A Natural Experiment of Industrial Policy: Floriculture and the Metal and Engineering Industries in Ethiopia

Mulu Gebreeyesus

No wp-2014-163, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Ethiopia represents an excellent case study of recent industrial policy experimentation in Africa. The country is well known for its successful promotion of the cut-flower industry through business-government co-ordination. What is less known is that at nearly the same time it was also using co-ordination to promote the metal and engineering industry with little success. This study provides comparative analysis of the policy process and outcomes of the interventions in these two industries.

Keywords: Agriculture; Government business enterprises; Industrial policy; International trade; Metallurgy; Decision making (Public administration); Public - private sector cooperation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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