There has been a marked increase in the internationalization activities of African firms over
the last two decades or so, resulting in the emergence of regional challenger firms that are …

Manufacturing has made an important contribution to raising living standards in many parts
of the world. Concerns about premature deindustrialization have made some observers …

Recent growth accelerations in Africa are characterized by declining shares of the labor
force employed in agriculture, increasing labor productivity in agriculture, and declining …

Exporting higher quality and complex products is deemed pathway to economic growth and
development. However, producing such products is knowledge‐intensive and requires …

This article reviews the literature on the political economy of agricultural and food policy in
sub-Saharan Africa. In doing so, it first presents a conceptual framework highlighting that …

Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa's recent economic boom has raised hopes and expectations to
lift the regions''bottom millions' out of poverty by 2030. How realistic is that goal? We …

Firms tend to cluster in close geographic proximity to each other to benefit from reduced
transport costs, shared inputs, and productivity spillovers due to learning and technology …

Using data from the Groningen Growth and Development Center's Africa Sector Database,
we show that manufacturing employment and its share in total employment is growing in a …

We use firm‐level data for the period 2010‐2013 to estimate total factor productivity in the
South African manufacturing sector. We examine differences in the level and growth of …

Африка, являясь беднейшим континентом в мире, тем не менее обладает
определенными перспективами для экономического развития, во многом связанные с …