Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 215 pages)
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ISBN:
9781781000267
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Content:
Against the backdrop of persistently high levels of poverty and inequality, critical environmental boundaries and increasing global economic interdependence, this book addresses the role and impact of industrial policies in developing countries. Accepting the reality of both market failure and policy failure, it identifies the conditions under which industrial policy can deliver socially desirable results. General conclusions on the political economy of development are complemented by country case studies covering Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, Tunisia and Vietnam. -- Industrial Policy in Developing Countries offers an in-depth assessment of both the potentials and perils of designing and implementing policy in countries at early stages of economic development. The range of insightful case studies illustrates the key dilemma: directing economic and social development through what are often incipient and weak institutions. This realistic, evidence-based assessment will appeal to both development researchers and industrial policy practitioners, particularly those working in developing countries. -- ‘Countries that need industrial policy the most typically have the worst governance. This terrific book explicitly recognizes this difficulty, and provides a rich discussion of how it can be overcome. It presents a valuable series of country studies that focus on both successes (such as Ethiopian cut flowers) and failures (such as Namibia’s export processing zones). The authors show that weak capacity is not necessarily a hindrance to effective industrial policy, just as strong capacity does not guarantee it.’ (Dani Rodrik, Harvard University, US).
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781781000250
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781786439833
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Altenburg, Tilman, 1959 - Industrial policy in developing countries Cheltenham [u.a] : Elgar, 2015 ISBN 9781781000250
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781781000267
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
Keywords:
Entwicklungsländer
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Industriepolitik
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.4337/9781781000267
URL:
Deutschlandweit zugänglich
URL:
Deutschlandweit zugänglich
Author information:
Altenburg, Tilman 1959-
Author information:
Lütkenhorst, Wilfried
