Women and the industrial development decade in Africa

Abstract

This paper focuses on women and the industrial development decade in Africa. The purpose of the United Nations Industrial Development Decade for Africa is to promote the development of industrialized African economies capable of generating internally self-sustained economic development by: each nation paying special attention to the development and mobilization of the necessary manpower to implement the strategy, each country generating, in particular, scientific, technological and managerial personnel capable of planning, implementing and operating industrial projects within a suitable time frame.