Starting in 2001 the Government of Indonesia employed the Regional Autonomy Law, providing larger fiscal role to the province and district governments. However, our understanding of its impacts on development in Indonesia is still limited. This paper seeks to find the relationship between...

"This comprehensive reference work gives an overview of the industrial development and current state of industrialization and deindustrialization in Asia, specifically Southeast Asia and China. It introduces typologies of industrial policies and discusses the manufacturing sector and its...

This study uses nightlight time data and machine learning techniques to predict industrial development in Africa. The results provide the first evidence on how machine learning techniques and nightlight data can be used to predict economic development in places where subnational data are missing...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Contents in Volume I -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part I Industrial promotion in retrospect and prospect -- 1...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Contents in Volume II -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part I Industrial promotion in retrospect and prospect -- 1 Introduction: Leading issues...

PART I: Industrial Promotion in Retrospect and Prospect 1. Leading Issues in Industrial Promotion in Today⁰́₉s Globalized World (Shigeru Otsubo and Christian Otchia) 2. State of Global Manufacturing and Risks of Deindustrialization in the Developing World (Christian Otchia and Shigeru...