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The making of an economic superpower : unlocking China’s secret of rapid industrialization
Wen, Yi - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010517990
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The visible hand : the role of government in China's long-awaited industrial revolution
Fortier, George E.; Wen, Yi - 2016
fundamental mechanisms behind China's rapid industrialization. This article reviews the New Stage Theory of economic development … Xiaoping in 1978: namely, small-scale commercialized agricultural production, proto-industrialization in the countryside, a …'s economic rise is that the extent of industrialization is limited by the extent of the market. One of the key strategies behind …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539803
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Escaping the middle-income trap : a cross-country analysis on the patterns of industrial upgrading
Wang, Lili; Wen, Yi - 2018
developed western world by going through three developmental stages sequentially; namely, a proto-industrialization in the rural …, economies stuck in the low-income trap or middle-income trap did not follow the above sequential stages of industrialization …. For example, many Eastern European and Latin American countries after WWII jumped to the stage of heavy industrialization …
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The intertemporal supply of natural resources and the recycling of hotelling rents : the case of the Saudis
Siebert, Horst - 1981
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The social contract in the MENA region and the energy sector reforms
Brzuszkiewicz, Sara - 2017
During the last few years and because of the low oil prices in particular, the increasing awareness of the unsustainability of subsidized systems led several MENA countries to take steps to lower subsidies, which have been part of the social contract for decades, especially as far as the energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011599292
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Using IPRs to protect niches? : Evidence from the Indian textile and apparel industry
Karmakar, Suparna - 2014
In the fiercely competitive global environment that has prevailed since the removal of (MFA) quotas in 2005, many textile and apparel suppliers have sought to compete by forming and protecting niches. Building competence in design, branding and retail distribution has been an important part of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010242772
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Productive development policies in Argentina
Sánchez, Gabriel; Butler, Inés; Rozemberg, Ricardo - 2011
In contrast to the limited impact of aggregate-level productive development policies (PDPs) in Argentina, micro-level PDPs in several sectors have proven highly successful. This study seeks to understand how these PDPs succeeded in a challenging environment, what kinds of mechanisms were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246546
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Productive development policies in Latin America and the Caribbean : the case of Mexico
Baz, Verónica; Capelo, María Cristina; Centeno, Rodrigo; … - 2010
While Mexico has potential to grow rapidly, its economic growth has remained low for the past three decades. There is no consensus on the country s development path or on how to achieve specific goals. Since the policy debate remains ideological and lacks pragmatism, productive development...
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Industrial policy in Guatemala : a case of policy inertia under changing paradigms
Cuevas, Mario A.; Lee, Sigfrido; Pineda, Bismarck - 2010
This paper reviews productive development policies (PDPs) in Guatemala, focusing on the alleged justification of existing programs in terms of the market or government failures they are meant to address. An effort is made to identify how the different instruments complement or contradict each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246555
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Productive development policies in Costa Rica : market failures, government failures, and policy outcomes
Monge González, Ricardo; Rivera, Luis; … - 2010
This paper analyzes five Productive Development Policies (PDPs) implemented in Costa Rica, finding that they are not optimally addressing market failures. Moreover, government failures rather than market failures represent the main justification for PDPs. Even in the presence of market failures,...
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