ture , in addition to other more outward advancement markers within their national territories . People development is foundational to national prosperity and there is no shortcut for Africa . Strategic investment in systems , processes and knowledge bases targeted at the intellect and emoof government – the Presidency , Ministry of Finance , Ministry of Industry and Trade , the Investment Agency , and the key line ministry of the priority sectors – can align around this , the more African governments can unlock the power of export-led industrial policy . This will also help African economies to chart their own course for turning their own vision for the socio-economic transformation of their nations into actual reality , just like high-income countries have done . It is also important for well-meaning global policymakers and development practitioners – particularly those concerned about global inequality and entrenched poverty in African and other LICs and LMICs – to come to grips
❧ ❧ ❧ with this and develop a supportive mechanism to assist these countries to implement a robust export-oriented industrial policy . After all , know how to .
Jonathan Said is the Head of Sector Practices at the Tony Blair Institute .
Africa Should Not Have Infrastructure It Cannot Maintain
Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu
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The delivery of infrastructure constructed with borrowed skills and funds has been flaunted as indicators of progress by many of Sub-Saharan Africa ’ s post-Independence leaders and applauded by citizens . Sixty years after independence , this misconception continues to thrive , driving Africans farther and farther away from authentic , deep rooted and sustainable advancement .
This article reinforces the historically proven truth that a people who are developed are able to build and maintain infrastruc-
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