Before services were centralised to London, many regions looked after their own affairs – and thrived.
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Although originally conceived in Europe, art deco came to define American interwar prosperity, optimism and luxury.
The Thorpe rail crash in September 1874 killed 25 people.
The past eight Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summits, since 2000, have not resulted in mutual gain, particularly in trade and industrialisation for Africa.
African countries are urbanising fast but without investment in public infrastructure and services, resulting in congestion, contagion and the rise of informal settlements.
Ghana’s industries need fewer production constraints and more incentives to compete domestically.
Infrastructure that links mines to ports isn’t enough – it needs to be accompanied by policies that encourage productive investment in factories.
Asia’s much touted low-cost, export-oriented manufacturing model increases gender discrimination.
Average farm machinery use in Africa is among the lowest in the world.
In the early decades of the 20th century, people grappled with the sounds modernity wrought. Some heard only noise. Others found great beauty.
Business managers rethinking supply chains should consider COVID effects, the African free trade area and green industrial growth.
Creating employment and fighting corruption are two of the subjects discussed in the wide ranging discussion.
The scenarios provide plausible and possible alternatives for futures of industrialisation. They also alert decision makers to desired and undesired development pathways.
As long as industrial policies in Nigeria are introduced only as a crisis response, import restrictions will continue to be their focus.
Structural transformation across the Nigerian economy remains very limited.
Industrialisation was key to long-term economic growth in the west and Asia. After years of going in the wrong direction, new research suggests that many African countries have seen a turnaround.
Randomised trials in development have attracted criticiism over ethical issues and questions about being effective for policy.
A large free trade area could hinder the development of manufacturing, which countries need for economic growth.
A high number of carnivores have been discovered at a huge industrial site in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
There is a plethora of highly troubling issues facing the global economy that are caused, in part, by globalisation.
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Associate Professor, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies/ History, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Houston
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Research Director, Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor: International Business & Strategy, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of International Development, Dublin City University
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