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Technology and Skills in Zimbabwe's Manufacturing

From Autarky to Competition

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  • © 2000

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  1. Simón Teitel
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Country and Manufacturing Industry Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Country Background

      • Simón Teitel
      Pages 3-17

    3. Manufacturing Industry

      • Simón Teitel
      Pages 18-25

    4. Education, Science and Technology

      • Simón Teitel
      Pages 26-34

  3. Conceptual Framework and Methodology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. Conceptualization of Technology

      • Simón Teitel
      Pages 37-43

    3. Methodology

      • Simón Teitel
      Pages 44-51

  4. Manufacturing Technology Acquisition and Operation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Acquisition of Technology

      • Simón Teitel
      Pages 55-64

    3. Plant Technical Operating Capabilities

      • Simón Teitel
      Pages 65-73

    4. Technological Functions and Their Organization

      • Simón Teitel
      Pages 74-86

  5. Technical Change, Skills, and Firm Performance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Planned Technical Change

      • Simón Teitel
      Pages 89-93

    3. Skills and Technological Capability

      • Simón Teitel
      Pages 94-104

  6. Conclusions and Policy Interventions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Conclusions

      • Simón Teitel
      Pages 107-110

    3. Policy Interventions

      • Simón Teitel
      Pages 111-123

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 125-275
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About this book

Small Sub-Saharan African countries are facing difficult times trying to accelerate their economic growth while at the same time attempting to liberalize their economies. For many, independence has brought political freedom without concomitant economic and social improvement for their indigenous populations. Zimbabwe fits this description and while it has made significant strides in educating its populations and distributing some agricultural land, it still lags in modernizing its manufacturing industries which survived for many years with little or no capital investment and restricted access to imports. This study, based on a detailed analysis of the results of a survey of manufacturing firms in selected industries, shows the origin of the technologies they have mastered, the use made of external and domestic sources of technology, the skills being applied, their training and other needs, as well as the policies that could favourably affect future industrial development in Zimbabwe.

About the author

SIMON TEITEL is an international economic consultant having worked for the World Bank, United Nations and other organizations. He was previously Senior Research Advisor at the Inter-American Development Bank. He is the author of nine other books, including Resources, Industrialization and Exports in Latin America, Technology and Enterprise Development: Ghana Under Structural Adjustment, Industrial and Technological Development, Towards a New Development Strategy for Latin America and Trade, Stability, Technology and Equity in Latin America and some fifty articles on economic development, international trade and science and technology.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Technology and Skills in Zimbabwe's Manufacturing

  • Book Subtitle: From Autarky to Competition

  • Authors: Simón Teitel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230514027

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-65224-4Published: 03 October 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-51402-7Published: 03 October 2000

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 275

  • Topics: Development Economics

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