The main goal of this paper is to provide an integrated survey of the literature devoted to
identifying the drivers of structural change, broadly defined as the process of reallocation of …

Classical development economics, especially structuralist approaches, regard the
manufacturing sector as having special properties as an engine of economic growth. From …

Neoliberalism isn't working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into
precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no …

Manufacturing has traditionally played a key role in the economic development of
develo** countries. In recent years, it has been argued that the importance of …

I document a significant deindustrialization trend in recent decades that goes considerably
beyond the advanced, post-industrial economies. The hump-shaped relationship between …

In this modern era, environmental pollution is the biggest problem attached to
industrialization. This study tries to ensure the relationship between industrialization and …

This paper revisits the role of the manufacturing sector during the middle-income stage of
development. By exploiting a large dataset that covers different sectors, we find that in the …

This book outlines and analyzes the economic development of China between 1949 and
2007. Rather than being narrowly economic, the book addresses many of the broader …

In this paper we argue that the path of economic development for would-be developers has
changed fundamentally since the 1980s. Focusing on East Asia, and taking a broad …

Resurgent Asia analyses the phenomenal transformation of Asia, which would have been
difficult to imagine, let alone predict, fifty years ago, when Gunnar Myrdal published Asian …