Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-221) and index.

Ch. 1. Introduction: Purpose and Scope -- Ch. 2. Manufacturing Performance in Developing Countries: An Assessment of Empirical Evidence -- Ch. 3. Planning, Policy and Recent Changes: Nepalese Experience -- Ch. 4. Trade, Structure and Performance of Manufacturing in the Context of Trade Liberalisation -- Ch. 5. Liberalisation and Manufacturing Productivity Growth: Evidence From Nepal -- Ch. 6. Liberalisation and Manufacturing Trade-Orientation -- Ch. 7. International Comparison of Productivity Growth -- Ch. 8. Major Findings and Policy Implications -- App. A. Notes on Estimates of Protection -- App. B. NRP for Imports from India and the Rest of the World: 1976/77-1993/94 -- App. C. Approved Foreign Investment by NSIC Classification and Type of Collaboration Until 1994 (Amount in Rs million) -- App. D. Number of Operating Foreign Investment by Region and Country of Origin Until 1994 -- App. E. Choice of Price Indices and Analysis of Price Movements in Nepal and India -- App. F. No. of People Trained by Cottage and Small Industry Development Board (CSIDB) and Labour Department (LD) According to the Types of Training: 1982/83-1992/93.