| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10486674 | World Development | 2005 | 21 Pages |
Abstract
The Indian State of Kerala presents a paradox of development, with its remarkable social achievements and relative industrial backwardness. This paper describes Kerala's industrial backwardness as due to a path-dependent process of industrialization. A policy decision in the 1930s-marked by a priority for investments in chemical-based industries and the identification of hydroelectricity as a potential basis for industrialization-continue to have implications for industrial growth in Kerala today. With the policy decision in the 1930s, industrial structure in Kerala came to be locked into a pattern that offered very little potential for interindustry interlinkages and industrial growth.
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Authors
Jayan Jose Thomas,