Tales from the development frontier : how China and other countries harness light manufacturing to create jobs and prosperity / / Hinh T. Dinh, [and four others] ; with contributions from Eleonora Mavroeidi, Xin Tong, and Pengfei Li

• Autore: Dinh Hinh T. <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (555 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.951
• Soggetto topico: Manufacturing industries - China; Manufacturing industries - Developing countries; Economic development - China; Economic development - Developing countries
• Persona (resp. second.): MavroeidiEleonora; TongXin; LiPengfei
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Tales of China; 1 The Development of Light Manufacturing; 2 Resolving the Binding Constraints; 3 Major Policy Tools; 4 Case Studies, China: Individual Firms and Entrepreneurs; 5 Case Studies, China: Industrial Parks and Industrial Clusters; Part II: Tales of Other Countries; 6 Agribusiness; 7 Wood Products; 8 Leather Products; 9 Textiles and Apparel; Part III: Policy Lessons; 10 The Chinese Policy Experience; 11 Policy Lessons for Developing Countries ; Appendix: Interview QuestionnaireIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Boxes; 1.1 Milestones of China's Economic Reforms; 3.1 Shenzhen Everich Industry Development Co., Ltd.; 3.2 Li & Fung Trade Company; 3.3 The Haixin Trading Group: Success during the Transition from the Plan System; 3.4 SMEs in Wenzhou; 5.1 Roeblan: From Hand Workshop to Custom Tailor to the U.S. First Lady; Figures; 1.1 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Per 1,000 People, Selected Transition Economies, 2000-05 ; 1.2 Manufacturing Output, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, China, 1982-891.3 Light Manufacturing Enterprises by Ownership Structure, China, 1999-2010; 1.4 Output Value of Light Manufacturing by Ownership Structure, China, 1999-2010; 1.5 Labor Productivity of Light Manufacturing Firms, by Ownership Structure, China, 1999-2007; 3.1 Industrial Output in the Four Initial Special Economic Zones, China, 1989; 3.2 Growth in the Number of Newly Added Provincial Economic Development Zones, China, 1984-2006; 3.3 Growth in the Number of Provincial Economic Development Zones, by Region, China, 1985-2003 ; 3.4 Number of Collective, Private, and Household TVEs, China, 1985-20023.5 Central Government Revenue and Expenditure, China, 1985-2002; 3.6 Warp Knitting Firms, Haining Industrial Park, Zhejiang Province, China, 2000-09; 3.7 Dynamic Cluster Policies Implemented by the Guangzhou Municipal Government, China; 3.8 How Foreign Buyers and Local Manufacturers Connect, China; 3.9 Services Offered by Trading Companies to Manufacturers and Foreign Buyers, China; B3.2.1 The Five Stages of Li & Fung's Development; 4.1 Per Capita Meat Output, China, 1979-2011 ; 4.2 Changes in the Pork Price Index, China, 2005-114.3 Growth of the Snack Food Industry, China, 2005-11; 4.4 Export Volume and Growth of Stevia Extract, China, 2004-09; 5.1 Trade Volume, Dieshiqiao International Home Textiles Market, Haimen, China, 2004-10; 5.2 Gross Output by Above-Scale Enterprises, Warp Knitting Industrial Zone, Haining, China, 2004-08; 5.3 The Market Share of the Qiaotou Button Industry, China and the World, 2007-10; 5.4 Daily Production, Weihai Zipper Company Ltd., Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China, 2010; 5.5 Hourly Wages in the Zipper Industry, by Country, 2009 ; 5.6 Tariffs on Zipper Imports, China, 1992-2009
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite widespread agreement among economists that labor-intensive manufacturing has contributed mightily to rapid development in China and other fast-growing economies, most developing countries have had little success in raising the share of manufacturing in production, employment, or exports. Tales from the Development Frontier recounts efforts to establish light manufacturing clusters in several Asian and African countries, looking in particular at China. A companion volume to Light Manufacturing in Africa-which laid out a strategy for injecting new industrial growth nodes into African eco
• Titolo autorizzato: Tales from the development frontier
• ISBN: 0-8213-9989-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827034103321
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