This paper explores the industrial policies and trajectories that the transitional government of Sudan (TGS) adopted in the years 2019 – 2021, to evaluate their impact on prospects of people-centered development. The paper addresses industrial policy as a fundamental infrastructure to accommodate people-centered development and appropriate technology implementation. The paper reviews the industrial reality in pre-revolution Sudan and its impacts on development from a people-centered approach, then evaluates industrial policies adopted by the TGS whether explicitly or implicitly, on their ability to achieve people-centered development and promote appropriate technology implantation. The evaluation examines the strategy documents issued by the TGS, and the legislations enacted over the same period with direct impact on industrial policy.
The review showed a lack of a cohesive industrial policy which is replaced by political messaging and a fragmented framework of protection tools for private large-scale sector with minimum attention to impact on livelihoods. Accordingly, the post-revolution trajectory of industrial policy is not capable of accommodating appropriate technology implementation and reveals a negative impact on prospects of sustainable and people-centered development in the country. This approach represents a continuation of the pre-revolution industrial reality and policies in Sudan
