Industrial Districts in History and the Developing World

Editors: Tomoko Hashino, Keijiro Otsuka



Integrates economic history and development economics on the development of industrial districts for the first time

Inquires into the dynamic advantages of development of industrial districts beyond the Marshallian agglomeration economies

Provides wide geographical and temporal coverage, including the history of Japan,Spain, France, and other European countries, and contemporary development of China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and sub-Saharan Africa

This book sheds new light on the role of industrial districts in the industrial development of the past and present. Industrial districts, which refer to the geographical concentration of enterprises producing similar or closely related commodities in a small area, play a significant role in the development of manufacturing industries not only historically in Europe and Japan but also at present in emerging East Asian economies, such as China and Vietnam and low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The book identifies similarities in the development patterns of industrial districts in history and the present and analyzes the reasons for these similarities. More specifically, the book examines whether Marshallian agglomeration economies provide sufficient explanations and seeks to deepen understanding about the important factors that are missing.

Despite the common issues addressed by economic historians and development economists regarding the advantages of industrial districts for industrial development, discussion of these issues between the two groups of researchers has been largely absent, or at best weak. The purpose of this book is to integrate the results of case studies by economic historians interested in France, Spain, and Japan and those by development economists interested in the contemporary industries still developing in China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Tanzania, and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Table of contents

Front Matter

Introduction
• Front Matter
• Beyond Marshallian Agglomeration Economies
• Toward a New Paradigm of the Long-Term Development of Industrial Districts

Pivotal Role of Technology Transfer
• Front Matter
• Technology Transfer and the Early Development of the Cotton Textile Industry in Nineteenth Century Spain
• Contrasting Development Paths of Silk-Weaving Districts in Modern Japan
• Emergence and Subsequent Development of Garment Clusters in Bangladesh and Tanzania

Central Role of Producer Cooperatives
• Front Matter
• Trade Associations and Economic Regulation in the Lyons Fabrique: From the 1860s to the 1920s
• Development of High-Value Agricultural Districts: The Role of Producer Cooperatives in Japan and Developing Countries

Supporting Role of Local Government
• Front Matter
• Industrial Districts in Europe: Policy Lessons for Developing Countries?
• Promotion of the Weaving Districts in Modern Japan
• Low-Quality Crisis and Quality Improvement: The Case of Industrial Clusters in Zhejiang Province

Back Matter

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