Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/64169 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2011-18
Publisher: 
University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics, Amherst, MA
Abstract: 
This essay explores the role of the state in promoting exports and industrialization in the quest for transformation of African economies. It does this by exploring the role of trade in African economies followed by a brief look at the East Asian Developmental state. This is followed by an examination of why many African states have failed at being drivers of transformation. It concludes by examining the potential role of African states in a project of transformation as well as the available avenues and resources for transformation.
Subjects: 
Africa
economic development
economic history
exports
industrialization
transformation
JEL: 
O1
O2
O3
N17
N47
N57
N67
N77
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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