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The African manufacturing sector continues to face many problems as it struggles to progress from its presently underdeveloped state. If the countries that make up Africa are ever to raise the living standards of the vast majority of its population to a more acceptable level, then the economic growth that would result from an enlarged and improved manufacturing sector may hold an important key. The book provides a useful source of greater understanding of African manufacturing firms and the perplexing lack of widespread industrial growth during the post-colonial decades. The comprehensive coverage includes such themes as: *the size and distribution of firms in Africa *entrepreneurship, labour and the regulatory and business environments in Africa *the dynamic problem of growth and investment of firms Any reader wanting to understand the economic problems of Africa will need to read this book, and any student, academic or policy-maker working in the areas of development and industrial economics will find it to be a most useful guide.
The African manufacturing sector continues to face many problems as
it struggles to progress from its presently underdeveloped state.
If the countries that make up Africa are ever to raise the living
standards of the vast majority of its population to a more
acceptable level, then the economic growth that would result from
an enlarged and improved manufacturing sector may hold an important
key. The book provides a useful source of greater understanding of
African manufacturing firms and the perplexing lack of widespread
industrial growth during the post-colonial decades. The
comprehensive coverage includes such themes as: *the size and
distribution of firms in Africa *entrepreneurship, labour and the
regulatory and business environments in Africa *the dynamic problem
of growth and investment of firms Any reader wanting to understand
the economic problems of Africa will need to read this book, and
any student, academic or policy-maker working in the areas of
development and industrial economics will find it to be a most
useful guide.
This title was first published in 2002: Analyzing labour market
trends in sub-Saharan Africa since 1970, this volume employs data
collected from the International Labor Organization (ILO), United
Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and World Bank
(the RPED surveys). It examines the economics of the labour market
against the presistent decline in real wages over some 20 years in
some of these countries. Setting the African story against the
background of wage-employment trends in other regions of the world,
the author proceeds to examine the impact of this decline on the
rural-urban earnings gap. The consequences of the declining wage
levels on the lifetime earnings of workers and on trends in labour
productivity are then discussed, followed by an analysis of the
employment and wage structure in African manufacturing firms.
This title was first published in 2002: Analyzing labour market
trends in sub-Saharan Africa since 1970, this volume employs data
collected from the International Labor Organization (ILO), United
Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and World Bank
(the RPED surveys). It examines the economics of the labour market
against the presistent decline in real wages over some 20 years in
some of these countries. Setting the African story against the
background of wage-employment trends in other regions of the world,
the author proceeds to examine the impact of this decline on the
rural-urban earnings gap. The consequences of the declining wage
levels on the lifetime earnings of workers and on trends in labour
productivity are then discussed, followed by an analysis of the
employment and wage structure in African manufacturing firms.
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