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Foreword: JoAnne DiSano

Since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 and the subsequent World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, significant efforts have been made in pursuit of sustainable development. At the September 2005 World Summit, the UN General Assembly reiterated that sustainable development is a key element of the overarching framework for United Nations activities, in particular for achieving the internationally agreed development goalsE including those contained in the Millennium Declaration and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (A/RES/59/227) Read more

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Introduction: Jose Antonio Ocampo

Part 1: New Frontiers and Challenges
1.1 Industrial development: Some stylized facts and policy directions
1.2 Technology, globalization, and international competitiveness:
Challenges for developing countries

1.3 Developing country multinationals: South-South investment comes
of age

Part 2: Sector Studies
2.1 Natural resource-based industries: Prospects for Africa's agriculture
2.2 The textiles and clothing industry: Adjusting to a post quota world
2.3 Services-led industrialization in India: prospects and challenges

Part 3: Social and Environmental Dimensions of Industrial Development
3.1 Industrial development and economic growth: Implications for poverty reduction and income inequality
3.2 Industrial energy and materials efficiency: What role for policies?
3.3 From supply chains to value chains: A spotlight on CSR

The Way Forward
Policy lessons for 21st century industrializers

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21 May 2007