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

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. Tal...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dinh, Hinh T.
Otros Autores: Rawski, Thomas G., Zafar, Ali
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : World Bank Publications, 2013.
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Colección:Online access: World Bank World Bank Open Knowledge Repository.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Tables; I.1 Contributions of Light Manufacturing in Food Processing, Textiles, and Garments to Industrialization, 1839-1981; I.2 Offices and Enterprises Visited by the Study Team, China, 2010 and 2012; Maps; I.1 Cities Visited by the Study Team, China, 2010 and 2012; Part I: Tales of China; 1 The Development of Light Manufacturing; 1.1 State Sector Employment Growth in Major Industries, China, 1952-78; Boxes; 1.1 Milestones of China's Economic Reforms.
  • 1.2 Growth of Township and Village Enterprises, China, 1978-901.1 China: Regional Variation in Population Density; 1.3 Long-Term Trends in International Merchandise Trade and FDI, China, 1913-2012; 1.4 Contribution of Private and Individual Business Firms to the Economy, China, 2006-08; Figures; 1.1 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Per 1,000 People, Selected Transition Economies, 2000-05; 1.5 Output Growth in Major Light Manufacturing Products, China, 1970-2010; 1.2 Manufacturing Output, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, China, 1982-89.
  • 1.3 Light Manufacturing Enterprises by Ownership Structure, China, 1999-20101.4 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; 1.6 Share of Global Exports of Textiles and Apparel, China, 1980-2010; 1.7 Top 10 Export Sectors, China, 2000 and 2010; 1.8 Share of Major Light Manufacturing Sectors in Industrial Output, China, 2001-10; 1.9 Wages in Selected Coastal Locations, China, 2000-12; 1.10 Cost of Industrial Land in Dongguan, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, China, 2001-08.
  • 1.11 Outbound Nonfinancial FDI, China, 2003-122 Resolving the Binding Constraints; 2.1 Price Determination in Commodity Markets, by State or Market, China, 1990-96; 2.2 Share of Prices Determined by Market Forces, by Commodity Type and Province, China, 1994; 2.3 Regional Concentrations of Investment and State Industry in the Planned Economy, China, Various Years to 1980-81; 3 Major Policy Tools; 3.1 Location of Special Economic Zones and Selected Open Areas, China, Mid-1980s; 3.1 Forms of Foreign Investment in Three Initial Special Economic Zones, China, 1980-84.
  • 3.1 Industrial Output in the Four Initial Special Economic Zones, China, 19893.2 Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, China, 2009; 3.2 Industrial Districts in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, China; 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; 3.3 Statistics on 90 National Economic Development Zones, China, 2010; 3.4 Top Priority Industries in Province-Level Development Zones, by Region, China, 2006.