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1 online resource |
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Online access with subscription: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online)
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Cover; Diverse Development Paths and Structural Transformation in the Escape from Poverty; Copyright; Preface and Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Part 1: Structural Transformation and Catching up; 1: Diversity of Development Paths and Structural Transformation in Historical Perspective-an Introduction; 1.1 Development Thinking and Catching up Experiences; 1.2 One-eyed Paradigms of Catching up; 1.3 The Case for Structural Transformation and Diversity in the Development Process; 1.4 The Content; References |
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2: Structural Change and Catching up-the Relative Small Country Advantage2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Global Development Since 1990 in a Long Term Perspective-a Dramatic Chapter; 2.2.1 The American 1990s; 2.2.2 The Chinese 2000s; 2.3 Purchasing Power Parity and the Index Problem; 2.3.1 The Index Problem; 2.3.2 Lessons from Gerschenkron and Dahmén; 2.4 The Measurement Principles; 2.4.1 Shift Factors Differ between Countries; 2.4.2 Analytical Aspects; 2.4.3 Causes Behind Shifts; 2.5 Adjustments of GDP Growth Rates to PPP Benchmarks; 2.5.1 Europe Comes out Stronger |
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2.6 Explanatory Factors to PPP Adjustment Effects2.6.1 Small, Rich, Open and Ahead; 2.6.2 Specialization Patterns Support PPP Analysis; 2.7 On the Role of Structural Change for Catching up or Forging Ahead; 2.7.1 The Increasing Need for Structural Change; 2.7.2 The Chinese and Indian Cases; 2.7.3 Small and Rich Leading in Both Asia and Europe; 2.7.4 Factors Behind European Divergence; 2.8 The 2010s and the 1930s-a Long Historical Perspective; 2.8.1 Long Cyclical Similarities between the 1930s and the 2010s; 2.8.2 Relevance of a Swedish Pattern |
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2.8.3 Are Experiences of the 1930s Still Relevant?References; 3: The Latecomer Advantages and Disadvantages: A New Structural Economics Perspective; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Challenge of Economic Development: Historical Antecedents and Twentieth Century Divergence; 3.3 Rethinking of Economic Development; 3.4 The New Structural Economics as the Third Wave of Development Thinking; 3.5 Latent Comparative Advantage, Advantage of Backwardness and Industrial Policy; 3.6 Concluding Remarks; References; 4: The Role of Agriculture in 'Catching up': A Gerschenkronian Perspective; 4.1 Introduction |
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4.2 Understanding Agricultural Revolutions4.3 Agriculture and Catching up; 4.4 Linkages between Agriculture and Economic Growth; 4.4.1 Direct Contribution to Economic Growth via Lewis Linkages; 4.4.2 Indirect Contributions to Economic Growth via Johnston-Mellor Linkages; 4.4.3 Roundabout Contributions from Agriculture to Economic Growth via Fogel Linkages (Improved Nutrition), Lipton Linkages (Removing Urban Bias), and Stability Linkages (Improving Efficiency of Investment) |
| Summary |
This text discusses possibilities for, and obstacles to, economic development in lower income countries in Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It examines how lower income countries might 'catch up' and advantages and disadvantages of the lateness of poor countries in the development process |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Economic development -- Asia
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Economic development -- Latin America
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Economic development -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Poverty -- Asia
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Poverty -- Latin America
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Poverty -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Economic development
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Economic history
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Poverty
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Asia -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008615
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Latin America -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074888
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Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001673
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Asia
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Latin America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191800788 |
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0191800783 |
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9780191057175 |
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0191057177 |
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