Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail: The Ugly Truth behind Failed Industrialization Efforts in Africa

International Journal of Economics and Management Studies

© 2019 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal

Volume 6 Issue 10

Year of Publication : 2019

Authors : Daniel Wandera Clief Naku

10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V6I10P106

How to Cite?

Daniel Wandera Clief Naku, "Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail: The Ugly Truth behind Failed Industrialization Efforts in Africa," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 6,  no. 10, pp. 41-51, 2019. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V6I10P106

Abstract:

The contention of this paper revolves around the posit that failing to plan has been a major contributory factor to failed industrialization efforts in Africa. To examine this posits, the paper employed a methodological review of three countries i.e. Uganda, Tanzania and Ghana on a random selection basis. Indeed the findings from the three cases demonstrate that absence of good planning for industrialization has contributed to hampering industrialization efforts in these countries. It is ascertained that this situation is not only limited to the three reviewed cases, rather, it is possible that a similar situation has been behind failed industrialization efforts in other African countries that have not been reviewed. In conclusion, the paper winds up by calling upon countries on the African continent to plan well and plan with a purpose if they are to realize their industrial efforts.

Keywords:

Plan, Planning, Industrialization

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