New challenges for industrial policy

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This paper calls for a fresh look at industrial policies in the light of recent trends and developments in the global economy. In particular, five new challenges and their implications for industrial policies are discussed. These have been neglected in the debate on industrial policy and include (i) the increasing globalization of the world economy, most pertinently the rise of global production sharing, (ii) the recent crises in food, fuel and financial markets, (iii) climate change, (iv) the rise of China and India, and (v) the rise of the 'entrepreneurial economy'. Directions for further research are outlined. This paper is a follow-up to the earlier WIDER Working Paper entitled 'Industrial Policy: Old and New Issues'.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9230-345-7
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2010/107

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology ; Regulation and Industrial Policy: General ; Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods ; Industrial Policy ; Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General ; Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics: Industrial Structure and Structural Change; Industrial Price Indices ; Entrepreneurship ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations ; International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods
• Subject: industrial policy ; structural transformation ; development ; financial crisis ; climate change

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Naudé, Wim
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/54150
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET