Diverse development paths and structural transformation in the escape from poverty / edited by Martin Andersson & Tobias Axelsson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andersson, Martin, 1969-

Contributor:

Andersson, Martin, 1969- editor.

Axelsson, Tobias, 1977- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Developing countries.

Economic conditions.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

xvi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part 1 Structural Transformation and Catching up

1 Diversity of Development Paths and Structural Transformation in Historical Perspective-an Introduction / Martin Andersson Andersson, Martin, Tobias Axelsson Axelsson, Tobias 3

2 Structural Change and Catching up-the Relative Small Country Advantage / Lennart Schön Schön, Lennart 18

3 The Latecomer Advantages and Disadvantages: A New Structural Economics Perspective / Justin Yifu Lin Lin, Justin Yifu 43

4 The Role of Agriculture in 'Catching up': A Gerschenkronian Perspective / C. Peter Timmer Timmer, C. Peter 68

Part 2 Diversity in Development

5 Misinterpreting the East Asian Miracle-a Gerschenkronian Perspective on Substitution and Advantages of Backwardness in the Industrialization of Eastern Asia / Christer Gunnarsson Gunnarsson, Christer 93

6 Southeast Asia: The Half-way Miracle? / Anne Booth Booth, Anne 128

7 Has Latin America Changed Tracks? Catching up: Now and Then. An essay / Luis Bértola Bértola, Luis 158

8 Economic Backwardness and Catching up: Brazilian Agriculture, 1964-2014 / Lee Alston Alston, Lee, Bernardo Mueller Mueller, Bernardo 181

9 Is Africa Too Late for 'Late Development'? Gerschenkron South of the Sahara / Gareth Austin Austin, Gareth 206

10 Is Sub-Saharan Africa Finally Catching up? / Erik Thorbecke Thorbecke, Erik, Yusi Ouyang Ouyang, Yusi 236

11 Relative Economic Backwardness and Catching up: Lessons from History, Implications for Development Thinking / Martin Andersson Andersson, Martin, Tobias Axelsson Axelsson, Tobias 266.

ISBN:

0198737408

9780198737407

OCLC:

928443327