Tales from the Development Frontier: How China and Other Countries Harness Light Manufacturing to Create Jobs and Prosperity

by Lihong Wang, Ali Zafar, Thomas G. Rawski, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821399888
• ISBN13: 9780821399880
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"