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Title: | The Role of Small Enterprises in Industrial Development of East Africa: An Integrated Approach |
Author: | Juneja, J.S. |
Year: | 1990 |
Periodical: | African Currents |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 12 |
Period: | October |
Pages: | 27-49 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | East Africa Southern Africa |
Subjects: | industrial development small-scale industry Development and Technology |
Abstract: | There is a striking similarity between East and southern Africa and India in terms of problems posed during the postindependence era, such as resource constraints, unemployment and underdevelopment. Therefore it is pertinent to draw relevant lessons from India's integrated approach to industrialization for application to the African situation, with adjustments and modifications if and when required. In the light of the Indian experience, the author presents a small industries policy framework for East and southern Africa and highlights the suitability of various types of small industries for developing East and southern African economies. The article summarizes the major findings of his doctoral dissertation. The author finds, amongst others, that investment opportunities have not been utilized in East and southern Africa because of the lack of entrepreneurial spirit among the nationals; that aid from more advanced countries is not always suitable, hence his plea for South-South collaboration; that traditional and locally developed technologies can be much more useful than those imported from the advanced economies, and that technology transfer is a multifacetted issue best tackled by using an integrated approach covering such factors as communication, documentation, skill upgrading and financial arrangements; and that entrepreneurial development is crucial to small enterprise building and industrial growth. Note, ref. |