structural transformation toward industrialization, manufacturing in particular. Workers moved out of agriculture into … manufacturing, and the sector diversified and upgraded its structure. Manufacturing activities are subject to increasing returns to … scale, and many manufacturing goods have high income elasticities of demand. For these reasons, manufacturing is referred to …

performances within Latin America and the role of China's phenomenal recent growth in it, which turn the Prebisch-Singer thesis …

10 countries studied. Thus, even for the developing countries most specialized in export manufacturing, China's expansion …In this paper, we examine the impact of China's growth on developing countries that specialize in manufacturing. Over … 2000-2005, manufacturing accounted for 32% of China's GDP and 89% of its merchandise exports, making it more specialized in …