A Note on Growth and Structural Change in Pakistan's Manufacturing Industry 1954-1964 (Notes & Comments)

Lewis and Soligo studied the growth and structural change inPakistan's manufacturing using a simple analysis of patterns ofmanufacturing growth [3]. Then, employing their results to re-examinethe generally accepted view of Pakis¬tan's industrial growth, they foundthat import substitution had not been largely confined to consumer-goodsindustries [3, p. 108] and concluded that it would be difficult toaccept the widely held hypothesis that distortions in industrial growthhad resulted from the protectionist policies pursued [3, p. 111]. Morespecifically, they rejected the hypothesis of Power and Radhu that thegreater protection accorded the consumer-goods industries wouldencourage the growth of domestic consumer-goods production usingimported capital goods and raw materials [3, p. 96].