industrialisation

UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
Forty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Africa

Sixth Joint Annual Meetings of the ECA Conference of African
Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and
AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance

AFRICAN UNION
COMMISSION
Eighth session of the Conference of African
Ministers of Economy and Finance

Distr.: General
E/ECA/CM/46/2
AU/CAMEF/MIN/2(VIII)
7 March 2013

Abidjan, Côte d 'Ivoire
25 and 26 March 2013

Original: English

Industrialization for an Emerging Africa
Issues paper

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Contents
Acronyms and abbreviations .............................................................................................................. ii
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 1
I.

Africa’s experience with industrialization and structural transformation .................................. 2

II.

Role of industrialization in Africa’s emergence ..................................................................... 5

III.

Addressing the key constraints to industrial development...................................................... 6

IV.

Industrializing for Africa’s economic emergence: emerging global issues ............................ 8

V.

Planning and accelerating Africa’s Industrialization ............................................................ 10

VI.

Financing Africa’s industrialization...................................................................................... 14

References ........................................................................................................................................ 16

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Acronyms and abbreviations
AfDB
AIDA
AU
AUC
DFI
ECA
FDI
GDP

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