Overcoming successive bottlenecks: The evolution of a potato cluster in China
Although the role of industrial policy in economic development is a frequent topic of debate in both the literature and the political arena, most such discussions focus on industrial policymaking at the national level. Using a case study of a potato cluster in China, we show that industrial policyma...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2011
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| author | Zhang, Xiaobo Hu, Dinghuan |
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| description | Although the role of industrial policy in economic development is a frequent topic of debate in both the literature and the political arena, most such discussions focus on industrial policymaking at the national level. Using a case study of a potato cluster in China, we show that industrial policymaking at the local level contributes greatly to economic development. Many of the industrial policies affecting the cluster—including leveling land, developing better varieties, establishing a potato trade association, lobbying for increasing freight car quotas, and attracting processing firms—were implemented at the local level, highlighting the need for discussion of local industrial policymaking as a major determinant of cluster development. As the case study demonstrates, economic development is a continuous process with constantly evolving binding supply-side and demand-side constraints. Often, after a local policy helps remove one binding constraint, a new one emerges that, in turn, may require a new set of local policies. Therefore, the success of a potato cluster depends upon local industrial policies that respond to emerging binding constraints at different stages of the cluster's development. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1547392025-11-06T06:41:30Z Overcoming successive bottlenecks: The evolution of a potato cluster in China Zhang, Xiaobo Hu, Dinghuan regional policies poverty Although the role of industrial policy in economic development is a frequent topic of debate in both the literature and the political arena, most such discussions focus on industrial policymaking at the national level. Using a case study of a potato cluster in China, we show that industrial policymaking at the local level contributes greatly to economic development. Many of the industrial policies affecting the cluster—including leveling land, developing better varieties, establishing a potato trade association, lobbying for increasing freight car quotas, and attracting processing firms—were implemented at the local level, highlighting the need for discussion of local industrial policymaking as a major determinant of cluster development. As the case study demonstrates, economic development is a continuous process with constantly evolving binding supply-side and demand-side constraints. Often, after a local policy helps remove one binding constraint, a new one emerges that, in turn, may require a new set of local policies. Therefore, the success of a potato cluster depends upon local industrial policies that respond to emerging binding constraints at different stages of the cluster's development. 2011 2024-10-01T14:03:30Z 2024-10-01T14:03:30Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154739 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Zhang, Xiaobo; Hu, Dinghuan. 2011. Overcoming successive bottlenecks: The evolution of a potato cluster in China. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1112. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154739 |
| spellingShingle | regional policies poverty Zhang, Xiaobo Hu, Dinghuan Overcoming successive bottlenecks: The evolution of a potato cluster in China |
| title | Overcoming successive bottlenecks: The evolution of a potato cluster in China |
| title_full | Overcoming successive bottlenecks: The evolution of a potato cluster in China |
| title_fullStr | Overcoming successive bottlenecks: The evolution of a potato cluster in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Overcoming successive bottlenecks: The evolution of a potato cluster in China |
| title_short | Overcoming successive bottlenecks: The evolution of a potato cluster in China |
| title_sort | overcoming successive bottlenecks the evolution of a potato cluster in china |
| topic | regional policies poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154739 |
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