"The first chapter summarizes the economic situation in Africa and outlines the objectives of the Industrial Development Decade for Africa. The second chapter describes the industrial situation in the subregion, indicating the need for the reorientation of industrialization policies and strategies as well as the major institutional arrangements for economic co-operation in the subregion. Proceeding from a definition of core industries, the third chapter identifies the strategic industrial subsectors in the subregion and describes those areas and services that support industrial development. The fourth chapter presents an initial integrated industrial promotion programme for the subregion. It introduces a series of core projects in priority subsectors and gives details of support projects supplementing the process of integration. Project profiles are used to provide data relating to raw materials, infrastructure, markets, demand and investment requirements. The fifth chapter proposes a plan for the implementation of the integrated programme."--Introd.