In China industrial clusters consisting of small and medium enterprises have been proliferating in areas where private sectors have successfully developed. This study enquires into the process of forming a new industrial cluster and the roles of local and distant urban traders in the garment...

In Nepal, which consists of ecologically distinct regions, the concentration on the adoption of modern rice varieties in the favourable rice growing areas of the country has raised fears that regional income disparities would widen. The study shows that greater demand for hired labour due to the...