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About 2.6 billion people in the developing world are facing difficulties in accessing electricity full time.
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2.5 billion people worldwide lack access to basic sanitation and almost 800 million people lack access to water, many hundreds of millions of them in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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1 to 1.5 million people do not have access to reliable phone service.
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For many African countries, particularly the lower-income countries, infrastructure constraints affect company productivity by around 40%.
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Manufacturing is an important employer, accounting for around 470 million jobs worldwide in 2009 – or around 16% of the world’s workforce of 2.9 billion. It is estimated that there were more than half a billion jobs in manufacturing in 2013.
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Industrialization’s job multiplication effect has a positive impact on society. Every one job in manufacturing creates 2.2 jobs in other sectors.
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In developing countries, barely 30% of agricultural production undergoes industrial processing. In high-income countries, 98% is processed. This suggests that there are great opportunities for developing countries in agribusiness.
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India’s growth rate averaged at 7.25% in the last 5 years.
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India’s CO2 emissions per capita are 1.67 (metric tons), one of the lowest in the world, the global average being around 4-5(metric tons). In 2010, per capita annual electricity consumption was 626 kwH compared to the global average of 2977 kwH.
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation