Light Manufacturing in Africa

Dinh, Hinh T.; Palmade, Vincent; Chandra, Vandana; Cossar, Frances

doi:10.1596/978-0-8213-8961-4

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“…Collier (2008) is pessimistic about Africa's ability to compete with Asian manufacturers, given their head start and competitive advantages. Dinh et al (2012) argue that Africa can compete in some light manufacturing industries, but that weaknesses in the business climate must be remedied.…”

Section: Expanding Employment Through Labour-intensive Non-traditionamentioning

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Employment, Unemployment, and Underemployment in Africa

Golub

Hayat

2014

The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics

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This paper documents and analyses the predominance of informal employment in Africa and shows that lack of demand for labour rather than worker characteristics is the main reason for pervasive underemployment. Integration into the global economy and exports of labour-intensive products are vital to boosting the demand for labour in Africa. Africa has some potential to become competitive in light manufacturing, but the most promising avenue for export-led growth of employment in many African countries is agriculture, including traditional cash crops such as cotton, coffee, cocoa, and groundnuts. Contrary to common perceptions, traditional cash crops, which are the source of livelihood for millions of Africans, have many of the features of manufacturing exports: high labour-intensity; potential for quality improvements through technological transfer; and quality-sensitive markets in developed countries. Improvements in the business climate are the key to boosting investment and technology transfer in labour-intensive tradable industries, and thus raising labour demand and employment.

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Section: Expanding Employment Through Labour-intensive Non-traditionamentioning

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Employment, Unemployment, and Underemployment in Africa

Golub

Hayat

2014

The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics

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“…Others have argued that the net impact of China's involvement in Africa, especially in infrastructural development, has been tremendously positive, as investment in transportation and power is exactly what Africa urgently needs (Foster et al, 2007). Most recently, more studies have shown growing evidence of Chinese firms involved in Africa's labour-intensive manufacturing sector, which creates jobs and assists in the early industrialisation process in many host countries (Lin, 2012a;Dinh et al, 2012).…”

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Private Chinese Investment in Africa: Myths and Realities

Shen

2014

Development Policy Review

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Private Chinese outbound investment, not as well‐known as government‐led investment, offers special opportunities and challenges for Africa today. The significance of Chinese private‐sector investment is already visible in the burgeoning manufacturing sector in some parts of Africa, and the trend will continue to grow in the near future. The underlying force behind this trend is the increased pressure of industrial restructuring in coastal China, which drives some labour‐intensive firms to relocate to other parts of the developing world. African host‐country governments can respond to this phenomenon with proactive development policies and strategies to maximise private Chinese investment for the benefit of their own economies.

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“…This approach to industrialization has been so successful that variations on the model have been adopted in other countries, such as Cambodia, Mauritius, and Vietnam. However, China's original set of competitive advantages has been shifting over time; among other key changes, manufacturing wages have risen from US$150 per month in 2005 to US$500 in 2012, reaching more than US$600 in coastal regions (Dinh et al 2012).…”

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El mar como catalizador de la geopolítica: de Mahan al auge chino

Quesada

2019

RESI

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Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has averaged roughly 5 percent per year over the past decade, improving living standards and bolstering human development indicators across the continent. Stronger public institutions, a supportive, private sector-focused policy environment, responsible macroeconomic management, and a sustained commitment to structural reforms have greatly expanded opportunities for countries in SSA to participate in global markets. In recent years, many countries in the region have benefited from an increasingly favorable external environment, high commodity prices, and an especially strong demand for natural resources by emerging economies, particularly China. China-SSA trade has rapidly intensified since the late 1990s and in 2013 China became SSA's largest export and development partner. China now represents about a quarter of SSA's trade, up from just 2.3 percent in 1985. About one-third of China's energy imports come from SSA-a vital trade link, especially as energy consumption rates in China have grown by more than twice the global average over the past 10 years. Despite increased efficiency and rising domestic production, rapid urbanization and heavy industrialization continue to spur robust Chinese demand for coal, oil, and natural gas. China's banks, notably the People's Bank of China, the China Development Bank, and the Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank of China), have supported large-scale investments in African infrastructure. More than 2,200 Chinese enterprises are currently operating in SSA, most of them private firms (UNCTAD 2014; Shen 2014). Diplomatic contacts and bilateral aid and cooperation initiatives have greatly expanded, 1 and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, formed in 2000 and convened every three years, has become the primary institutional vehicle for China's strategic engagement with SSA.

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Light Manufacturing in Africa

Cited by 81 publications

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Employment, Unemployment, and Underemployment in Africa

Employment, Unemployment, and Underemployment in Africa

Private Chinese Investment in Africa: Myths and Realities

El mar como catalizador de la geopolítica: de Mahan al auge chino

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