Technology and Enterprise Development
Ghana under Structural Adjustment
Published on 27. July 2016
XIV, 262 pages
978-1-349-13925-5 (ISBN)
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The process of capability development is central to industrialization, but the current literature focuses on the advanced developing countries. This book, based on a World Bank sponsored study of enterprise development in Ghana, is the first to examine in detail how firms in least developed countries in Africa acquire technological capabilities. It analyses why Ghanaian firms are generally relatively uncompetitive, why some firms are better than others, and how the structural adjustment is affecting manufacturing development.
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Sanjaya Lall | Giorgio Barba Navaretti | Simon Teitel
Technology and Enterprise Development
Ghana Under Structural Adjustment
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10/1995
Palgrave Macmillan
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List of Tables - List of Figures - Preface - PART A: APPROACH AND BACKGROUND - Introduction and Analytical Approach - Background to Technology Development in Ghana - Methodology and Sample Characteristics - Technological Characteristics of the Panel Sample - PART B: PROCESS AND DETERMINANTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT - Technological Capabilities: A Summary Evaluation - Technologically 'Competent' Firms - Human Capital and Technology Development - Technical Effort - Incentives and Other Influences on TC Development -PART C: POLICY IMPLICATIONS - Lesson of the Case Studies - Appendix A: Textiles and Garments -Appendix B: Food Processing - Appendix C: Wood Working - Appendix D: Metal Working - Notes - References - Index
