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An encouraging guide to help smooth the soul.

Why is there so little industry in Africa? Over the past forty years, industry has moved from the developed to the developing world, yet Africa’s share of global manufacturing has fallen from about 3 percent in 1970 to less than 2 percent in 2014. Industry is important to low-income countries. It is good for economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction. Made in Africa: Learning to Compete in Industry outlines a new strategy to help African industry compete in global markets. This book draws on case studies and econometric and qualitative research from Africa and emerging Asia to understand what drives firm-level competitiveness in low-income countries. The results show that while traditional concerns such as infrastructure, skills, and the regulatory environment are important, they alone will not be sufficient for Africa to industrialize. The book also addresses how industrialization strategies will need to adapt to the region’s growing resource abundance.

Art. Poetry. 100 MORE JOKES FROM THE BOOK OF THE DEAD documents a collaboration between poet John Yau and visual artist Archie Rand. Both have collaborated with each other for nearly 20 years in a variety of mediums (watercolors, paintings, the comic book, among others). The 91 images in the book were created simultaneously without revision, thus questioning the notion of etching as an art of refinement. Archie Rand has exhibited in more than 80 solo and 200 group exhibitions. Other John Yau books also available from SPD include RADIANT SILHOUETTE, BERLIN DIPTYCHON and MY SYMPTOMS.

Four licenses, issued by Nathan[ie]l J. Miller, collector of the first collection district, State of Maine, to Edward M. and/or John Rand, of Portland, Me., for the practice of law, the Rands having paid the tax of $10 in conformity with the provisions of an Act to Provide internal revenue to support the government and to pay interest on the public debt, approved 1 July 1862.