Paths to the emerging state in Asia and Africa / Keijiro Otsuka, Kaoru Sugihara, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Otsuka, Keijiro, editor.

Sugihara, Kaoru, editor.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Emerging-economy state and international policy studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developing countries.

Economic development--Developing countries.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

xxi, 292 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : SpringerOpen, [2019]

Summary:

This open access book addresses the issue of how a country, which was incorporated into the world economy as a periphery, could make a transition to the emerging state, capable of undertaking the task of economic development and industrialization. It offers historical and contemporary case studies of transition, as well as the international background under which such a transition was successfully made (or delayed), by combining the approaches of economic history and development economics. Its aim is to identify relevant historical contexts, that is, the 'initial conditions' and internal and external forces which governed the transition. It also aims to understand what current low-income developing countries require for their transition. Three economic driving forces for the transition are identified. They are: (1) labor-intensive industrialization, which offers ample employment opportunities for labor force; (2) international trade, which facilitates efficient international division of labor; and (3) agricultural development, which improves food security by increasing supply of staple foods. The book presents a bold account of each driver for the transition.

Contents:

Multiple paths to industrialization: a global context of the rise of emerging states

Technology transfer and agricultural development: a comparative study of Asia and Africa

Southeast Asia and international trade: continuity and change in historical perspective

Role of state and non-state networks in early-modern Southeast Asian trade

Growth of regional trade in modern Southeast Asia: the rise of Singapore, 1819-1913

Labour-intensive industrialization and the emerging state in pre-war Japan

Changing patterns of industrialization and the emerging state in twentieth century China

Historical roots of industrialization and the emerging state in colonial India

Industrial policy, industrial development, and structural transformation in Asia and Africa

Transformation of rural economies in Asia and Africa

Agricultural market intervention and emerging states in Africa

Role of community and government in irrigation management in emerging states: lessons from Japan, China, and India.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9811331308

9789811331305

OCLC:

1055831159