Industrialization in an Open Economy - Nigeria 1945-1966

Klappentext This book provides a detailed study of how manufacturing and processing industries have developed in the largest country of West Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I: 1. Growth of the Nigerian Economy 1900-1966; 2. The Market; Part II: 3. From Trade to Manufacture: The Mechanics of Import Substitution; 4. Import Substitution: Case Studies and Policy Implications; Part III: 5. Utilizing Domestic Resources: Processing for Export; 6. Utilizing Domestic Resources: Applied Industrial Research; Part IV: 7. The Supply of Labour; 8. Education and Skill Formation; 9. Industrial Relations and Wage Determination: Failure of the Anglo-Saxon Model; Part V: 10. Indigenous Enterprise; Part VI: 11. Conclusion: A Strategy for Industrialization.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Kilby, Kilby Peter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521084017
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08401-7
• No. of pages: 420
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Nigeria, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Africa / West, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, African History, C 1945 To C 1960, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history