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The geography of industrialization in many countries, developing as well as developed, has been undergoing a change over the last few decades as the economic integration and globalization process has led to uneven distribution of economic activities across countries and across regions within countries. This book is intended to provide new perspectives on the process of regional industrialization, especially unorganised manufacturing industries in the pre- and post-reforms periods in India. The book will benefit the students of economics and regional studies, academic researchers and regional policy makers in understanding the dynamics of industrial location and its importance in regional economic development. While most of the policies aiming at balanced regional development in the past have failed, this is the time for the State to look back its earlier policies and find out the loopholes therein; and take the correct steps for mitigating the long standing problem before it worsens further and becomes more complex.

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Dilip Saikia is a research scholar at the Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai. He received his Masters Degree in Economics from Gauhati University and MPhil in Applied Economics from JNU/CDS, Trivandrum. His research interests include microeconomics, development economics, trade and development, and economic geography.

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