|
Showing 1 - 9 of
9 matches in All Departments
This is an easy-to-read book that explains how and why Japan
industrialized rapidly. It traces historical development from the
feudal Edo period to high income and technology in the current
period. Catch-up industrialization is analyzed from a broad
perspective including social, economic and political aspects.
Historical data, research and contesting arguments are amply
supplied. Japan's unique experience is contrasted with the
practices of today's developing countries. Negative aspects such as
social ills, policy failures, military movements and war years are
also covered. Nineteenth-century Japan already had a happy
combination of strong entrepreneurship and relatively wise
government, which was the result of Japan's long evolutionary
history. Measured contacts with high civilizations of China, India
and the West allowed cumulative growth without being destroyed by
them. Imported ideas and technology were absorbed with adjustments
to fit the local context. The book grew out of a graduate course
for government officials from developing countries. It offers a
comprehensive look and new insights at Japan's industrial path that
are often missing in standard historical chronicles. Written in an
accessible and lively form, the book engages scholars as well as
novices with no prior knowledge of Japan.
This newly revised clearly-presented text looks at Japan's economic
history from the nineteenth century through to World War II. Within
a framework based on the theories and approaches of Development
Studies, it demonstrates the relevance of Japan's pre-war
experience to the problems facing developing countries today, and
draws out the historical roots of the institutions and practices on
which Japan's post-war economic miracle was based. New features
include: * fresh theoretical perspectives * additional material
derived from new sources * increased number of case studies * fully
up-dated references and bibliography. This broad-ranging textbook
is both topical and easy-to-use and will be of immense use to those
seeking an understanding of Japanese economic development.
The West and the East approach economic development differently.
The Europeans and Americans stress free and fair business climate,
promoting private activities generally without picking winners, and
improving governance. East Asia is interested in achieving concrete
results and projects rather than formal correctness, prioritizing a
few sectors for industrialization, and eventual graduation from
aid. The West mostly shapes shifting strategies of the
international donor community while the East has in reality made
remarkable progress in industrial catch-up. The two approaches
cannot be merged easily but they can be used in proper combination
to realize growth and economic transformation. This book proposes
more dialogue and complementarity between the two in the
development effort of Africa and other regions. In this collected
volume, contributed by experts and practitioners from both East and
West, the need to introduce Eastern ideas to the global development
strategy is emphasized. Analysis of British and other Western donor
policies is given while Japanese, Korean, and other Asian
approaches are also explained with concrete examples. The concept
of governance for growth is presented and the impact of rising
China on development studies is contemplated. The practices of
industrial policy dialogues and actions assisted by East Asian
experts are reported from Tunisia, Zambia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and
others. The book should be applicable to all donors, institutions,
NGOs and business enterprises engaged in development cooperation.
This book proposes a new, pragmatic way of approaching economic
development which features policy learning based on a comparison of
international best policy practices. While the important role of
government in promoting private sector development is being
recognized, policy discussion often remains general without details
as to what exactly to do and how to avoid common pitfalls. This
book fills the gap by showing concrete policy contents, procedures,
and organizations adopted in high-performing East Asian economies.
Natural resources and foreign aid and investment can take a country
to a certain income level, but growth stalls when given advantages
are exhausted. Economies will be caught in middle income traps if
growth impetus is not internally generated. Meanwhile, countries
that have soared to high income introduced mindset, policies, and
institutions that encouraged, or even forced, accumulation of human
capital - skills, technology, and knowledge. How this can be done
systematically is the main topic of policy learning. However,
government should not randomly adopt what Singapore or Taiwan did
in the past. A continued march to prosperity is possible only when
policy makers acquire capability to formulate policy suitable for
local context after studying a number of international experiences.
Developing countries wanting to adopt effective industrial
strategies but not knowing where to start will benefit greatly by
the ideas and hands-on examples presented by the author. Students
of development economics will find a new methodological perspective
which can supplement the ongoing industrial policy debate. The book
also gives an excellent account of national pride and pragmatism
exhibited by officials in East Asia who produced remarkable
economic growth, as well as serious effort by an African country to
emulate this miracle. The Open Access version of this book,
available at
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/doi/view/10.4324/9780203085530 has
been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non
Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Japan - a major provider of development aid - is challenging
conventional wisdom in economic development. This text is a
systematic exposition of the Japanese approach to economic
development. Development economists who shape Japan's economic aid
policy are assembled in this one volume. Japanese economists
generally believe that long-term vision and phased real sector
strategies are lacking in the policy recommendations of the World
Bank and International Monetary Fund. They argue that development
of a market economy requires many conditions which do not
automatically arise by hands off economic policy; these conditions
must be built by conscious efforts of the government with
international help. Therefore, to promote a market economy,
development economists should design comprehensive and long term
development strategy tailored to the realities of each country. The
text shows that the Japanese approach is not simply to recommend
universal industrial policy. Students of development economics,
Asian studies, international relations as well as professional
policy makers should find this perspective both controversial and
stimulating.
This book proposes a new, pragmatic way of approaching economic
development which features policy learning based on a comparison of
international best policy practices. While the important role of
government in promoting private sector development is being
recognized, policy discussion often remains general without details
as to what exactly to do and how to avoid common pitfalls. This
book fills the gap by showing concrete policy contents, procedures,
and organizations adopted in high-performing East Asian economies.
Natural resources and foreign aid and investment can take a country
to a certain income level, but growth stalls when given advantages
are exhausted. Economies will be caught in middle income traps if
growth impetus is not internally generated. Meanwhile, countries
that have soared to high income introduced mindset, policies, and
institutions that encouraged, or even forced, accumulation of human
capital - skills, technology, and knowledge. How this can be done
systematically is the main topic of policy learning. However,
government should not randomly adopt what Singapore or Taiwan did
in the past. A continued march to prosperity is possible only when
policy makers acquire capability to formulate policy suitable for
local context after studying a number of international experiences.
Developing countries wanting to adopt effective industrial
strategies but not knowing where to start will benefit greatly by
the ideas and hands-on examples presented by the author. Students
of development economics will find a new methodological perspective
which can supplement the ongoing industrial policy debate. The book
also gives an excellent account of national pride and pragmatism
exhibited by officials in East Asia who produced remarkable
economic growth, as well as serious effort by an African country to
emulate this miracle. The Open Access version of this book,
available at
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/doi/view/10.4324/9780203085530 has
been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non
Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
The West and the East approach economic development differently.
The Europeans and Americans stress free and fair business climate,
promoting private activities generally without picking winners, and
improving governance. East Asia is interested in achieving concrete
results and projects rather than formal correctness, prioritizing a
few sectors for industrialization, and eventual graduation from
aid. The West mostly shapes shifting strategies of the
international donor community while the East has in reality made
remarkable progress in industrial catch-up. The two approaches
cannot be merged easily but they can be used in proper combination
to realize growth and economic transformation. This book proposes
more dialogue and complementarity between the two in the
development effort of Africa and other regions. In this collected
volume, contributed by experts and practitioners from both East and
West, the need to introduce Eastern ideas to the global development
strategy is emphasized. Analysis of British and other Western donor
policies is given while Japanese, Korean, and other Asian
approaches are also explained with concrete examples. The concept
of governance for growth is presented and the impact of rising
China on development studies is contemplated. The practices of
industrial policy dialogues and actions assisted by East Asian
experts are reported from Tunisia, Zambia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and
others. The book should be applicable to all donors, institutions,
NGOs and business enterprises engaged in development cooperation.
This is an easy-to-read book that explains how and why Japan
industrialized rapidly. It traces historical development from the
feudal Edo period to high income and technology in the current
period. Catch-up industrialization is analyzed from a broad
perspective including social, economic and political aspects.
Historical data, research and contesting arguments are amply
supplied. Japan's unique experience is contrasted with the
practices of today's developing countries. Negative aspects such as
social ills, policy failures, military movements and war years are
also covered. Nineteenth-century Japan already had a happy
combination of strong entrepreneurship and relatively wise
government, which was the result of Japan's long evolutionary
history. Measured contacts with high civilizations of China, India
and the West allowed cumulative growth without being destroyed by
them. Imported ideas and technology were absorbed with adjustments
to fit the local context. The book grew out of a graduate course
for government officials from developing countries. It offers a
comprehensive look and new insights at Japan's industrial path that
are often missing in standard historical chronicles. Written in an
accessible and lively form, the book engages scholars as well as
novices with no prior knowledge of Japan.
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC
BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford
Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and
selected open access locations. What are the prospects for
successful learning and catch-up for nations in the twenty-first
century? Why have some nations succeeded while others failed? The
World Bank states that out of over one hundred middle-income
economies in 1960, only thirteen became high income by 2008. How
Nations Learn: Technological Learning, Industrial Policy, and
Catch-up examines how nations learn by reviewing key structural and
contingent factors that contribute to dynamic learning and
catch-up. Rejecting both the 'one-size-fits-all' approach and the
agnosticism that all nations are unique and different, it uses
historical as well as firm-, industry-, and country-level evidence
and experiences to identify the sources and drivers of successful
learning and catch-up and the lessons for late-latecomer countries.
Authored by eminent scholars, the volume aims to generate interest
and debate among policy makers, practitioners, and researchers on
the complexity of learning and catch-up. It explores technological
learning at the firm level, policy learning by the state, and the
cumulative and multifaceted nature of the learning process, which
encompasses learning by doing, by experiment, emulation,
innovation, and leapfrogging.
|
You may like...
Celebrations
Jan Kohler
Hardcover
R450
R351
Discovery Miles 3 510
|