The book analyzes how to make trade and investment policies in Africa relevant for structural change. First, the framework of coherent and comprehensive trade policies is presented; the role of international organizations in promoting agricultural export trade is analyzed; and the divergence between planned and actual export diversification strategies is discussed. Secondly, it is investigated how investment policies could be redirected towards major economic sectors, how oil-exporting countries can strengthen their industrial policy towards export diversification, and how global value chains...
The book analyzes how to make trade and investment policies in Africa relevant for structural change. First, the framework of coherent and comprehensi...