The relation between industrialization and economic growth is a subject of continuing controversy. Historically, the rise in the share of manufacturing in output and employment as per capita income increases, and the corresponding decline of agriculture, are among the best documented generalizations about development. But how does this transformation of the structure of production affect the rate of growth and the distribution of its benefits? And what has been the effect of policies designed to accelerate this shift or to alter its composition? These and related questions are still in dispute. This book attempts to clarify the role of industrialization in development by conducting a series of comparative studies of semi-industrial economies. The studies address three main topics: industrialization as a stage in the overall transformation that constitutes modern economic growth; the similarities and differences in the experiences of nine industrializing economies; and the relation between rising productivity and structural change. This chapter traces the background of the principal issues to be considered; summarizes the studies' main findings; and gives the reader a guide to the countries chosen, the topics discussed, and the analytical techniques employed.
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