Seit der politschen Wende steht Südafrika vor der Aufgabe eines grundlegenden gesellschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichen Neubeginns. Die Apartheidsideologie und die wirtschaftliche Isolation während der Sanktionsjahre haben tiefe Spuren in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft hinterlassen. Parallel zum...

Taking South Africa as an important case study of the challenges of structural transformation, the book offers a new micro-meso level framework and evidence linking country-specific and global dynamics of change, with a focus on the current challenges and opportunities faced by middle-income...

Mapping coevolution -- Directed improvisation -- Balancing variety and uniformity -- Franchising the bureaucracy -- From building to preserving markets -- Connecting first-movers and laggards -- Conclusion : how development actually happened beyond China

One of significant and, at the same time, challenging research problems in Economics is measuring the social effect of economic growth (development). Economic growth should never be treated a goal per se. It is rational provided that it brings effects such as, generally speaking, an improvement...