Carlos Lopes, the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), often talks about Toblerone, the famous chocolate bar manufactured in Switzerland by Kraft Foods, an ...

On November 17, 2022, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Việt Nam issued the Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW on the acceleration of the national industrialisation and modernisation to 2030 with a ...

Experience from successful industrialised countries suggests that industrialisation brings significant structural change in the economy which leads to considerable reduction in poverty, large-scale ...

The green industrialisation agenda has been growing in prominence in recent years. As a goal, this agenda is crucial for developing countries as it can unite the aims of decarbonisation, development ...

The emerging significance of developing countries, which gathered momentum after 1980, is beginning to shift the balance of power in the world economy. It could lead to a profound transformation in ...

Developing countries that have managed to move out of backwardness have normally done so in a matter of a few decades. They have usually taken the route to industrialisation in several phases. It ...

Many developing countries are highly urbanised but lack large industrial sectors. Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye The patterns of urbanisation in the developing world in the past few decades have diverged ...

…I really do hope that not only Nigeria but more African countries will seize this fresh opportunity to industrialise, given the new attitude of the World Bank to the idea. The African Continental ...

Former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called for visionary and ethical leadership, industrialisation and investment in technology to accelerate Africa ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area is a continental agreement which came into force in May 2019. It covers trade in goods and services, investment, intellectual property rights and competition ...

The total amount of money invested in the project. The total cost includes EU contribution as well as other project costs not covered by EU funding. It is expressed in euros. Amount of money, by way ...