David's Bin Day by Sue Wickstead
* * A timely analysis of the current state and prospects for African industrial capabilities in relation to that of other developing regions* * Provides recent figures on industrial competitiveness indicators for a large number of developing countries (especially African countries).
* * It develops new tools of comparison in terms of technological and industrial performance allowing the detection of outliers and similarities of performance across regions and countries.
This book describes Africa's position within the current industrial global setting and analyses the recent performance of African manufacturing relative to that of other developing regions. It stresses the rapidly changing technological challenges faced by African economies and Africa's poor response to the threats posed by other developing regions such as East Asia.
This analysis is based on the examination of a set of drivers of competitiveness related to technology, skills and foreign direct investment. With some exceptions for the two outliers (South Africa and Mauritius), African scores in all these indicators are far behind the international dynamics. The observation of these drivers suggests that the basic problem of African industry lies not in the investment climate (which can certainly be improved) or in gaining market access to rich countries but in the low level of its industrial capabilities.
It concludes with a set of policy options, enhancing the role of the international community and the need to improve the effectiveness of African 'national learning systems'. This book points out the urgency of reconsidering current African industrial strategy and evolving a new strategy focused on building capabilities.
Another wonderful children's story from Sue WicksteadThere is something truly special about her stories.' @RachelBustin.
Wickstead, Sue: - Sue Wickstead is a teacher and an author and has written children's picture books with a bus theme. Sue's stories are about a playbus. Have you ever been on a Playbus? When Sue's two children were young, they attended a playgroup on a bus, but not an ordinary bus taking you on a journey, exciting though this is, but a Playbus stuffed full of toys to capture their imagination! For over 20 years, alongside her teaching career, Sue worked with the charity, The Bewbush Playbus Association, she painted the bus, worked in the groups, helped raise the profile of the project and its work and was part of the committee involved in raising funds to replace it with a newer vehicle. This led her to write a photographic history book about it. Sue remembers that it really was a fun journey to be involved in. The bus really got into her blood and became a work of the heart. Having written the history book Sue soon found that many children had never been on a bus before, let alone a 'Playbus' and they wanted to know more. She began telling them stories about the bus and then decided to write a fictional tale. The real number plate for the bus was JJK261 and this gave him Jay-Jay the supersonic Bus his name. 'Jay-Jay the Supersonic Bus, ' came out in print in 2014. It is the story behind the original project and is his journey from a scrap-yard to being changed into a playbus for children to play in. From Fact to fiction the bus journey continues. This story has now been followed more picture books about buses. Daisy Daydream is the bus Sue painted. 'A Spooky Tale' and 'The Christmas Play Rehearsal' do indeed have a bus connection as well as links to Sue's teaching journey. Sue undertakes events and author bookings and loves to share her stories, she is also 'a patron of reading',
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781916392335 |
| ISBN 10 | 1916392334 |
| Title | David's Bin Day |
| Author | Sue Wickstead |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | JayJayBooks |
| Year published | 2022-04-02 |
| Number of pages | 40 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |