Economics of Left Behind Regions

Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka is Development Economist. He is a former Senior Special Advisor to the President, AfDB, and was also Director, Regional Office for Africa, UN-Habitat, as well as Professor, United Nations University-MERIT. He pioneered industrial cluster and industrial innovation research in Africa and has written over 20 books and dozens of journal papers.Kaushalesh Lal was Professor at UNU- MERIT, The Netherlands. He has widely published in peer- reviewed journals and has several books published by international publishers to his credit. He is on the panel of reviewers for several international journals. His areas of research interest include Economics of Technical Change, ICT, Innovation, and Globalisation of Enterprises. Shampa Paul is Professor at Centre for Economic and Social Research. She has published several research papers in international refereed journals. She was the first- place winner in the international paper competition organised by the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in 2007, USA. Her areas of interest include Knowledge and Information Management, Higher Education, Economic Development, and MSMEs, among others.

• List of ContributorsList of FiguresList of TablesForewordAcknowledgementList of AbbreviationsList of AppendicesPart I: Concept of “Left Behind”, Structural Transformation andSources of Premature DeindustrializationA Multi-Dimensional Framework for Classifying TechnologicalCatch-Up and Economic DevelopmentIndustrialization Dynamics and Structural TransformationSilent Factories: Nature and Sources of Premature DeindustrializationPart II: Productivity, Sector-concentration and Skill for ProsperityCatalyst of Progress: Productivity as the Engine of IndustrializationSectoral Evolution and Concentration in Low-Income CountriesSkills for Prosperity: Educational Foundation of Sustainable IndustrializationPart III: Case StudiesManufacturing Marvel: Chinese Firms Leap into Global Innovation LeadershipProgress and Industrialization: Paradoxical Case Studies of Largest Indian Manufacturing FirmsSummary and ConclusionsIndex