Industrialization drives the sustained growth in jobs and productivity that marks the developmental take-off of most developed economies. Yet, academics and pol

This report comprehensively reassesses the prospects for industrialization playing a critical role in Sub-Saharan African countries' development and shows that

A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Why is there so little industry in Africa? Over the past forty years, industry has moved from the developed to the developing world, yet Africa’s share of glo

The restruturing of industrial production, the international division of labor, and continual technological change place developing countries in a global proces