Sustainable Industrialization in Africa: Toward a New Development Agenda

Sustainable Industrialization in Africa explores the issues that confront development policy in the context of the MDGs and the post-2015 development agenda from an African perspective. The book argues that development is an ultimate outcome of sustainable, equitable industrialization, and that any development agenda for the future has to ensure that industrialization is fostered in a way that makes economies independent and responsive to the needs of all citizens. Future challenges for sustainable industrialization in Africa, based upon the differences in its current industrialization trajectories, are discussed to ensure that industrial growth results in positive economic and social outcomes in the context of the post-2015 development agenda.

Padmashree Gehl Sampath is Chief of the Technology and Innovation Report Series Taskforce at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to this, she has worked as a Researcher at the United Nations University-MERIT and as Assistant Professor on International Development and Innovation at the Open University, UK. Her research interests include trade, industrial policy and development issues, and has published several journal publications, book chapters and four authored books. She holds a Bellagio Residency and an award from the Rotary International in India.

Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka is Director of the Monitoring and Research Division, UN-HABITAT, Kenya; a Professorial Fellow in Innovation and Development, United Nations University- MERIT, The Netherlands and Visiting Professor of Innovation and Development at The Open University, UK. His research interests are in Science Technology, Innovation Policy and Systems in Late Development, Innovation Systems in Industry Small and Medium Enterprises, industrial clusters in Developing Countries and latecomer Industrialization and Economic Development. He has published several books in addition to journal articles and other works. He is a board member of several academic journals and programmes including the STEPS-IDS, Sussex, UK. He is a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering.