Cluster-Based Industrial Development

A Comparative Study of Asia and Africa

By: Tetsushi Sonobe, Keijiro Otsuka

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Hardcover | 1 December 2010 | Edition Number 1

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In order to reduce widespread and persistent poverty, employment opportunities must be generated for the poor by developing labor-intensive industries. Based on a comparative study of eight industrial clusters in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, this book seeks an effective strategy to develop industrial clusters. The key to the success of cluster-based industrial development is found to be multi-faceted innovations of product quality, marketing, and enterprise management as well as learning from abroad.

The authors use original enterprise data collected in Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya, and Ethiopia, and identify similarities and differences in the development patterns between Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. By emphasizing the roles of traders and managerial human capital in generating innovations, the volume recommends training programs to facilitate the formation of managerial human capital, which plays a vital role in achieving such multi-faceted innovations.

This book is essential reading for all interested in economic development and industrial policy.

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List of Illustrations	p. viii
Preface	p. xiv
Introduction: The Scope and Significance of the Study	p. 1
Why focus on industrial clusters?	p. 1
Causes of growing and stagnating clusters	p. 4
In search of key growth drivers	p. 8
Scope of the study	p. 10
The Role of Traders in Cluster Development
Overseas Vietnamese Traders in a Garment Cluster in Vietnam	p. 15
Historical background and the production system	p. 16
Characteristics of sample enterprises	p. 21
Estimation methods and results	p. 29
Concluding remarks	p. 37
Petty Traders in a Garment Cluster in Kenya	p. 39
Garment clusters in Nairobi	p. 41
Characteristics of sample enterprises	p. 43
Estimation methods and results	p. 49
Concluding remarks	p. 59
The Role of Managerial Human Capital in the Upgrading Process
The Product Ladder in the Steel Bar Industry in Vietnam	p. 65
Historical background and hypotheses	p. 67
Characteristics of sample enterprises	p. 73
Estimation methods and results	p. 78
Concluding remarks	p. 93
The Move to the Formal Sector in the Metalwork Industry in Kenya	p. 95
Metalwork cluster in Nairobi	p. 97
Characteristics of sample enterprises	p. 102
Estimation methods and results	p. 108
Concluding remarks	p. 117
The China Shock and Quality Improvement
The Coping Strategy of the Electrical Fittings Industry in Pakistan	p. 121
An overview of the Sargodha electrical fittings cluster	p. 123
Quality improvement and testable hypotheses	p. 128
Characteristics of sample enterprises	p. 133
Estimation methods and results	p. 137
Concluding remarks	p. 146
The V-Shaped Growth in the Leather Shoe Industry in Ethiopia	p. 148
A comparative perspective and hypotheses	p. 150
Characteristics of sample enterprises	p. 152
Estimation methods and results	p. 161
Concluding remarks	p. 167
The Success and Failure of Industrial Development Strategies
International Knowledge Transfer in a Garment Cluster in Bangladesh	p. 171
Historical background and hypotheses	p. 173
Characteristics of sample enterprises	p. 179
Estimation methods and results	p. 184
Concluding remarks	p. 193
Misfired Promotion of the Export-Oriented Garment Industry in Ethiopia	p. 195
Promotion policy and testable hypotheses	p. 197
Characteristics of sample enterprises	p. 200
Estimation methods and results	p. 210
Concluding remarks	p. 217
Conclusion: Towards the Design of Effective Industrial Development Policies	p. 220
Development of industrial clusters: A comparative perspective	p. 222
Key growth drivers	p. 226
A model of endogenous development of industrial clusters reconsidered	p. 231
Strategy for cluster development	p. 234
Notes	p. 237
References	p. 245
Author Index	p. 253
Subject Index	p. 256
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