Spatial structures of manufacturing clusters in Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Thailand

Gokan Toshitaka, Ikuo Kuroiwa, Laksanapanyakul Nuttawut and Yasushi Ueki

No 617, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: Examining the spatial structure of clusters is essential for deriving regional development policy implications. In this study, we identify the manufacturing clusters in Cambodia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Thailand, using two indices—global extent (GE) and local density (LD)—as proposed by Mori and Smith (2013). We also analyze four different combinations of these indices to highlight the spatial structures of industrial agglomerations. Since industrial clusters often spread over administrative boundaries, the GE and LD indices—along with cluster mapping—display how the detected clusters fit into specific spatial structures.

Keywords: R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; ,R14 - Land Use Patterns,Manufacturing industries,Industrial structure,Industrial agglomeration,Cluster analysis,Cambodia,Lao PDR,Thailand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-09
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