The experiences of all past successful late industrialisers tell us that experimentation with policies resulted in better outcomes.
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African countries must take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact to accelerate industrialisation and intra-regional trade, and improve infrastructure.
African economies could benefit more from backward linkages to the mining industry than from beneficiation.
A tumultuous era has ended and there’s a silver lining to the cloud that has been hanging over South Africa.
Firms with a focus on the domestic and regional market have an incentive to distribute their medicines effectively. Local production can create a win-win situation for health and employment.
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Executive Director, Policy Research for Development
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SA UK Bilateral Research Professor in Political Theory, Wits and Cambridge, University of the Witwatersrand
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Chief Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor of Economics, The Open University
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Director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Reader in Politics, Governance and Development, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester