While developing Asia saw its share in global manufacturing rise from 13 percent in 2000 to 25 percent in 2008, Africa recorded a drop from 1.2 percent to 1.1 percent in the same period, said a study by the UN Conference on Trade and Development and the UN Industrial Development Organisation.
"Africa now accounts for about 1 percent of global manufacturing, and cannot realistically hope to reduce widespread poverty if its governments don't take effective measures to expand this vital economic sector," said the report.
Oh, right. It's only bad for the West. We can afford to cut way back and be fine, they say.
