Diverse development paths and structural transformation in the escape from poverty

by Andersson, Martin Axelsson, Tobias

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Full title :Diverse development paths and structural transformation in the escape from poverty / edited by Martin Andersson and Tobias Axelsson

Summary

Diversity of development paths and structural transformation in historical perspective : an introduction / Martin Andersson and Tobias Axelsson -- Structural change and catching up : the relative small country advantage / Lennart Schön -- The latecomer advantages and disadvantages : a new structural economics perspective / Justin Yifu Lin -- The role of agriculture in 'catching up' : a Gerschenkronian perspective / C. Peter Timmer -- Misinterpreting the East Asian miracle : a Gerschenkronian perspective on substitution and advantages of backwardness in the industrialization of eastern Asia / Christer Gunnarsson -- Southeast Asia : the half-way miracle? / Anne Booth -- Has Latin America changed tracks? Catching up : now and then, an essay / Luis Bértola -- Economic backwardness and catching up : Brazilian agriculture, 1964-2014 / Lee Alston and Bernardo Mueller -- Is Africa too late for 'late development'? Gerschenkron south of the Sahara / Gareth Austin -- Is sub-Saharan Africa finally catching up? / Erik Thorbecke and Yusi Ouyang -- Relative economic backwardness and catching up : lessons from history, implications for development thinking / Martin Andersson and Tobias Axelsson

This text discusses possibilities for, and obstacles to, economic development in lower income countries in Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It examines how lower income countries might 'catch up' and advantages and disadvantages of the lateness of poor countries in the development process

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017
Edition:First published in paperback

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford Univ. Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017

Notes

Enthält 11 Beiträge

The Physical Object

Description:xvi, 284 Seiten : Illustrationen

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780198803706, 0198803702, 9780198737407, 0198737408
oclc:on1048585512
LC Classification:HC59.7
Dewey Decimal:338.90091724

Subjects

Africa, Sub-Saharan Asia developing countries Developing countries -- Economic condit… economic development Economic history ENTWICKLUNGSLÄNDER Latin America Poverty Strukturreform Wirtschaftliche Lage