Development success: Historical accounts from more advanced countries
What lessons can be learnt from 'developed' countries that might be useful for developing and emerging economies? With an emphasis on long-term growth and development, this book provides historical accounts of the development strategies of a select set of advanced countries. Each case study typically presents the country's 'successes' and the root causes of those successes. Organized into three parts, it covers The Nordics (Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark), Other Industrially Advanced Coun…
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What lessons can be learnt from 'developed' countries that might be useful for developing and emerging economies? With an emphasis on long-term growth and development, this book provides historical accounts of the development strategies of a select set of advanced countries. Each case study typically presents the country's 'successes' and the root causes of those successes. Organized into three parts, it covers The Nordics (Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark), Other Industrially Advanced Countries (Japan, Ireland, and Switzerland), and Transition Economies (Czech, Hungary, and Poland). Although the book stresses that development strategies are, by and large, country and context-specific, the historical accounts are full of recurrent themes, which should provide useful lessons for developing countries and emerging economies
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- Publication Date:2013
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013
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- Description:339 s
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199660704, 0199660700
- oclc:ocn838794973
- Dewey Decimal:338.9
Table of Contents
Foreword ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. Development Success: Historical Accounts from the More Advanced Countries ; PART I: THE NORDICS: FINLAND, NORWAY, SWEDEN, DENMARK ; 2. The Finnish Developmental State and its Growth Regime ; 3. Can Norway Be a Role Model for Natural Resource Abundant Countries? ; 4. The Swedish Model ; 5. The Danish Model and the Globalizing Learning Economy: Lessons for Developing Countries ; 6. The Nordic Development Models: The Riddle is Still There, But We May Be a Little Wiser ; PART II: OTHER ADVANCED INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES: JAPAN, IRELAND, SWITZERLAND ; 7. Japan's Model of Economic Development: Relevant and Non-relevant Elements for Developing Economies ; 8. Committing to Economic Openness in Ireland: The Importance of Domestic Institutional Capabilities ; 9. Switzerland's Rise to a Wealthy Nation: Competition and Contestability as Key Success Factors ; 10. Country Role Models: Japan, Ireland, and Switzerland ; PART III: TRANSITION ECONOMIES: CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, POLAND ; 11. The Czech Transition: The Importance of Microeconomic Fundamentals ; 12. Hungary: The Janus-faced Success Story of Transition ; 13. A Two-Thirds Rate of Success: Polish Transformation…
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