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Author Yongo-Bure, B. (Benaiah)

Title Regional development poles and the transformation of African economies / Benaiah Yongo-Bure
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020
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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge contemporary Africa series
Routledge contemporary Africa series.
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Preface and acknowledgment -- Abbreviations -- 1 Capital goods and economic transformation -- 2 Manufacturing and the transformation of African economies -- 3 Theoretical perspectives -- 4 The Congolese economy -- 5 The Ethiopian economy -- 6 The Nigerian economy -- 7 The South African economy -- 8 Developing infrastructure networks -- 9 Summary, conclusion, and policy implications -- Appendices -- Index
Summary This book argues that the development of capital goods manufacturing industries in four relatively large African economies will create regional development poles, from which industrialization will spread to the smaller African countries. In this book, Benaiah Yongo-Bure explains the need for capital goods industries in Africa and shows how manufacturing can transform economies. He outlines the roles of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa as potential regional development poles, showing how the existing economies, natural resources, and populations of these countries make them ideal candidates, while also considering possible challenges to industrialization. Finally, the author assesses what major infrastructural development is needed to link the countries and regions to increase the spread effects of economic growth. This book will be of interest to scholars and policy makers in economic development and regional development in Africa
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Benaiah Yongo-Bure is Associate Professor of Economics at Kettering University, USA
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Subject Manufactures -- Africa
Economic development -- Africa
Regional planning -- Africa
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Third World Development.
Economic development
Economic history
Manufactures
Regional planning
SUBJECT Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001552
Subject Africa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1000041107
9781000041101
9781003024804
1003024807
9781000041149
100004114X
9781000041125
1000041123