The recent global financial crisis has intensified concerns over
how nations-both developed and developing - can revitalize economic
growth and ensure opportunity for prosperity to all citizens. Many
analysts and policymakers alike are looking to new business
creation and the promotion of entrepreneurial practices as a
panacea, or at least as a partial solution. A. Coskun Samli has
argued in his two most recent books that the current model of
globalization tends to marginalize the poor and that developing
countries must rely on local business development, rather than
exogenous forces, such as aid, loans, and trade, to catalyze
growth. This third book in his trilogy argues that a "bottom-up"
approach is necessary for developing countries to participate in
globalization-but is not sufficient. He proposes that the economic
goals of a country, a region, or a company are fulfilled first and
foremost by a properly designed and maintained infrastructure,
encompassing both physical elements, such as transportation and
communication systems, and qualitative elements, such as
functioning educational, legal, and governing institutions. In
Infrastructuring, Samli analyzes the experiences of a variety of
countries, including China, India, Ireland, and South Africa, to
highlight the role that infrastructure plays in economic
development, and considers its implications for such timely issues
as new business creation, productivity, and supply chain logistics.
Moreover, he outlines practical approaches to infrastructure
management and policy oversight.
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