15 minutes • Episode 5

Podcast: Conversations on Transformation Series

Chinese Imports and Industrialization in Africa - Marina Ngoma

08 March 2023

The Conversations on Transformation series, narrated by Tim Phillips, investigates some of the most important new research in structural transformation, growth and economic development.

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Tim Phillips

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Marina Mavungu Ngoma

In this fifth and final episode, Tim talks to Marina Ngoma (Tufts University) about how Chinese imports have spurred manufacturing employment in Ethiopia.

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Read Chinese Imports and Industrialization in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia by Marina Ngoma (Tufts University) presented at the STEG Annual Conference 2023.

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