Year: 2013
Type: book
Abstract: No AccessStand Alone Books13 Oct 2013Light Manufacturing in ZambiaJob Creation and Prosperity in a Resource-Based EconomyAuthors/Editors: Hinh T. DinhHinh T. Dinhhttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-9935-4View ChaptersAboutPDF (2.6 MB)Other FormatsePUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:This book argues that light manufacturing is appropriate for a resource-based country like Zambia. While Zambia's recent growth has been impressive, it has not been accompanied with adequate job creation. Long-term job creation in copper production is very small; links to the rest of the economy tend to be weak as well. Besides, the development of natural resources tends to discourage job-creating sectors such as manufacturing. To be sustainable and to create productive employment for its people, growth needs to be accompanied by structural transformation. Such transformation entails a growing share of manufacturing output in the economy. In the past, Zambia's efforts to promote and facilitate industrial growth have not been very successful. Policy regimes swung from one extreme to another. In the 1980s, Zambia put complete control of the industrial sector in the hands of the state. When this model proved unsuccessful, policy shifted in the opposite direction in the 1990s, and all earlier government interventions were lifted. Neither extreme led to sustained growth of manufacturing. This book suggests an alternative: directing government policies toward removing constraints in a few of the most promising light manufacturing sectors using practical and innovative solutions inspired by the fast-growing Asian economies whose starting point 20 years ago was not very different from Zambia's today. This book has several innovative features. First, it provides in-depth cost comparisons between Zambia and four other countries in Asia and Africa at sector and product levels. Second, the book uses a wide array of quantitative and qualitative techniques to identify key constraints to enterprises and to evaluate differences in the performance of firms across countries. Third, it uses a focused approach to identify country- and industry- specific constraints. It proposes market based measures and selected government intervention to ease these constraints. Fourth, it highlights the interconnectedness of constraints and solutions. For example, solving the manufacturing input problem requires actions in agriculture, education, and infrastructure. The book shows that Zambia has the potential to become regionally competitive in several light manufacturing subsectors by leveraging its comparative advantage in natural resource industries such as agriculture, livestock, and forestry. Interventions include both the provision of public goods and the removal of existing policy distortions in the economy. Growing production of light manufacturing goods would allow Zambia to capture more value from its raw materials and create more jobs. FiguresReferencesRecommendedDetailsCited ByEntrepreneurs' Dynamic Capabilities, Financial Resource Development and Financial Performance Among Small and Medium Enterprises in Emerging Markets: Experience from Tanzania9 July 2022Tannery wastewater treatment after activated sludge pre-treatment using electro-oxidation on inactive anodesClean Technologies and Environmental Policy, Vol.22, No.83 August 2020Policy-Making Environments and Locales26 March 2020Zambia: Innate Resource Legacies and Social Enterprise Development: The Impact of Human Agency and Socio-Spatial Context in a Rural Setting3 April 2017Late industrialisation, urbanisation and the middle-income trap: an analytical approach and the case of VietnamCambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society6 January 2017SMEs and Globalisation24 November 2016Food production and the growth of manufacturing: the case of TanzaniaInternational Journal of Social Economics, Vol.43, No.10Rural entrepreneurship in Tanzania: why are micro and small enterprises not creating value in furniture manufacturing industry?Transnational Corporations Review, Vol.8, No.427 January 2017Growth Promotion Through Industrial Strategies a Study of Zambia.SSRN Electronic Journal View Published: June 2013ISBN: 978-0-8213-9935-4e-ISBN: 978-0-8213-9936-1 Copyright & Permissions Related TopicsIndustryMacroeconomics and Economic GrowthPrivate Sector Development KeywordsAPPARELZAMBIASTRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONLIGHT MANUFACTURINGMETAL PRODUCTSLEATHER GOODSDUTCH DISEASEWOOD PRODUCTSAGRIBUSINESSCOPPER PDF DownloadLoading ...
Author: Hinh T. Dinh
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4249874543