This paper argues that the single most important factor that explains East Asia's development success was its fast structural transformation toward industrialization, manufacturing in particular. Workers moved out of agriculture into manufacturing, and the sector diversified and upgraded its...

This book draws together recent contributions by Sanjaya Lall--leading authority on international investment, technology and industrial policy--on competitiveness and its major determinants. It draws upon his wide experience of competitiveness analysis in Asian and African countries and his...