dc.contributor.author | Dagdeviren, Hulya | |
dc.contributor.author | Mahran, H.A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-29T13:01:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-09-29T13:01:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Dagdeviren , H & Mahran , H A 2010 , ' A tale of industrial stagnation from Africa ' , International Review of Applied Economics , vol. 24 , no. 4 , pp. 495-510 . https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2010.483792 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1465-3486 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/6526 | |
dc.description | Original article can be found at: http://www.tandfonline.com/ Copyright Taylor & Francis | |
dc.description.abstract | Many African economies have experienced rather dismal industrial development since the 1980s. The consensus is that African firms lack competitiveness in a world with increasing trade openness. What determines competitiveness? A well-known explanation is that resource endowments in Africa favour land not labour, which results in high wages, especially in comparison with 'labour abundant' Asian economies. This paper examines the validity of this view on the basis of the case of Sudan. We demonstrate that the lack of competitiveness of manufacturing industries is not caused by high wages. Assuming a direct relationship between labour productivity and international competitiveness, we argue that acute capacity underutilisation, caused by supply-side constraints, lowers manufacturing productivity, which in turn negatively influences competitiveness. | en |
dc.format.extent | 15 | |
dc.format.extent | 299605 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Review of Applied Economics | |
dc.title | A tale of industrial stagnation from Africa | en |
dc.contributor.institution | Global Economy and Business Research Unit | |
dc.contributor.institution | Hertfordshire Business School | |
dc.contributor.institution | Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Research on Management, Economy and Society | |
dc.contributor.institution | Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2011-12-01 | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1080/02692171.2010.483792 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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