Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the main features of the Vietnamese economic transition and industrial development pattern analyzing the evolution of the industrial policy formulation in the light of the changes in the country’s productive specialization and competitive...

Purpose: China’s experience of industrial growth is noteworthy for several reasons, not least because it has made a massive use of selective industrial policies. The industrial development guidelines set by the Five-Year Plans are extensively based on the choice of “strategic” or...

This contribution explores political consensus over local public spending as a way for policymakers to catalyse long-term electoral support, particularly in industrial democracies, to govern structural change sustainability and orient it towards normative development goals. Local public spending...