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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476843003321

Autore

Ōno Ken'ichi <1957->

Titolo

Learning to industrialize : from given growth to policy-aided value creation / / Kenichi Ohno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2014

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

9780415705820

0415705827

9780203085530

0203085531

9781136198830

1136198830

9781136198847

1136198849

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 pages)

Collana

Routledge-GRIPS Development Forum Studies ; ; 2.

Classificazione

BUS069000

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Economic development

Industrialization

Industrial policy

Industrialization - East Asia

Industrialization - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I Ideas and methods; 1 The developmental trap; 2 Industrial policy in the age of globalization; 3 Ingredients of proactive industrialization; 4 Policy procedure and organization; PART II Country studies; 5 Meiji Japan: from feudalism to industrialization; 6 Singapore: national productivity movement; 7 Taiwan: policy drive for innovation; 8 Malaysia: trapped in upper middle income; 9 Vietnam: growth without quality; 10 Ethiopia: the Growth and Transformation Plan; Notes; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This book proposes a new, pragmatic way of approaching economic development which features policy learning based on a comparison of international best policy practices. While the important role of government in promoting private sector development is being recognized, policy discussion often remains general without details as to what exactly to do and how to avoid common pitfalls. This book fills the gap by showing concrete policy contents, procedures, and organizations adopted in high-performing East Asian economies.Natural resources and foreign aid and investment can take a