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Sustaining Industrial Development in the South

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This article discusses how active industrial policy and south–south coordination mechanisms can facilitate the strategic insertion of developing economies in the global markets and production networks. It proposes an integrated approach to trade, investment and industrial challenges and stresses the importance of political leadership and effective governance structures.

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    Richard Kozul-Wright

  2. UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland

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Kozul-Wright, R., Fortunato, P. Sustaining Industrial Development in the South. Development 58, 463–472 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41301-016-0039-8

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