Outside of China, despite rapid economic growth in many low and middle income countries, there has been little progress in meeting the MDG1 target of halving the incidence of global poverty by 2014. Part of the explanation for this weak poverty-reducing performance has been the historic...

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...

Because of its resource and labour intensity, the wood furniture sector presents an opportunity for developing countries and their firms to participate effectively in the global economy. This paper begins with a brief description of the global wood furniture industry and highlights the...