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Simon Teitel - Technology and Skills in Zimbabwe's Manufacturing: From Autarky to Competition - 9780333652244 - V9780333652244
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Technology and Skills in Zimbabwe's Manufacturing: From Autarky to Competition

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Description for Technology and Skills in Zimbabwe's Manufacturing: From Autarky to Competition Hardcover. This study, based on a detailed analysis of the results of a survey of manufacturing firms in selected industries, shows the origin of the technologies mastered by Zimabwe, the use made of external and domestic sources of technology, the skills being applied, and training and needs. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; KCM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 551.
Small Sub-Saharan African countries are facing difficult times trying to accelerate their economic growth while at the same time attempting to liberalize their economies. For many, independence has brought political freedom without concomitant economic and social improvement for their indigenous populations. Zimbabwe fits this description and while it has made significant strides in educating its populations and distributing some agricultural land, it still lags in modernizing its manufacturing industries which survived for many years with little or no capital investment and restricted access to imports. This study, based on a detailed analysis of the results of a survey of manufacturing ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333652244
SKU
V9780333652244
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Simon Teitel
SIMON TEITEL is an international economic consultant having worked for the World Bank, United Nations and other organizations. He was previously Senior Research Advisor at the Inter-American Development Bank. He is the author of nine other books, including Resources, Industrialization and Exports in Latin America, Technology and Enterprise Development: Ghana Under Structural Adjustment, Industrial and Technological Development, Towards a New ... Read more

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