Re: [OPE-L] Statistics of world manufacturing value-added

From: Jerry Levy (Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM)
Date: Thu Nov 09 2006 - 09:56:37 EST 

> So where to now with the "deindustrialisation" thesis?

Hi Jurriaan:

The deindustrialization thesis never asserted that all advanced
capitalist nations or regions will experience deindustrialization.  The
UNIDO statistics show a decline in the average annual real growth
of MVA in the period 1998 -- 2003 (compared to 1993 -- 1998)
for:

* the developed market economies (down to 1.7% from 3.0%)
* developing regions (down to 5.5 from 6.2%);
* sub-Sahara Africa (down to 3.0 from 4.2%);
* Latin America and Caribbean (down to 0.7 from 2.7%);
* West Asia and Europe (down to 3.3 from 5.7%)

(see UDIDO page to see which countries are included in
each category)

* and even China (down to 7.9% from 9.6%).

For the world as a whole, there was a decline from 3.5%
to 2.7%.

In solidarity, Jerry

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