This paper applies the Growth
Identification and Facilitation Framework developed by Lin
and Monga (2010) to Nigeria. It identifies as appropriate
comparator countries China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam,
and selects a wide range of industries in which these
comparator countries may be losing their comparative
advantage and which may therefore lend themselves to
targeted interventions of the government to fast-track
growth. These industries include food processing, light
manufacturing, suitcases, shoes, car parts, and
petrochemicals. The paper also discusses binding constraints
to growth in each of these value chains as well as
mechanisms through which governance-related issues in the
implementation of industrial policy could be addressed
