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Cluster-Based Industrial Development

A Comparative Study of Asia and Africa

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  • © 2011

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  1. Tetsushi Sonobe
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  2. Keijiro Otsuka
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: The Scope and Significance of the Study

    1. Introduction: The Scope and Significance of the Study

      • Tetsushi Sonobe, Keijiro Otsuka
      Pages 1-11

  3. The Role of Traders in Cluster Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Overseas Vietnamese Traders in a Garment Cluster in Vietnam

      • Tetsushi Sonobe, Keijiro Otsuka
      Pages 15-38

    3. Petty Traders in a Garment Cluster in Kenya

      • Tetsushi Sonobe, Keijiro Otsuka
      Pages 39-61

  4. The Role of Managerial Human Capital in the Upgrading Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. The Product Ladder in the Steel Bar Industry in Vietnam

      • Tetsushi Sonobe, Keijiro Otsuka
      Pages 65-94

    3. The Move to the Formai Sector in the Metalwork Industry in Kenya

      • Tetsushi Sonobe, Keijiro Otsuka
      Pages 95-118

  5. The China Shock and Quality Improvement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. The Coping Strategy of the Electrical Fittings Industry in Pakistan

      • Tetsushi Sonobe, Keijiro Otsuka
      Pages 121-147

    3. The V-Shaped Growth in the Leather Shoe Industry in Ethiopia

      • Tetsushi Sonobe, Keijiro Otsuka
      Pages 148-168

  6. The Success and Failure of Industrial Development Strategies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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    2. International Knowledge Transfer in a Garment Cluster in Bangladesh

      • Tetsushi Sonobe, Keijiro Otsuka
      Pages 171-194

    3. Misfired Promotion of the Export-Oriented Garment Industry in Ethiopia

      • Tetsushi Sonobe, Keijiro Otsuka
      Pages 195-219

    4. Conclusion: Towards the Design of Effective Industrial Development Policies

      • Tetsushi Sonobe, Keijiro Otsuka
      Pages 220-236

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 237-261
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This book examines how to promote industrial development in low-income countries. It considers the role of traders in the evolution of a cluster, the role of managerial human capital, the effect of the 'China shock', and the role of industrial policies focused on international knowledge transfer in supporting the upgrading of clusters.

About the authors

TETSUSHI SONOBE is a professorial fellow at the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) and a professor at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan. He received a PhD in Economics from Yale University and is the co-author of Cluster-Based Industrial Development: An East Asia Model (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).

KEIJIRO OTSUKA is a professorial fellow at FASID and a professor at GRIPS, Japan. He received a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago and is the co-author of the above book. He is an Associate Editor of Economic Development and Cultural Change and the co-author or co-editor of sixteen books.

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