Skills, Investment and Exports from Manufacturing Firms in Africa
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Skills, investment and exports from manufacturing firms in Africa*
It has been argued that Africa will not be able to export manufactures as it lacks the necessary skills. Without an ability to export there will only be an incentive to invest in the sector if domestic demand grows rapidly. Comparative data for four African countries the Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya and Zimbabwe shows that in the early 1990s investment in manufacturing remained very low. The micro ev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Development Studies
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0022-0388,1743-9140
DOI: 10.1080/713600067