State Capability and Prospects for Close Co-ordination: Considerations for Industrial Policy in Africa

Rachel Gisselquist ()

No wp-2015-035, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Recent research highlights the considerable potential of industrial policy to support structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa. Given the importance of the state in industrial policy, this paper considers the implications for these discussions of recent work on state fragility. It argues that weaknesses in state capacity in the region can be expected to severely limit the likelihood of successful industrial policy in a number of countries—indeed, over a half of them, if we believe standard metrics.

Keywords: Industrial policy; State governments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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