Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)



Implications of Globalization on Industrial Diversification Process and
Improved Competitiveness of Manufacturing in ESCAP Countries
(ST/ESCAP/2197)



CONTENTS

Abbreviations
  1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
    1. Objectives and scope of the study
    2. An overview of the study
    3. Profile of the region and selected countries
    4. Overall growth and industrial progress in Asia
      and the Pacific in the 1990s
    5. Policy reforms for industrial diversification
      and improved competitiveness

  2. IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBALIZATION AND REGIONAL
    INTEGRATION ON INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS IN ESCAP
    COUNTRIES
    1. Challenges and prospects of globalization on
      trade and industry
    2. Regional integration and industrial development

  3. THE ROLE OF FOREIGN CAPITAL IN INDUSTRIAL
    AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
    1. Private capital flows to developing countries
    2. Relation between capital flows, economic growth
      and industrial progress
    3. Foreign direct investment - technology - growth
      nexus of industrialization
    4. Regional distribution of foreign direct investment
    5. Sectoral distribution of foreign direct investment

  4. POLICIES AND STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING
    GLOBALIZATION AND LIBERALIZATION IN ASIAN
    COUNTRIES FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Development models in East Asian countries
    2. Macroeconomic policies
    3. Industrial and investment policies
    4. The export-push stragegy and the role of export
      processing zones for industrialization
    5. Role of small and medium-sized industries
    6. Utilizing information technology to achieve
      international competitiveness in industry

  5. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND
    RECOMMENDATIONS
    1. Policy issues
    2. Institution capacity-building for supporting
      industrial policy
    3. Facilitating private sectory growth for industrial development
    4. Export development policies
    5. Foreign investment policy
    6. Application of information technology for industry
    7. Role of small- and medium-sized industries
    8. Strengthening regional cooperaton in Asia
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Last updated: 5 April 2002