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India's development strategy accidents, design and replicability
Singh, Nirvikar - 2009
This paper examines India's development strategy, and to what extent it may be considered a success. It provides a brief history of why and how the strategy was adopted, as well as of its implementation, including the role of initial conditions, such as human capital, geographical location, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273482
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The Omani and Bahraini paths to development: Rare and contrasting oil-based economic success stories
Looney, Robert - 2009
Oman and Bahrain are Middle Eastern success stories. There are some key similarities. Both have followed pragmatic development strategies built on a stable foundation of strengthened governance structures and enhanced economic liberalization. These improvements occurred in somewhat different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273466
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Reflections
Ranis, Gustav - 1997
This paper examines the causes of Taiwan's exceptional economic performance, focusing on the influence of … organizational and policy choices and how Taiwan's example differs from those of more typical less-developed countries. After briefly … success. The author demonstrates how Taiwan's unique combination of strong organic nationalism, meager natural resources and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369148
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Beyond industrialization: New approaches to development strategy based on the service sector
Sheehan, Peter - 2008
Industrialization occupies a central place in the rich tapestry of development theory and practice. Although that place has varied over time, many have agreed with Nicholas Kaldor that the kind of economic growth that leads to high real income per capita can only occur through industrialization....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273465
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On the choice of appropriate development strategy: Insights from CGE modelling of the Mozambican economy
Tarp Jensen, Henning; Tarp, Finn - 2001
This paper makes use of a 1997 computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyse three potential strategies that Mozambique can pursue unilaterally with a view to initiating a sustainable development process. They include (i) an agriculture-first strategy, (ii) an agricultural-development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279313
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Development strategies: Lessons from the experiences of South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam
Khan, Haider A. - 2010
This piece synthesizes the development strategies of Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam and draws some relevant lessons. Using a complex adaptive systems approach, strategic openness, a set of heterodox macroeconomic policies, creation of institutions for productive investment in both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280091
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Social democracy as a development strategy
Moene, Karl Ove - 2003
Social democracy, it is often said, is nice but pricey. Whatever its merits in the rich countries of Western Europe, social democracy is frequently dismissed as an infeasible model for developing countries. Based on generosity towards the poor and protection against market competition, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284425
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Development strategy, viability, and economic institutions: The case of China
Lin, Justin Yifu; Liu, Mingxing; Pan, Shiyuan; Zhang, … - 2006
This paper explores the politically determined development objectives and the intrinsic logic of government intervention policies in east developed countries. It is argued that the distorted institutional structure in China and in many least developed countries, after the Second World War, can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284840
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Rethinking import-substituting industrialization: Development strategies and institutions in Taiwan and China
Zhu, Tianbiao - 2006
Conventional explanations of Taiwan and China’s economic success point to the shift from an import … strategies in Taiwan and China have always been a combination of ISI and EOI strategies during their entire miracle … always been the central focus of development. Behind this strategy there is a set of institutions in both Taiwan and China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284578
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Sectoral Transformations in Neo-Patrimonial Rentier States: Tourism Development and State Policy in Egypt
Richter, Thomas; Steiner, Christian - 2007
Dieser Artikel stellt den Zusammenhang zwischen nachhaltiger wirtschaftlicher Entwicklung infolge der Liberalisierung … wurde der Ausbau des Tourismussektors zur optimalen Entwicklungsstrategie, um Einnahmenverlust zu kompensieren. Die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293519