Industrial development report 2009 : breaking in and moving up: new industrial challenges for the bottom billion and the middle-income countries

A report that discusses the opportunities and constraints faced by two groups of countries: the countries of the 'bottom billion' trying to break into global markets for manufactured goods, and the middle-income countries that are striving to move up to more sophisticated manufacturing. Discusses the opportunities and constraints faced by two groups of countries: the countries of the “bottom billion” trying to break into global markets for manufactured goods, and the middle-income countries that are striving to move up to more sophisticated manufacturing. It focuses predominantly on manufacturing, but also discusses resource extraction.