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Competitiveness becomes a growing concern for developing countries as they liberalise their economies and open up to global trade, investment and technology flows. They fear that liberalization by itself may not, in the presence of market and institutional deficiencies, lead to the optimal allocation of resources. In particular, it may lead to the realization of static rather than dynamic comparative advantages - a threat to sustained growth in a world of rapid technological change. This study draws together contributions by Sanjaya Lall - an 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 work on technology and skills. It contains his most important published material as well as previously unpublished articles, and should be of interest to students, researchers and policy analysts interested in industrial development, technology and human resources.

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9781840645866

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`This book is an important contribution to the literature on development. It fills a gap in the competitiveness debate concerning developing countries and provides convincing explanations for the success or failure of countries to catch up. . . The book should not only find a place in the reading lists for courses on development economics and international economics, but also it is hoped that it constitutes an impetus for those inter and supra-national institutions whose policy recommendations are actual structural policies are almost exclusively rooted in the neoclassical framework.' -- Christian Bellak, The Economic Journal

'This book is an important contribution to the literature on development. It fills a gap in the competitiveness debate concerning developing countries and provides convincing explanations for the success or failure of countries to catch up... The book should not only find a place in the reading lists for courses on development economics and international economics, but also it is hoped that it constitutes an impetus for those inter and supra-national institutions whose policy recommendations are actual structural policies are almost exclusively rooted in the neoclassical framework.' -- Christian Bellak, The Economic Journal

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The late Sanjaya Lall, formerly Professor of Development Economics, Oxford University (at the International Development Centre at Queen Elizabeth House), UK

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