High Hopes and Limited Successes: Experimenting with Industrial Polices in the Leather Industry in Ethiopia
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Keywords
Ethiopia; Industrial Policy; Leather; capacity; value chain; markets;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O25 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Industrial Policy
- L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
- L67 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Other Consumer Nondurables: Clothing, Textiles, Shoes, and Leather Goods; Household Goods; Sports Equipment
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2014-02-02 (Africa)
- NEP-IND-2014-02-02 (Industrial Organization)
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