Carlos Lopes, the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), often talks about Toblerone, the famous chocolate bar manufactured in Switzerland by Kraft Foods, an ...

Industrialisation has long been acknowledged as a potent driver of economic progress across countries and region. In India, for instance, the rise of manufacturing in rural areas has lifted millions ...

Developing countries that have managed to move out of backwardness have normally done so in a matter of a few decades. They have usually taken the route to industrialisation in several phases. It ...

The First Industrial Revolution in the 18th century started the modernisation process marked by profound economic, social, and cultural transformations in the world. Research shows that the process of ...

The emerging significance of developing countries, which gathered momentum after 1980, is beginning to shift the balance of power in the world economy. It could lead to a profound transformation in ...

One of the focal points of the Tanzanian government’s long-term development strategy is industrialisation. In the five-year development plans (FYDPs) that serve as the foundation for the Tanzania ...

Bangladesh is a densely populated country and generally most of the industries of this country are situated in the midst of residential area of different locality. Almost all of these industries are ...

Last week, the Sri Lanka Economic Association (SLEA) hosted its annual international conference of the year 2024. The conference theme was ‘Industrial Transformation for Economic Revival in Sri Lanka’ ...

'rendered': 'In this interview, a former Special Advisor to the President of the African Development Bank, Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, speaks with GRACE EDEMA on the newly unveiled TransComs ...