Achieving Development Success

Strategies and Lessons from the Developing World
Herausgeber: Fosu, Augustin K

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a global sample of country cases of successful development strategies, and seeks to delineate the root causes of success: initial conditions, local and international factors, relative contributions by domestic and external agents, as well as the prognosis of challenges for the future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 980g
• ISBN-13: 9780199671557
• ISBN-10: 0199671559
• Artikelnr.: 36966245

Autorenporträt

Augustin K. Fosu is also Visiting Scholar at the University of Ghana-Legon and honorary Research Associate at Oxford University (CSAE) and the University of Manchester (BWPI). Previous positions include: Director (Economic and Social Policy Division) and Senior Policy Advisor /Chief Economist at the UN Economic Commission for Africa and Director of Research at the African Economic Research Consortium. He holds a PhD in economics from Northwestern University. Professor Fosu is co-editor of the Journal of African Economies (Oxford) and serves on the editorial boards of many other journals, including: African Development Review, Journal of Development Studies, Oxford Development Studies, World Bank Economic Review, and World Development.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Augustin K. Fosu: Achieving Development Success: Synthesis of
Strategies and Lessons from the Developing World
* Part I: East Asia and the Pacific (South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand,
and Vietnam)
* 2: Keun Lee: How Can Korea be a Role Model for Catch-up Development?
A 'Capability-based View'
* 3: K.S. Jomo and Chong Hui Wee: Lessons from Post-colonial Malaysian
Economic Development
* 4: Peter Warr: Thailand's Development Strategy and Growth Performance
* 5: John Thoburn: Vietnam as a Role Model for Development
* 6: Haider A. Khan: Development Strategies: Lessons from the
Experiences of South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam
* Part II: The Emerging Asian Giants (India and China)
* 7: Nirvikar Singh: Democracy, Diversity, and Development: India's
Strategy and Outcomes
* 8: Yang Yao: The Disinterested Government: An Interpretation of
China's Economic Success in the Reform Era
* 9: Amelia U. Santos-Paulino: Country Role Models of Development
Success: Lessons from China and India
* Part III: Sub-Saharan Africa (Botswana, Mauritius, South Africa, and
Ghana?
* 10: James Robinson: Botswana as a Role Model for Country Success
* 11: Arvind Subramanian: The Mauritian Success Story and its Lessons
* 12: Mats Lundahl and Lennart Petersson: Post-Apartheid South Africa:
An Economic Success Story?
* 13: Augustin K. Fosu: Country Role Models for Development Success:
The Ghana Case
* 14: Wim Naudé: Development Progress in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons
from Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius, and South Africa
* Part IV: Latin America and the Caribbean (Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica,
and the Dominican Republic)
* 15: Luiz de Mello: Brazil's Growth Performance: Achievements and
Prospects
* 16: Andrés Solimano: Three Decades of Neoliberal Economics in Chile:
Achievements, Failures, and Dilemmas
* 17: Alberto Trejos: Country Role Models for Development Success: The
Case of Costa Rica
* 18: Susan Pozo, José Sanchez-Fung, and Amelia U. Santos-Paulino:
Economic Development Strategies in the Dominican Republic
* 19: Eliana Cardoso: Between Past and Future of Latin America: Lessons
from Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic
* Part V: Middle-East and North Africa (Oman, Bahrain, Tunisia, and the
United Arab Emirates)
* 20: Robert E. Looney: The Omani and Bahraini Paths to Development:
Rare and Contrasting Oil-based Economic Success Stories
* 21: Mina Baliamoune-Lutz: Tunisia's Development Experience: A Success
Story?
* 22: Yaw Nyarko: The United Arab Emirates: Some Lessons in Economic
Development
* 23: Imed Drine: 'Successful' Development Models: Lessons from the
MENA Region