Classical development economics, especially structuralist approaches, regard the
manufacturing sector as having special properties as an engine of economic growth. From …

Manufacturing has traditionally played a key role in the economic development of
developing countries. In recent years, it has been argued that the importance of …

A indústria de transformação, que havia liderado o crescimento econômico do Brasil nas
cinco décadas precedentes a 1981 na fase de industrialização, perdeu dinamismo desde …

In this paper, we analyze the drivers of firm innovation in 35 African and Latin American
countries. We investigate how firm-level capabilities and national country characteristics …

As a stylised fact of deindustrialisation, the relationship between Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) and the share of manufacturing in GDP and employment generally follows an …

Literature suggests many countries across the world are facing a growing political backlash
against the consequences of deindustrialisation. Intensifying anti-globalisation sentiment …

Over the course of its democratic history, since 1994, South Africa has struggled to sustain
an adequate process of structural transformation, to move from sectors of low to high …

Although recent decades were marked by within-country deindustrialization, this was not
observed on the global level, as jobs moved from smaller, highly productive countries to …

The literature on deindustrialisation often neglects the role of finance in the decline in
manufacturing, despite the increasing shift towards financial speculation relative to real …

The South African economy has been stagnant over an extended period of time, going back
to the apartheid era. This is manifest in the lack of structural transformation and in weak …