This book examines the role of structural change in the economic development of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) with a consideration for the role of industry, and in particular manufacturing.

Comprehensive historical overview of the structural economic changes of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) Contributions from internationally renowned experts Identifies differences and commonalities of the BRICS Examines lessons that can be learned from the experiences of these large countries Considers the role of industry and, in particular, manufacturing

Wim Naudé holds the Chair in Business and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics. He is also Dean of the Maastricht School of Management and a Research Fellow at IZA, the Institute for the Study of Labour, in Bonn, Germany. A graduate of the University of Warwick, he was previously Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT in Maastricht, Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER in Helsinki, Professor and Director of Research at North-West University in South Africa and Research Officer at the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford. Adam Szirmai is Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT and Professor of Development Economics at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance of Maastricht University. His research focuses on structural change, innovation and long-term economic development in developing countries. Jointly with Wim Naudé and Micheline Goedhuys he is editor Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development published by Oxford University Press in 2011 and with Wim Naudé and Ludovico Alcorta editor of Pathways to Industrialization in the 21st Century published by Oxford University Press in 2013. A second edition of his textbook Socio-Economic Development is to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2015. Nobuya Haraguchi is Industrial Research Officer at the Research, Statistics and Industrial Policy branch of UNIDO in Vienna. He led a research team for the production of UNIDO Industrial Development Report 2013, Sustaining Employment Growth: The Role of Manufacturing and Structural Change. He has published widely on structural change, patterns of manufacturing and industrial policy and practice. Before joining UNIDO, he taught macroeconomics at St. John's University in the United States. He holds a PhD from the University of London.

Comprehensive historical overview of the structural economic changes of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) Contributions from internationally renowned experts Identifies differences and commonalities of the BRICS Examines lessons that can be learned from the experiences of these large countries Considers the role of industry and, in particular, manufacturing