Sandip Sarkar is currently a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Human Development in Delhi, India. He has been extensively involved in several large –scale research projects funded by national and international agencies. Dipak Mazumdar is an Academic Economist, working out of Toronto, who has had a long teaching career at the London School of Economics, and subsequently a Senior Research Economist at the World Bank. He has published widely in the field of Labour and Development Economics.

• 1. Introduction 2. An International Comparison of the Size-Structure of Manufacturing Firms 3. Salient Features of the Growth Pattern in India 4. The Non-Household Sector in Indian Manufacturing 5. The Impact of the Missing Middle on the Growth Rate 6. The Missing Middle in Manufacturing 7. Causes of Dualism in Indian Manufacturing 8. The Role of SMEs in Manufacturing and Economic Development: The Case of Japan 9. The Role of Small-Medium Enterprises in Manufacturing and Economic Development: The Case of Taiwan 10. The Case of Korea 11. The Case of Thailand 12. Size-Structure of Manufacturing Industry in Bangladesh and Implications for Growth and Poverty 13. The Case of Vietnam

Sandip Sarkar is currently a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Human Development in Delhi, India. He has been extensively involved in several large –scale research projects funded by national and international agencies. Dipak Mazumdar is an Academic Economist, working out of Toronto, who has had a long teaching career at the London School of Economics, and subsequently a Senior Research Economist at the World Bank. He has published widely in the field of Labour and Development Economics.

• 1. Introduction 2. An International Comparison of the Size-Structure of Manufacturing Firms 3. Salient Features of the Growth Pattern in India 4. The Non-Household Sector in Indian Manufacturing 5. The Impact of the Missing Middle on the Growth Rate 6. The Missing Middle in Manufacturing 7. Causes of Dualism in Indian Manufacturing 8. The Role of SMEs in Manufacturing and Economic Development: The Case of Japan 9. The Role of Small-Medium Enterprises in Manufacturing and Economic Development: The Case of Taiwan 10. The Case of Korea 11. The Case of Thailand 12. Size-Structure of Manufacturing Industry in Bangladesh and Implications for Growth and Poverty 13. The Case of Vietnam

Sandip Sarkar is currently a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Human Development in Delhi, India. He has been extensively involved in several large –scale research projects funded by national and international agencies. Dipak Mazumdar is an Academic Economist, working out of Toronto, who has had a long teaching career at the London School of Economics, and subsequently a Senior Research Economist at the World Bank. He has published widely in the field of Labour and Development Economics.

• 1. Introduction 2. An International Comparison of the Size-Structure of Manufacturing Firms 3. Salient Features of the Growth Pattern in India 4. The Non-Household Sector in Indian Manufacturing 5. The Impact of the Missing Middle on the Growth Rate 6. The Missing Middle in Manufacturing 7. Causes of Dualism in Indian Manufacturing 8. The Role of SMEs in Manufacturing and Economic Development: The Case of Japan 9. The Role of Small-Medium Enterprises in Manufacturing and Economic Development: The Case of Taiwan 10. The Case of Korea 11. The Case of Thailand 12. Size-Structure of Manufacturing Industry in Bangladesh and Implications for Growth and Poverty 13. The Case of Vietnam