1. Back to centre-stage -- 2. A new driver in the global economy -- 3. Commodities and economic growth -- 4. China as a driver of demand for commodities -- 5. A lagged supply response and the impact on commodity prices -- 6. The financialisation of the commodities sectors -- 7. How are...

What can developing countries learn from the phenomenal success of Japanese manufacturing? Not the application of capital-intensive imported automation technologies, but instead the use of a radically new set of management techniques. These revolutionise the organisation of work, require...