This book explores how better governance can help Africa to achieve structural transformation
(understood to be the reallocation of factors of production across and within sectors to better
support inclusive development) which history has shown to be key to sustained inclusive
growth. The book begins with a review of the existing literature on the links between
governance and structural transformation and the success or otherwise of various sub regions in
achieving structural transformation. It continues with a range of contributors addressing
original empirical research on the relationships between different approaches to institutions
and trade and industrial policies and structural transformation in Africa. The book makes
recommendations for a new approach to governance in Africa that can deliver the structural
transformation that the continent needs for Africans to enjoy shared prosperity poverty
reduction and development.
