LEADER 04363oam 22006975 450 001 9910810045603321 005 20211223080740.0 010 $a1-4648-1721-9 024 7 $a10.1596/978-1-4648-1673-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC28994103 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL28994103 035 $a(CKB)20181459200041 035 $a(OCoLC)1290023727 035 $a(The World Bank)22305965 035 $a(US-djbf)22305965 035 $a(EXLCZ)9920181459200041 100 $a20211110d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cn$2rdamedia 183 $anc$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIndustrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa : $eSeizing opportunities in global value chains /$fKaleb G. Abreha, Woubet Kassa, Emmanuel K. K. Lartey, Taye A. Mengistae, Solomon Owusu, Albert G. Zeufack 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cThe World Bank,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (pages cm) 225 0 $aAfrica development forum 311 08$aPrint version: Abreha, Kaleb G. Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa : World Bank Publications,c2021 9781464816734 330 3 $aIndustrialization drives the sustained growth in jobs and productivity that marks the developmental take-off of most developed economies. Yet, academics and policy makers have questioned the role of manufacturing in development for late industrializers, especially in view of rapid advancements in technologies and restructuring of international trade. Concurrently, industrialization and structural transformation are integral to the African Union's Agenda 2063 and the development strategies of several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Given this renewed interest in industrialization across the region, a central question is not whether SSA countries should pursue industrialization as a potential path to sustainable growth but how to promote the prospects of industrialization. Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Seizing Opportunities in Global Value Chains addresses this question by reassessing the prospects for industrialization in SSA countries through integration into global value chains. It also examines the role of policy in enhancing these prospects. The main findings indicate that SSA has not experienced premature deindustrialization; the region has witnessed substantial growth in manufacturing jobs despite a lack of improvement in the contribution of manufacturing value-added to GDP. The region's integration into manufacturing global value chains is reasonably high but it is dominated by exports of primary products and engagement in low-skill tasks. Global value chain integration has led to job growth, and backward integration is associated with more job creation. The report emphasizes the role of policy in maintaining a competitive market environment, promoting productivity growth, and investing in skills development and enabling sectors such as infrastructure and finance. Policy makers can strengthen the global value chain linkages by (1) increasing the value-added content of current exports, (2) upgrading into high-skill tasks, and (3) creating comparative advantages in knowledge-intensive industries--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aBackward Integration 606 $aForward Integration 606 $aGVC Upgrading 606 $aIndustrial Policy 606 $aIndustrialization 606 $aJob Creation 606 $aManufacturing GVCs 606 $aPremature Deindustrialization 606 $aProductivity 606 $aStructural Transformation 615 4$aBackward Integration 615 4$aForward Integration 615 4$aGVC Upgrading 615 4$aIndustrial Policy 615 4$aIndustrialization 615 4$aJob Creation 615 4$aManufacturing GVCs 615 4$aPremature Deindustrialization 615 4$aProductivity 615 4$aStructural Transformation 700 $aAbreha$b Kaleb G.$01722711 701 $aKassa$b Woubet$01651921 701 $aLartey$b Emmanuel K. K$01722712 701 $aMengistae$b Taye A$01722713 701 $aZeufack$b Albert-G$01651922 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810045603321 996 $aIndustrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa$94123330 997 $aUNINA