There has been a growing conversation about the revival of Manufacturing to push back growing inequality and reduce … poverty. We discuss the pathways by which a higher share of the Manufacturing sector in GDP may bring about lower poverty … growth have, for the most part, been Manufacturing-led. We then present evidence based on cross-country panel data for low …

regions. We find that local competition is important particularly for economic growth in industry sectors (manufacturing and … innovation and economic growth is widely recognized. It is not straightforward which types of spillover are most effective: intra … with the impact of local competition on innovation and growth. The model is estimated using sectoral data for 40 Dutch …

In the light of the weak performance of the Philippine manufacturing industry and the absence of structural … become catalysts and engines for sustained and inclusive growth. The long-term vision of the Manufacturing Industry Roadmap … is to develop a globally competitive manufacturing industry supported by strong backward and forward linkages with both …

while the manufacturing sector contributed only 4 per cent to GDP in 2011. The economic transformation agenda, otherwise …