Equipping Africans towards an effective industrial policy
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The 2013 edition of IDEP’s short course on Industrial Policy in Africa opened on 10th of June at the Headquarters of the Institute in Dakar, Senegal. This two-week short course addresses current issues in this sector that must be addressed, in order to attain industrialization. These include the need for electricity, infrastructure, water, long-time financing. IDEP’s short course on Industrial Policy in Africa will address the above issues and deal with the core challenges and constraints of industrialization in Africa, with a focus on “what went wrong” and; “how Africans can make Africa develop”. Most of the participating officials from countries like Sierra-Leone, Sudan, South Sudan, Ghana, Malawi, Niger, Uganda that are well endowed in natural resources voiced their need for efficient industrial policies during the self-introduction session of the opening ceremony. They noted that the short course will enable them to “capitalize on their resource endowments” as advocated by the Economic Report on Africa 2013. Ethiopia, which is also participating in the course, was cited in the discussions for its example of policies in support of industrialization, as it keeps 70% of the volume of the coffee it is producing.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2013-06). Equipping Africans towards an effective industrial policy. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/32012”Collections
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