The Implementation of Industrial Parks: Some Lessons Learned in India

Yannick Saleman () and Luke Jordan ()
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Yannick Saleman: Competitive Industries, Trade and Competitiveness, Global Practice of the World Bank Group, New Delhi, India
Luke Jordan: Competitive Industries, Trade and Competitiveness, Global Practice of the World Bank Group, New Delhi, India

Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), 2015, vol. 06, issue 01, 1-36

Abstract: Industrial parks are as popular as they are controversial, in India and globally. At their best they align infrastructure provision and agglomeration economies to jolt industrial growth. More often, they generate negative spillovers, provide handouts, sit empty, or simply do not get built. This paper disaggregates how parks are built and how they fail. It contextualizes parks in India, followed by a thick case study of an innovative scheme that appears to buck the trend. This performance is then explained by the way in which the scheme's design and action fit India's political economy. The paper concludes by considering how the analysis and the lessons learned might inform the design and implementation of industrial park programs and other public interventions, in India and elsewhere.

Keywords: Industrial parks; textile; clusters; competitiveness; special economic zones; industrial policy; D78; H11; H44; L52; L67; O14; O25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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