Cluster-Based Industrial Development A Comparative Study of Asia and Africa

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.

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.

Introduction: Scope and Significance of the Study
PART I: THE ROLE OF TRADERS IN CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
Overseas Vietnamese Traders in a Garment Cluster in Vietnam
Petty Traders in a Garment Cluster in Kenya
PART II: THE ROLE OF MANAGERIAL HUMAN CAPITAL IN THE UPGRADING PROCESS
The Product Ladder in the Steel-Bar Industry in Vietnam
The Move to the Formal Sector in the Metalwork Industry in Kenya
PART III: THE CHINA SHOCK AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
The Coping Strategy of the Electrical Fittings Industry in Pakistan
The V-Shaped Growth in the Leather Shoe Industry in Ethiopia
PART IV: THE SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
International Knowledge Transfer in a Garment Cluster in Bangladesh
Misfired Promotion of the Export-Oriented Garment Industry in Ethiopia
Conclusion: Towards the Design of Effective Industrial Development Policies