You are here

Shop » ECON RPT ON AFRICA 2013

Economic Report on Africa 2013

Making the Most of Africa's Commodities: Industrializing for Growth, Jobs and Economic Transformation

  • Author: UN, ECA
  • Publication date: April 2013
  • Page count: 256
  • Language(s) in this book: English
  • Sales number: 13.II.K.1

Available Formats

Unavailable
PDF
$24.00
ISBN: 9789210560764
EBOOKS Available everywhere eBooks are sold

About the product

Africa’s growth plummeted during its ‘lost decades’ of the 1980s and 1990s while unemployment soared, and production and export bases became more concentrated. Africa boasts significant human and natural resources that can be used to promote industrialization and structural economic transformation through value-addition strategies in all sectors. This publication examines key constraints and opportunities for African countries to make the most of their commodities by adding value through linkage development. It also addresses how African countries can design and implement policies to promote value addition and economic transformation, and reduce their dependence on producing and exporting unprocessed commodities.