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The Industrial Policy Revolution II

Africa in the Twenty-first Century

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: International Economic Association Series (IEA)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
  2. Introduction: Industrial Policy in the African Context

    1. Introduction: Industrial Policy in the African Context

      • Joseph Stiglitz, Justin Yifu Lin, Célestin Monga, Ebrahim Patel
      Pages 1-22
  3. New Thinking on Industrial Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
    2. Learning and Industrial Policy: Implications for Africa

      • Bruce Greenwald, Joseph E. Stiglitz
      Pages 25-49
  4. Structural Transformation: Lessons from History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
    2. Industrial Policy: Can Africa Do It?

      • Ha-Joon Chang
      Pages 114-132
  5. New Global Order and African Reindustrialization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
  6. Trade, Finance, and Sectoral Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 319-319
    2. Financialization as an Obstacle to Industrialization

      • C. P. Chandrasekhar
      Pages 350-363

About this book

This volume is the result of the 2012 International Economic Association's series of roundtables on the theme of Industrial Policy. The first, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy,' was hosted by the World Bank in Washington, D.C, and the second, 'New Thinking on Industrial Policy: Implications for Africa,' was held in Pretoria, South Africa.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Columbia University, USA

    Joseph E. Stiglitz

  • National School of Development, Peking University, China

    Justin Lin Yifu

  • Minister of Economic Development, South Africa

    Ebrahim Patel

About the editors

Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University, USA Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University, China Dr. Ludovico Alcorta, Statistics and Strategic Research Branch Dr. Nobuya Haraguchi, UNIDO Mr. Gorazd Rezonja, UNIDO Yaw Ansu, Africa Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) based in Accra, Ghana Vandana Chandra, World Bank's Development Economics Prospects Group C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge, UK Mario Cimoli Gabriel Porcile, ECLAC Klaus Deininger, World Bank, Washington DC, USA James Heintz, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA Jean Imbs, Paris School of Economics (PSE), France Richard Joseph, Northwestern University, USA Paul Jourdan Raphael Kaplinsky, Open University Mushtaq H. Khan, University of London, UK Célestin Monga, World Bank Streevarsen P.Narrainen, University of Manitoba, Canada Dominique Njinkeu, Trade Facilitation Facility (TFF) Julie Lohi Calvin Djiofack, World Bank Akbar Noman, Columbia University, USA Dr. Hamid Rashid, United Nations Simon Roberts Thia Jang Ping, Ministry of Trade and Industry Bruce Greenwald, Columbia University, USA

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