TY - BOOK ID - 11276351 TI - Knowledge, technology, and cluster-based growth in Africa AU - Zeng, Douglas Zhihua. AU - World Bank. PY - 2008 SN - 0821373064 9786611217716 1281217719 0821373072 PB - Washington, DC : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Electronic books. KW - Industrial clusters. KW - Industrial clusters KW - Enterprise zones KW - Business enterprises KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic History KW - Business organizations KW - Businesses KW - Companies KW - Enterprises KW - Firms KW - Organizations, Business KW - Empowerment zones KW - Enterprise zones, Urban KW - Urban enterprise zones KW - Zones, Enterprise KW - Zones, Urban enterprise KW - Agglomerations, Industrial KW - Cluster industries KW - Clusters, Industrial KW - Firm clusters KW - Industrial agglomerations KW - Industry clusters KW - Business KW - Community development, Urban KW - Industrial promotion KW - Manpower policy KW - Tax credits KW - Business networks KW - Taxation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11276351 AB - Africa is on the move, demonstrating in recent years a significant potential for economic growth. Although the region still faces many challenges, it is also generating pockets of economic vitality in the form of enterprise clusters that are contributing to national, regional, and local productivity. Through case examples from Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book provides an understanding of how these dynamic enterprise clusters were formed and have evolved, and how knowledge, human capital, and technology have contributed to their success. ER -