List of Abbreviations 
                     
                    5S        Seiri, Seiton, Seisou, Seiketsu, Shitsuke 
                              (Sort, Straighten, Shine, Systematize, Standardize/ Self-discipline) 
                    AD        Authoritarian Developmentalism 
                    ADLI      Agricultural Development Led Industrialization 
                    APEC      Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 
                    BMEI      Basic Metal and Engineering Industry 
                    BOB       Bureau of the Budget (Thailand) 
                    BOF       Basic Oxygen Furnace 
                    BPR       Business Process Re-engineering 
                    CAD       Computer Aided Design 
                    CAE       Computer Aided Engineering 
                    CAM       Computer Aided Manufacturing 
                    CEO       Chief Executive Officer 
                    CNC       Computer Numerical Control   
                    CSO       Civil Society Organization 
                    CWG       Cluster Working Group 
                    DBE       Development Bank of Ethiopia 
                    DD        Democratic Developmentalism 
                    DFID      Department for International Development 
                    DIE       Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik 
                              (German Development Institute) 
                    DLP       Developmental Leadership Program 
                    DRI       Direct Reduced Iron 
                    EABMEI    Ethiopian Association of Basic Metals and Engineering Industry 
                    EAF       Electric Arc Furnace 
                    ECBP      Engineering Capacity Building Program 
                    EDRI      Ethiopian Development Research Institute 
                    EEI       Electrical and Electronics Institute (Thailand) 
                    EEPCO     Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation 
                    EFY       Ethiopian Fiscal Year 
                    EKI       Ethiopian Kaizen Institute 
                    EPA       Economic Planning Agency 
                                          Economic Planning Board (Korea) 
                            EPB 
                            EPRDF         Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front 
                            EPU           Economic Planning Unit (Malaysia) 
                            EPZ           Export Processing Zone 
                            ESC           Economic Strategies Committee 
                            ESD           Eastern Seaboard Development (Thailand) 
                            ESDC          Eastern Seaboard Development Committee (Thailand) 
                            ETB           Ethiopian Birr (Currency) 
                            EXIM          Export/Import 
                            F/S           Feasibility Study 
                            FAO           Food and Agriculture Organization 
                            FDI           Foreign Direct Investment 
                            FDRE          Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 
                            FILP          Fiscal Investment Loan Program 
                            FPO           Fiscal Policy Office (Thailand) 
                            FTI           Federal of Thai Industries 
                            G20           Group of Twenty 
                            GDC           German Development Cooperation 
                            GDF           GRIPS Development Forum 
                            GDP           Gross Domestic Product 
                            GIZ           Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit   
                            GRIPS         National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies 
                            GTP           Growth and Transformation Plan 
                            GTZ           Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit 
                            HBM           Hollow Block Making Machine 
                            HCI           Heavy and Chemical Industry 
                            HLF           High Level Forum 
                            ICC           Industrial Coordination Council 
                            ICT           Information and Communication Technology   
                            ICU           Implementation and Coordination Unit  Malaysia) 
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                            IDA           International Development Association 
                            IDE           Institute of Development Economies 
                            IDS           Industrial Development Strategy 
                            IFCT          Industrial Finance Corporation of Thailand 
                     IMP       Industrial Master Plan (Malaysia) 
                     IPD       Initiative for Policy Dialogue 
                     IPIC      Industrial Policy and Incentive Committee (Malaysia) 
                     IRP       Industrial Restructuring Plan 
                     ISIC      International Standard Industrial Classification   
                     ISO       International Organization for Standardization 
                     JBIC      Japan Bank for International Cooperation 
                     JDB       Japan Development Bank 
                     JETRO     Japan External Trade Organization 
                     JICA      Japan International Cooperation Agency 
                     JPPCC     National Joint Public and Private Consultative Committee (Thailand) 
                     KDI       Korean Development Institute 
                     KEDI      Korean Education Development Institute 
                     KfW       Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Reconstruction Credit Institute) 
                     KIHS      Korean Institute for Human Settlement 
                     KREI      Korean Rural Economics Institute 
                     KU        Kaizen Unit 
                     LDP       Liberal Democratic Party 
                     LLPTI     Leather and Leather Product Technology Institute 
                     LME       Large and Medium Enterprise 
                     M/Ps      Master Plans 
                     MBC       Malaysian Business Council 
                     MCI       Ministry of Commerce and Industry 
                     MDGs      Millennium Development Goals 
                     METI      Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 
                     MIDI      Metal Industry Development Institute 
                     MIER      Malaysia Institute of Economic Research 
                     MITI      Ministry of International Trade and Industry 
                     MNC       Multinational Corporation 
                     MOARD     Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Ethiopia) 
                     MOE       Ministry of Education (Ethiopia) 
                     MOF       Ministry of Finance     
                     MOFED     Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (Ethiopia) 
                     MOI       Ministry of Industry (Ethiopia)（Thailand) 
                  MOM      Ministry of Manpower (Singapore) 
                  MOST     Ministry of Science and Technology 
                  MOT      Ministry of Trade 
                  MOTI     Ministry of Trade and Industry (Ethiopia) 
                  MOUDC    Ministry of Urban Development and Construction (Ethiopia) 
                  MPDC     Metal Products Development Center 
                  MSCI     Management Systems Certification Institute (Thailand) 
                  MSE      Micro and Small Enterprise 
                  MTI      Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) 
                  MW       Megawatt 
                  NAC      National Action Council (Malaysia) 
                  NDPC     National Development Planning Committee (Malaysia) 
                  NEP      New Economic Policy (Malaysia) 
                           National Economic and Social Development Board (Thailand)
                  NESDB                                          
                  NFI      National Food Institute (Thailand) 
                           Non Governmental Organization
                  NGO                          
                  NPC      National Planning Council (Malaysia) 
                  NPCEC    National Productivity and Continuing Education Council 
                  NPO      Nonprofit Organization 
                  ODA      Official Development Assistance 
                  OESD     Office of the Eastern Seaboard Development Committee (Thailand) 
                  OJT      On the Job Training 
                  PASDEP   Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty 
                  PBS      Protection of Basic Service 
                  PCFV     Presidential Council for Future and Vision (Korea) 
                  PDMO     Public Debt Management Office (Thailand) 
                  PPD      Public-Private Dialogue 
                  PPP      Public-Private Partnership 
                  PSD      Private Sector Development (Ethiopia) 
                  QA       Quality Assurance 
                  QC       Quality Control 
                  QCC      QC Circle 
                  R&D      Research and Development 
                  RM       Ringgit Malaysia (Currency)