    4. Forward linkages and the output inverse No access
    5. Discussion on weighting and elasticities No access
    6. The open economy No access
    7. Domestic vs. world linkages No access
  2. The data No access
  3. 1. Comparing world regions No access
    2. Detailed sectoral analysis No access
    3. Linkages in single African economies No access
  4. Interim conclusion No access
1. 1. Methodology No access
  2. Dataset No access
  3. Results No access
2. 1. Measurement of comparative advantages No access
  2. Results No access
3. 1. 1. OECD indicators No access
    2. Critique on the OECD indicators No access
    3. The share of international linkages No access
  2. 1. Comparing world regions No access
    2. Detailed sectoral analysis No access
    3. Country specific integration into GVCs No access
4. Interim conclusion No access
1. Premature deindustrialization No access
2. Structural bonus hypothesis No access
3. Increasing returns to scale or labor surplus? No access
4. Tradable versus non-tradable goods No access
5. Linkages No access
6. Global Value Chains No access
7. Summing up No access
Statistical annex No access Pages 229 - 252
References No access Pages 253 - 280

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