Lall The Technological Response to Import Liberalization in SubSaharan Africa

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-1-349-14852-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 291 Seiten, eBook

Many African countries liberalized in the belief that international competition would stimulate efficiency, growth and technological dynamism. The results are mixed, but largely disappointing. This book examines why, looking at technological reactions to liberalization in garments and engineering in Tanzania, Kenya and Zimbabwe, countries with different levels of industrialisation and differing degrees of liberalization. Its findings, aimed at practitioners and researchers, explain why the assumptions underlying liberalisation are often flawed, why capabilities differ, and why they lag behind other regions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lall, Sanjaya

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors The Research Team Introduction and Setting; S.Lall Import Liberalisation and Industrial Performance: Theory and Evidence; S.Lall and W.Latsch Adjustment, Technological Capabilities and Enterprise Dynamics in Kenya; G.Wignaraja and G.Ikiara Trade Liberalisation, Firm Performance, and Technology Upgrading in Tanzania; S.Deraniyagala and H.Semboja Technology and the Responses of Firms to Adjustment in Zimbabwe; W.Latsch and P. Robinson Comparative and Pooled Analysis of the Three Countries; S.Deraniyagala Opening Up and Shutting Down? Synthesis, Policies, and Conclusions; S.Lall Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

SONALI DERANIYAGALA Lecturer in Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
GERRISHON IKIARA Senior Lecturer, Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya
WOLFRAM LATSCH doctoral student in economics, Wolfson College, Oxford
PETER ROBINSON runs an economic consultancy, Zimconsult, Harare, Zimbabwe
HAJI SEMBOJA Senior Research Fellow, Economic and Social Research Foundation, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
GANESHAN WIGNARAJA Chief Programme Officer, Export and Industrial Development Division, Commonwealth Secretariat, London