DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS WIDER C

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-966070-4
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 708 g

Reihe: WIDER Studies in Development Economics

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.

Zielgruppe

Academics, researchers, and students of development economics, development studies, and transition economies. Policy makers and NGOs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fosu

Fosu, Augustin K.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Introduction
1: Augustin Kwasi Fosu: Development Success: Historical Accounts from the More Advanced Countries
Part I: The Nordics: Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark
2: Markus Jäntti and Juhana Vartiainen: The Finnish Developmental State and its Growth Regime
3: Ådne Cappelen and Lars Mjøset: Can Norway Be a Role Model for Natural Resource Abundant Countries?
4: Ari Kokko: The Swedish Model
5: Bengt-Åke Lundvall: The Danish Model and the Globalizing Learning Economy: Lessons for Developing Countries
6: Juhana Vartiainen: 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: Fukunari Kimura: Japan's Model of Economic Development: Relevant and Non-relevant Elements for Developing Economies
8: Paul Teague and Denise Currie: Committing to Economic Openness in Ireland: The Importance of Domestic Institutional Capabilities
9: Beatrice Weder and Rolf Weder: Switzerland's Rise to a Wealthy Nation: Competition and Contestability as Key Success Factors
10: Ronald Findlay: Country Role Models: Japan, Ireland, and Switzerland
Part III: Transition Economies: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland
11: Jan Svejnar and Milica Uvalic: The Czech Transition: The Importance of Microeconomic Fundamentals
12: László Csaba: Hungary: The Janus-faced Success Story of Transition
13: Grzegorz Kolodko: A Two-Thirds Rate of Success: Polish Transformation and Economic Development, 1989- 2008
14: Vladimir Popov: Lessons from Transition Economies: Putting the Success Stories of the Post-communist World into a Broader Perspective

Über Autor(innen)

Fosu, Augustin K.
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.