tion of African development plans for tl:e 1980s shews clearly the. ·· high priority given to manufacturin£ anc the emphasis en the promotion of local resources ana initiative. In Nigeria, despite the constraints created by the world recession, the plan fer 1981-1985 prov1ces for large-scale industrial developcent. Several projects will each cost more than $1 billion: the Bonny liquefied natural gas scheme, for e:llample, is expectea to cost $8 billion. In the Ivory Coast, the 1981-1985 development plan is less ambitious in its objectives than past experience would war­ rant, though industrial development is expected to proceec at a rapid rate. Encouragement of local entrepreneurs is given par­ticular prominence, and the government is eneagec in a deterreined dri,ve to promote exports to neighbouring African markets • . 68 E/ECA /CM. 9/5 124. In the United Republic of Cameroon, the fifth five-year plan (1982-1986), under which the level of invest~ent is greatly increased because of oil revenues, provices fer investment in manufacturing totalline CFAF 175.6 billion or 7.6 per cent of the total. · To this must be added CFAF 8.4 billion to be invested in the promotion of small-scale industry and large petrochemical projects. There is strong emphasis on the use of local resour­ ces, and a definite shift towards giving the private sector more room for maneuver. In Zaire, the government~ main intention is to reorganize and stimulate the manufacturing sector, which has been badly affected by the country's economic crisis. 125. The sixth development plan in Tunisia (1982-1986) allocates 1 ,600 million dinars for manufacturing out of a total of 8,200 millions (19.5 per cent). There is a slight increase in the share allocated to manufacturing compared with the fifth plan, when it was 18 per cent. Projects with a hifh labour intensity are to receive 60 per cent of total investment, while large 