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In Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, the initial conditions were somewhat different from those in India. The countries were similar in their reliance on industrialization and faith in state intervention, significantly reinforced during a socialist interlude in the mid-1970s. Given the differences in initial conditions, the contents of policy were varied. After socialism ended, export-oriented industry tended to be textile oriented, whereas in the home market a variety of new combinations of foreign and domestic firms supplied goods and services embodying new technologies.
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Roy, T. (2017). Trade and Industry II: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. In: The Economy of South Asia. Palgrave Studies in Economic History. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54720-6_9
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