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Sectoral upgrading a half century later – 2010 is not 1960
There is an increasing consensus about the need of poorer economies to shift away from low technology, low productivity areas into new product areas, particularly to generate non-commodity exports. The...
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China's secret weapon in light manufacturing: Small and Medium...
Light manufacturing operations in a Chinese standardized factory building The success of Chinese manufacturing growth in recent decades is indisputable and has irrevocably shifted the global...
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Flying Geese, leading dragons and Africa’s potential
The potential for expanding the industrial sectors of African countries is substantial – this was a message I delivered on a recent trip to Italy, Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi. This can happen...
View ArticleIn pursuit of Justice, Manufacturing, and Sustainable Growth in Emerging...
‘Gender Equality’ is a concept that's finally entering the mainstream. It connotes equal rights to education, to vote, to work, to have access to finance, and other basic entitlements for both men and...
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How to Seize the 85 million Jobs Bonanza
Remember the famous joke about an economist who believes so much in rational expectation theory that he would not pick up a $100 dollar bill off the sidewalk under the pretense that if it were actually...
View ArticleIn Nigeria, One Size Doesn’t Fit All
I blogged a few months ago about a paper Justin Lin and I were writing that focused on applying the Growth Identification and Facilitation Framework in Nigeria. The paper has just recently been...
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Chart: Manufacturing jobs have migrated away from high-income countries
From the World Development Report 2013.Jobs are on the move. The past four decades have been marked by the outsourcing of manufacturing tasks from industrial countries to the developing world,...
View ArticleFriday Roundup: Manufacturing, Inequality, and the MDGs
For those of us following the US Election 2012, the words ‘manufacturing’ and ‘jobs’ are hard to miss. Building on that buzz, The Economist recently conducted a debate: “Will manufacturing return to...
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Tales from the Development Frontier
How have China and other countries resolved the binding constraints in light manufacturing to create jobs and prosperity? This vital question is answered in a new book based on unprecedented access and...
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