TY - BOOK TI - Architects of Growth?: sub-national governments and industrialization in Asia SN - 9789814414531 PY - 2014/// PB - [s.l.], Institute of Southeast Asian Studies KW - Economic development KW - Political aspects KW - Asia KW - Subnational governments KW - Industrialization KW - Electronic industries N2 - Once acting as local representatives of the national government and content to let their larger counterparts do the'heavy lifting', state and provincial governments are increasingly expected to be stewards of their economies and deliver sustained growth rates for their citizens. Spurred on by increasing competition, not least from neighbouring territories, sub-national governments are increasingly formulating their own plans for economic development, taking out loans, investing in specialist facilities, and establishing marketing offices abroad UR - https://eresourcesptsl.ukm.remotexs.co/user/login?url=http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/ISEASB0000494.html ER -