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This volume presents results of comparative country-based research that sought to answer a seemingly simple but puzzling question: why is there so little industry in Africa? It brings together detailed country case studies of industrial policies and industrialisation outcomes in eleven countries, conducted by teams of national researchers in partnership with international experts on industrial development - providing analysis of the contemporary industrialisation experience in low-income Africa.

Manufacturing industries --- Industrialization --- Industries --- Manufactures --- Industrial development --- Economic development --- Economic policy --- Deindustrialization --- Africa. --- Asia. --- Developing countries. --- Emerging nations --- Fourth World --- Global South --- LDC's --- Least developed countries --- Less developed countries --- Newly industrialized countries --- Newly industrializing countries --- NICs --- Third World --- Underdeveloped areas --- Underdeveloped countries --- Asian and Pacific Council countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- natural resources --- structural transformation --- economic growth --- africa --- industrial development --- Foreign direct investment --- Gross domestic product --- Secondary sector of the economy