2021 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
From Resource-Led Export Booms to Pro-Poor Growth: Reformulating Industrial Policy in Africa
| Project/Area Number |
18K18266
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | Industrial Policy / Deindustrialization / Pro-Poor Growth / Export Booms / Global value chains |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This research employed an integrated approach that combined qualitative and quantitative methods. It used original data collected through field surveys or from national surveys or databases maintained by national and public institutions. The results show that the core of global manufacturing value added has shifted away from traditional labor-intensive manufacturing into products that embody higher technology. Industrial promotion today thus calls for the facilitation of industrial (manufacturing) upgrading, rather than a mere expansion of low-skill, labor-intensive manufacturing activities. The results suggest that premature deindustrialization tends to occur when countries are confined to low-skill manufacturing even when they can participate in GVCs. An important implication is that trade can promote pro-poor growth and facilitate technology/product/activity upgrading by the participating local firms at the supranational/regional level.
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