Failing to compete [electronic resource] : technology development and technology systems in Africa / Sanjaya Lall, Carlo Pietrobelli.
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TextPublication details: Cheltenham ; Northhampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., c2002Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 268 p.) : illISBN: 9781781950579 (e-book)Subject(s): Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Africa -- Case studies | Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 338/.064/096 LOC classification: HC800.Z9 | T455 2002Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index.
1. Competitiveness and national technology systems : an introduction -- 2. The relative competitive and technological performance of Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3. Kenya -- 4. Tanzania -- 5. Uganda -- 6. Ghana -- 7. Zimbabwe.
This unique study draws on extensive fieldwork assessing technology systems in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe in the context of their export competitiveness. Its emphasis is on the role of technology systems in building industrial competitiveness and in this it finds deficiencies in the systems in all these countries, though there are also significant differences between them. Comparisons are made with more successful economies, particularly those of East Asia, and policy implications are drawn for the strengthening of technology support systems. Central to the book is its combination of academic analysis with a strong policy focus - policy implications are drawn for each case-study country.
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