"A long road to substantive levels of industrialization still lies ahead of most African countries. The challenges facing policy-makers, industrialists, industrial development activist and all other actors in these countries are enormous. This raises the question as to, what role the...

1. Introduction -- 2. Employment and inclusive growth : a development perspective -- 3. Macroeconomic policy, growth and employment -- 4. Structural transformation and productive employment creation : alternative pathways -- 5. Rights-based approach to employment -- 6. Human capital and...

1. Growth and institutions in African development / Augustin K. Fosu -- 2. Determinants of industrial embeddedness : evidence from manufacturing firms in an African economy / Abdelrasaq Na-Allah -- 3. Does lack of innovation and absorptive capacity retard economic growth in Africa? / Steve...