Industrial growth in Africa: a survey and outlook

Abstract

The work programme of the ECA in the field of industry, and adopted at the fourth session, include items on industrial surveys and industrial planning and the study of individual industries and groups of industries. This study is a modest first response to the resolution and to the carrying out of these items in the work programme. The study has six chapters. After outlining in the first the economic setting in Africa, the second examines the present states of industrial growth in the light of trends in the last decade and shows, in broad outline, future possibilities. It is emphasized that ECA' s work on industrial development must go hand in hand with its efforts in other fields, particularly development planning, trade, agriculture, natural resources and transport. Stress is laid on the importance of all who are concerned with industrial development in Africa, whether at the national or international level, joining forces and coordinating their efforts.