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1. Introduction to development in China, India and Japan -- 2. Development theory -- 3. An Asian leader : Japan …'s development trajectory -- 4. The waking giant : China's development trajectory -- 5. Gradual growth : India's development … trajectory -- 6. Poverty and inequality in China, India and Japan -- 7. urbanization and migration -- 8. Demographics, education …
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India is about to catch up with China and become another Asian miracle economy. Economic Reform in China and India examines …
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tested by an in-depth examination of the experiences of Sweden and the US. Despite large levels of R&D spending and … comprehensive government support schemes, science-based entrepre-neurship has been far less important in Sweden compared to the US … Sweden in some areas is consistent with these changes. Our analysis suggests that a policy aimed at encouraging science …
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Walter Korpi argues in a previous issue of Challenge (March/April 2000) that Swedish economists' claim that Sweden …'s growth performance has been inferior to that of other industrialized countries is at odds with the facts. Since Sweden has … wrong regarding Sweden's relative growth performance. Available data indicate that Sweden was lagging behind during the 1970 …
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address this question by characterizing and evaluating the policy pursued in Sweden and the US, two countries that put a great … record, there is an impression of laggard rates of commercialization of academic research results in Sweden. Although there …
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This paper shows that whether natural resources are good or bad for a country's development depends crucially on the interaction between institutional setting and the type of resources that the country possesses. Some natural resources are for economical and technical reasons more likely to...
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theory and evidence of neoclassical approaches to growth and development. He then skillfully integrates insights from the old …
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This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation...
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The distinguished authors in this volume address the fundamental causes for such heterogeneous international experiences, placing particular emphasis on the role of institutions. They demonstrate how the study of economic development is increasingly linked to the development of institutions,...
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A landmark contribution to our understanding of economic development. This significant book argues that fundamental changes in deeply rooted institutions do not happen because of outsiders' money, advice, pressures, or even physical force; which explains why foreign aid has not, and can not,...
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