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INTERVIEW: Africa on the road to industrial progress

September 5, 2017 AFRICA, Business, In The Magazine, Interview 0

Li Yong, is the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. He spoke to African Renewal about industrial progress in Africa. As the Director-General of the UNIDO, what are the factors hindering Africa’s industrialization? The sudden drop in commodity prices caused problems because it lowered the competitiveness of …

COMMENT: Africa’s must-do decade

January 4, 2017 comment, In The Magazine 0

To achieve sustainable development, countries have to increase the share of manufacturing COMMENT | LI YONG | Since 2000, Africa has recorded impressive rates of economic growth, owing largely to development assistance and a prolonged commodity boom. While the continent shows great diversity in the socioeconomic trajectories, growth rates have generally …