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Learning from Asia's success beyond simplistic 'lesson-making'

Hobday, Michael - 2011

Many international organizations, governments and academics concerned with economic development look to Asia's success … East and South East Asia and asks: what can other developing countries learn from Asia's success, if anything? The study … developing nations of today cannot ignore the rise of Asia and the study identifies useful insights from the Asian experience …

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The practice of industrial policy : lessons for Africa ; co-ordination through an Asian lens

Lin, Justin Yifu; Vũ-Minh-Khương - 2014

African countries are facing great opportunities but also formidable challenges in accelerating economic growth and sustaining a high level of economic performance. The experiences of East Asian countries may offer valuable insights for African leaders and governments in making concerted efforts...

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Asian development after the Asian Drama

Kozul-Wright, Richard; Poon, Daniel - 2018

these policy tools to achieve stated objectives; and (iii) the overall development trends observed in the Asia region. The …

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Employment and development in Asia

Hoeven, Rolph van der - 2018

How have economic development, employment, and labour markets in Asian countries interacted since the publication of Myrdal's Asian Drama? Myrdal rejected, the western approach to and definition of employment and emphasized the role of "informal" employment, but he underestimated the effects of...

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The state and development

Evans, Peter B.; Heller, Patrick - 2018

Using a comparative frame that draws on the variation of developmental trajectories in Asia from Northeast Asia to … China to Southeast Asia and to India, this paper explores the changing role of the state in these countries and the … possibilities for state action in Asia have been shaped by geo-political context and colonial heritage. We analyse the ways in which …

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A short history of India's economy : a chapter in the Asian drama

Basu, Kaushik - 2018

This paper is a short history of the Indian economy since 1968. India today is a changed country from what it was half a century ago, when Myrdal published his Asian Drama. The stranglehold of low growth has been broken, its population below the poverty line has fallen markedly, and India has...

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Asia and the world economy in historical perspective

Findlay, Ronald - 2018

of Asia between themselves and the rest of the world over the past millennium, paying particular attention to: the Pax … final section discusses the comparative evolution of Europe and Asia and the question of why the Industrial Revolution did … not first occur in Asia. …

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China's growth miracle in the context of Asian transformation

Lin, Justin Yifu - 2018

Myrdal did not cover China in his Asian Drama. If he did, he would have been most likely pessimistic about China, as he was about other Asian countries in his book. However, China has achieved miraculous growth since the transition from a planned economy to a market economy at the end of 1978....

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Nationalism and development in Asia

Duara, Prasenjit - 2018

This paper identifies historic patterns in the dialectic between nationalism and development across various East, South, and Southeast Asian nations. Nationalism as the rationale for development is used by regimes to achieve high levels of growth, but also generates exclusivism and hostilities,...

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Savings transition in Asia : unity in diversity

Athukorala, Premachandra; Wanissa Suanin - 2022

countries in developing Asia from a historical perspective. Developing Asia provides an ideal laboratory for the study with …

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