Sustainable and Dynamic Competitiveness towards Technological Leadership of Industry 4.0: Implications for East African Community

Table 1

Industry 4.0 initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean.

S/N	Country	Industry 4.0 initiatives	Year	Funding	Reference(s)
1	Brazil	New national strategy on industry 4.0 or Industry 4.0 roadmap	2013	Public	[48]
		Brazilian digital strategy (E-Digital) or Brasil Eficiente	2018	Public	[49, 50]
		Working group for I4.0 (WGI4.0)	2017	Public	[22]
2	Mexico	Prosoft 4.0	2018	Public	[51]
		Crafting the future (CF)	2016	Public-private	[52]
		Nuevo Léon 4.0 (NL4.0)	2018	Public	[53]
3	Argentina	National innovation	2017	Public	[51]
		Digital industry 4.0 plan	2018	Public	[51]
		R&D innovation clusters	2017	Public	[51]
4	Colombia	Production transformation programme	2016	Public	[51]
		Micro and SMEs Live Digital (MiPyme vive Digital)	2014	Public	[40]
5	Paraguay	Vision Paraguay 2030	2014	Public	[51]
6	Dominican Republic	Competitiveness improvement plan	2014	Public	[51]
		SMEs Digital Economy Plan	2015	Public	[51]
7	Chile	Strategic Programme Smart Industries (Programa Estratégico Industrias Inteligentes (PEII))	2015	Public	[22]