TY - BOOK ID - 46193432 TI - Industries without smokestacks : industrialization in Africa reconsidered AU - Newfarmer, Richard S. AU - Page, John M. AU - Tarp, Finn AU - World Institute for Development Economics Research PY - 2018 SN - 0191861014 9780198821885 0198821883 0192554999 0192555006 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Industrialization KW - Manufacturing industries KW - Industries KW - Manufactures KW - Industrial development KW - Economic development KW - Economic policy KW - Deindustrialization KW - Africa KW - structural transformation KW - industries without smokestacks KW - economic growth KW - manufacturing UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46193432 AB - Although manufacturing has played an important role in the growth of developing countries, Africa has lagged in this industry. This text argues that activities sharing the characteristics of manufacturing, including tourism and ICT, are beginning to play an important role in Africa, offering new opportunities for growth in coming decades. ER -