From Resource-Led Export Booms to Pro-Poor Growth: Reformulating Industrial Policy in Africa

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K18266
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Otchia Christian 名古屋大学, 国際開発研究科, 准教授 (90761198)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: Industrial Policy / Pro-Poor Growth / Resource-Led Export / Deindustrialization / Regional value chains / CGE model

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted a policy-oriented research to support global efforts for sustainable development on how reformulating development thinking can leverage regional capacities/cooperation to promote industrialization and pro-poor growth among resource-rich countries in Africa. The studies 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 facilitations for industrial upgrading, rather than a mere expansion of low-skill labor-intensive manufacturing activities. We summarized these research outputs into 2 books.

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、貧困削減のための成長の第一歩として、農産物およびサービスのアフリカ域内貿易を促進するためのフレームワークを提供するものである。中央アフリカの様々なステークホルダーとの密接な協力のもと、地域の農業バリューチェーンの開発、および国の貿易戦略と工業化・経済多様化のための国の計画との整合性に関するガイドラインを作成した。