Industrialisation for Employment and Growth in India - Lessons From Small Firm Clusters and Beyond

Intensive study of small firms in industrial clusters and locations on how to create jobs and achieve Make in India goals.

Sommario

1. Introduction R Nagaraj; 2. Garment Cluster in Kolkata: The Untold Story Expansion Relying on Low-End Domestic Demand Satyaki Roy; 3. Constraints to Upgrading and Employment Expansion in the Tiruppur Knitwear Cluster M Vijayabaskar; 4. Determinants of Employment in the Indian Automobile Industry Madhuri Saripalle; 5. Upgrading Technology and Space as Collective Strategy: Creation of Jobs and Market Potential in Gujarat's Ceramic Clusters Keshab Das; 6. Sports Equipment Manufacturing in India: A Firm-Level Inquiry into Growth and Employment Dynamism Varinder Jain; 7. Aligarh Lock Cluster: Unravelling the Major Impediments Tareef Husain; 8. Continued Misery or a Change in Fortune? The Case of Howrah Foundry Industry Judhajit Chakraborty; 9. Redevelop and Perish, or Survive and Grow? The Case for Supporting Informal Leather Enterprises in Dharavi, Mumbai Kshiti Gala; 10. Growth Performance, Competitiveness, and Employment in MSMEs: A Case Study of Rajkot Engineering Cluster Dinesh Awasthi and Amita Shah; 11. Manufacturing and Automation Sunil Mani.

Info autore

R. Nagaraj is retired Professor of Economics at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay. He has worked extensively on India's economic growth and industrialization, public sector performance and industrial labour market. He coedited Political Economy of Contemporary India with S. Motiram that was published by the Press in 2017.

Riassunto

Based on intensive filed-work based research of MSMEs, it attempts to answer the questions of how to create manufacturing jobs and growth in India, how to accomplish Make in India objectives, and how to re-industrialise India, reduce import dependence and achieve self-reliance.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: R. (Indira Gandhi Institute of Developmen Nagaraj
• Con la collaborazione di: R. Nagaraj (Editore), R. (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Nagaraj (Editore), Nagaraj R. (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781108832335
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83233-5
• Pagine: 260
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, India, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, economic growth, Political Economy, Welfare economics, Economics of industrial organisation, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Economics of industrial organization