The practice of industrial policy: Four lessons for Africa

TY - ICOMM

T1 - The practice of industrial policy

T2 - Four lessons for Africa

AU - Page, John

AU - Tarp, Finn

PY - 2017/11

Y1 - 2017/11

N2 - Industrial policy has finally moved away from the arid debate on ‘picking winners’ versus ‘levelling the playing field’. Today, there is growing understanding that the market imperfections on which the theoretical arguments for industrial policy rest are pervasive, especially in low-income countries.

AB - Industrial policy has finally moved away from the arid debate on ‘picking winners’ versus ‘levelling the playing field’. Today, there is growing understanding that the market imperfections on which the theoretical arguments for industrial policy rest are pervasive, especially in low-income countries.

M3 - Net publication - Internet publication

T3 - WIDER Policy Brief

ER -