Light Manufacturing in Africa

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storage facilities, 70–71 structural transformation light manufacturing as driver of, 25–26, 48n3 in Sub-Saharan Africa, 21–25, 48n1 study comparative value chains and feasibility analysis, 145, 147 description, 4–6 features of, 2–3 industry and country focus of, 143–45 Kaizen training programs, 2, 48–49n7, 98–99, 145, 149–50 methodology, 145 overview of, 4–6 qualitative survey, 2, 115b8.1, 145, 146–47 quantitative survey, 2, 115b8.1, 145, 147 study analysis, 113–15 See also Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa, 14, 69, 102, 110 and comparative advantage in light manufacturing, 26–30, 48–49nn4–9 competitiveness in light manufacturing, 3, 39–44, 49–50nn14–17 constraints, 44–48, 70–71 drivers of structural reform in, 25–26, 48n3 and dual industrial structure, 37–39, 49nn11–13 exports, 23, 25, 36 FDI, 1, 21 finance access to, 77–78, 84n1 costs of, 80–82 recommendations for solutions in, 82–84 sources of, 78–80, 84nn2–3 GDP, 1, 21, 32, 82 and land acquisition, 67–68 level of industrialization, 32–33

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managerial training in, 97–99 and manufactured exports, 33–36, 49n10 possible solutions from Asia concerning skills, 103 productivity in, 29–30, 31, 40 savings as share of GDP, 82 share of global light manufacturing in, 1–2 structural transformation in, 21–26, 48n1, 48nn11–13 subsectors constraints in, 8–9, 10t2 resolving constraints in, 46–48 See also specific subsector supply chains, 40, 60, 69–70

T tanneries, 122 Tanzania, 23, 30t1.2, 34, 38, 41 collateral requirements in, 82f 4.1 constraints in, 54–56 economic structure in, 24f 1.2 education level of firm owners, 94, 95f 6.1 finance options, 77–78 as focus of study, 45, 143–45 industrial land in, 69 labor efficiency of, 102t6.2 literacy rates, 101 productivity in, 31, 93–94 sources of finance in, 79–80 and trade logistics, 87, 88–89 wages in, 26–27 wheat prices, 59–60 technical assistance and training, 15–16, 40, 103 China, 95 leather products, 123 link to competitiveness, 15 in metal products, 126–28 sector-specific, 96–97 to smallholders, 64 technical skills development programs, 16


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