Francisco C. Sercovich, Economist, Investment Promotion and Institutional Capacity Building Division, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Austria, Choong-Yong Ahn, Fondad, The Netherlands, Claudio Frischtak, formerly Vice-President, World Invest Ltd, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mojmir Mrak, Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Herman Mügge, UNIDO, Vienna, Austria, Wilson Peres, ECLAC, Santiago, Chile and Samuel M. Wangwe, Professor of Economics and Chairman, Daima Associates Limited, Tanzania

• Contents: Foreword Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Overview 2. Best Practices and Policy Convergence 3. Policy Benchmarking: Principles and Practice Part II: Themes 4. Manufacturing Competitiveness: Concept, Measurement and Policies 5. Effect of Financial Factors on Manufacturing Competitiveness 6. The Macro/Micro Policy Dichotomy: Implications for Cross-Country Replicability Part III: Countries and Regions 7. Overview of Countries and Regions 8. Newly Industrializing Economies: The Case of the Republican of Korea 9. Newly Opened Economies: The Case of Brazil 10. Economies in Transition: The Case of Hungary 11. Less Developed Countries: The Case of the United Republic of Tanzania 12. ASEAN and MERCOSUR Index

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