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What lessons can be learnt from 'developed' countries that might be useful for developing and emerging economies? With an emphasis on long-term growth and development, this book provides historical accounts of the development strategies of a select set of advanced countries. Each case study typically presents the country's 'successes' and the root causes of those successes. Organized into three parts, it covers The Nordics (Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark), Other Industrially Advanced Countries (Japan, Ireland, and Switzerland), and Transition Economies (Czech, Hungary, and Poland). Although the book stresses that development strategies are, by and large, country and context-specific, the historical accounts are full of recurrent themes, which should provide useful lessons for developing countries and emerging economies.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Introduction 1: Augustin Kwasi Fosu: Development Success: Historical Accounts from the More Advanced Countries Part I: The Nordics: Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark 2: Markus Jäntti and Juhana Vartiainen: The Finnish Developmental State and its Growth Regime 3: Ådne Cappelen and Lars Mjøset: Can Norway Be a Role Model for Natural Resource Abundant Countries? 4: Ari Kokko: The Swedish Model 5: Bengt-Åke Lundvall: The Danish Model and the Globalizing Learning Economy: Lessons for Developing Countries 6: Juhana Vartiainen: The Nordic Development Models: The Riddle is Still There, But We May Be a Little Wiser Part II: Other Advanced Industrialized Countries: Japan, Ireland, Switzerland 7: Fukunari Kimura: Japan's Model of Economic Development: Relevant and Non-relevant Elements for Developing Economies 8: Paul Teague and Denise Currie: Committing to Economic Openness in Ireland: The Importance of Domestic Institutional Capabilities 9: Beatrice Weder and Rolf Weder: Switzerland's Rise to a Wealthy Nation: Competition and Contestability as Key Success Factors 10: Ronald Findlay: Country Role Models: Japan, Ireland, and Switzerland Part III: Transition Economies: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland 11: Jan Svejnar and Milica Uvalic: The Czech Transition: The Importance of Microeconomic Fundamentals 12: László Csaba: Hungary: The Janus-faced Success Story of Transition 13: Grzegorz Kolodko: A Two-Thirds Rate of Success: Polish Transformation and Economic Development, 1989- 2008 14: Vladimir Popov: Lessons from Transition Economies: Putting the Success Stories of the Post-communist World into a Broader Perspective

About the Author :
Augustin K. Fosu is also Visiting Scholar at the University of Ghana-Legon and honorary Research Associate at Oxford University (CSAE) and the University of Manchester (BWPI). Previous positions include: Director (Economic and Social Policy Division) and Senior Policy Advisor /Chief Economist at the UN Economic Commission for Africa and Director of Research at the African Economic Research Consortium. He holds a PhD in economics from Northwestern University. Professor Fosu is co-editor of the Journal of African Economies (Oxford) and serves on the editorial boards of many other journals, including: African Development Review, Journal of Development Studies, Oxford Development Studies, World Bank Economic Review, and World Development.

Review :
As the importance of getting institutions right to promote development is acknowledged there is a rising need for sophisticated, contextual, historical narratives of how the now prosperous countries managed to do it. This book fills that need, fleshing out not just the Nordic model (with its commonalities and differences) but also compares countries like Switzerland and Ireland. A useful step away from the dogma of a single canonical model of development to the diversity and richness of paths countries have followed. A fascinating account of some lesser known success stories. By drawing together the lessons from successful and diverse historical development experiences of some advanced countries, while insisting on the inherent country specificity of development, this book will be of most practical help to all those seeking effective development strategies for poorer countries in today's world.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199660704
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • Height: 241 mm
  • No of Pages: 362
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 734 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0199660700
  • Publisher Date: 22 Nov 2012
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: WIDER Studies in Development Economics
  • Sub Title: Historical Accounts from More Advanced Countries
  • Width: 162 mm


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