Africa Industrialization Day

  Since 2018, Africa Industrialization Day ( AID ) has been celebrated with a week of events, dubbed "Africa Industrialization Week" (AIW). This shift allows for deeper discussions and activities around industrialization's critical role in Africa's development. Africa Industrialization Day (AID) 2018  - Promoting Regional Value Chains in Africa: A pathway for accelerating Africa’s structural transformation, industrialization and pharmaceutical production”.

  The fragmentation of production along global value chains has been recognized as a significant feature of the twenty-first century global economy with its epicentre in Asia. Research on GVCs is, however, characterized by a lack of consensus over definition and measurement. The increasing availability of integrated input-output data and the development of appropriate indicators to measure GVC participation have allowed researchers to delve more deeply into empirical regularities surrounding integration and upgrading within GVCs. Combining findings from firm-level surveys and case studies, the geography of GVCs in Asia can be mapped and the determinants of successful participation and upgrading in global and regional chains identified. This volume brings together the findings from a series of studies carried out for a joint project of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).  Part One takes a ...