Industrial Policy Challenges for India - Global Value Chains and Free Trade Agreements (Paperback)

This book looks at the debates on global value chains (GVCs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) as springboards for industrial development in developing countries, especially India. It connects the outcomes in GVC-led industrial restructuring and upgrading to industrial policy choices in trade and FDI liberalisation, in particular those through FTAs. With the share of manufacturing in GDP stagnant at around 15-16% since the 1980s, India's policymakers have pinned their hopes on greater integration into GVCs to revitalise the manufacturing sector. The multiple FTAs the country has signed over the last few years, specifically the ones with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), South Korea, Malaysia and Japan have been sought to be rationalised using the same argument. The book argues that failing to factor in the industrial policy causalities involved in sustainable indigenous technology development, structural barriers to the entry into GVCs, the assessments of the available evidence on the adverse impact of trade and FDI liberalisation as well as existing FTAs on firm-level incentives for undertaking domestic production, and the industrial policy constraints imposed by FTAs can prove costly for the trajectories of developing country economies, including India. Rich in data, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of development economics, economics in general, development studies and public policy as well as government bodies, industry experts and policymakers.

General

Imprint:	Routledge India
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Critical Political Economy of South Asia
Release date:	December 2020
First published:	2019
Authors:	Smitha Francis
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	250
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-73137-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > International trade > Trade agreements & tariffs
LSN:	0-367-73137-1
Barcode:	9780367731373

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