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Subject(s)

• Industrial policy—Developing countries [Browse]
• Industrial productivity—Developing countries [Browse]
• Investments, Foreign—Government policy—Developing countries [Browse]
• Technological innovations—Economic aspects—Developing countries [Browse]
• Competition—Developing countries [Browse]
• International trade [Browse]
• Competition, International [Browse]

Related name

• Wignaraja, Ganeshan, 1962- [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in development economics ; 29. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in development economics ; 29 [More in this series]

Summary note

Globalization and structural adjustment offer many opportunities for export orientated industrialization in developing economies. As a group, competitiveness in the developing countries has improved, but, while East Asian economies have had rapid export growth and technological upgrades, South Asian and African economies have lagged behind. Old structures, institutions, behavioural patterns and public policies are ill-adapted to deal with the challenges posed by technological change and economic liberalization. Consequently there is an urgent need for change in government and private sector at

Notes

"A manual for policy analysis"- -Cover.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

• Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Editor's note; Introduction, concepts and benchmarking; Introduction; Competitiveness analysis and strategy; Benchmarking competitiveness: a first look at the MECI; Supply-side issues and policies for competitiveness; Science, technology and innovation policy; Industrial clusters and business development services for small and medium-sized enterprises; Government policies towards foreign direct investment; Financial sector policies for enterprise development; Incentive policies for competitiveness
• Privatisation, regulation and domestic competition policyInternational trade policies; Index

ISBN

• 1-134-58544-6
• 0-203-77427-2
• 1-134-58545-4
• 1-280-07034-X
• 0-585-45735-2

OCLC

• 52759743
• 50101266

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203466032

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