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Achieving Development Success

Strategies and Lessons from the Developing World

This book presents development strategies and lessons based on a large range of 'success' countries across the developing world. In addition to the country cases, it presents regional and overall syntheses that cover orthodox vs. heterodox policies; the importance of capability, primary exports, diversification and financing; managing diversity; the role of institutions and governance; and human development.

The book reveals much diversity in successful development strategies offered by the various select countries. For example, the 'disinterested-government' political economy of China; the democratically supported, high-service-sector development approach of India; the 'Washington-Consensus-based' reforms of Ghana and China; the diversification strategies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Oman; the dynamic orthodox-heterodox strategy of Malaysia and Vietnam; the effective natural-resource management of Botswana, Oman, Bahrain and the UAE; the social-sector underpinnings of development in Costa Rica and Tunisia; and the democratic political system of managing diversity in India.

This refreshing approach to studying development will interest researchers, teachers, students, development practitioners and policy makers alike. Readership: academics, researchers, and students of development economics, development studies, and transition economies. Policy makers and NGOs.

Table of contents
  1. Achieving Development Success: Synthesis of Strategies and Lessons from the Developing World
    Augustin Kwasi Fosu
    More Working Paper | Achieving Development Success
  2. Part I: East Asia and the Pacific (South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam)
    How Can Korea be a Role Model for Catch-up Development? A 'Capability-based View'
    Keun Lee
    More Working Paper | How Can Korea be a Role Model for Catch-up Development?
  3. Lessons from Post-colonial Malaysian Economic Development
    K. S. Jomo, Hui Wee Chong
    More Working Paper | Lessons from Post-colonial Malaysian Economic Development
  4. Thailand's Development Strategy and Growth Performance
    Peter Warr
    More Working Paper | Thailand’s Development Strategy and Growth Performance
  5. Vietnam as a Role Model for Development
    John Thoburn
    More Working Paper | Vietnam as a Role Model for Development
  6. Development Strategies: Lessons from the Experiences of South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam
    Haider A. Khan
    More Working Paper | Development Strategies
  7. Part II: The Emerging Asian Giants (India and China)
    Democracy, Diversity, and Development: India's Strategy and Outcomes
    Nirvikar Singh
    More Working Paper | India's Development Strategy
    More Blog | Development, democracy and cohesion
  8. The Disinterested Government: An Interpretation of China's Economic Success in the Reform Era
    Yang Yao
    More Working Paper | The Disinterested Government
  9. Country Role Models of Development Success: Lessons from China and India
    Amelia U. Santos-Paulino
    More Working Paper | China and India
  10. Part III: Sub-Saharan Africa (Botswana, Mauritius, South Africa, and Ghana?
    Botswana as a Role Model for Country Success
    James Robinson
    More Working Paper | Botswana as a Role Model for Country Success
  11. The Mauritian Success Story and its Lessons
    Arvind Subramanian
    More Working Paper | The Mauritian Success Story and its Lessons
  12. Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Economic Success Story?
    Mats Lundahl, Lennart Petersson
    More Working Paper | Post-Apartheid South Africa
  13. Country Role Models for Development Success: The Ghana Case
    Augustin Kwasi Fosu
    More Working Paper | Country Role Models for Development Success
  14. Development Progress in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius, and South Africa
    Wim Naudé
    More Working Paper | Development Progress in sub-Saharan Africa
  15. Part IV: Latin America and the Caribbean (Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic)
    Brazil's Growth Performance: Achievements and Prospects
    Luiz de Mello
    More Working Paper | Brazil’s Growth Performance
  16. Three Decades of Neoliberal Economics in Chile: Achievements, Failures, and Dilemmas
    Andrés Solimano
    More Working Paper | Three Decades of Neoliberal Economics in Chile
  17. Country Role Models for Development Success: The Case of Costa Rica
    Alberto Trejos
    More Working Paper | Country Role Models for Development Success
  18. Economic Development Strategies in the Dominican Republic
    Susan Pozo, Jose R. Sánchez-Fung, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino
    More Working Paper | Economic Development Strategies in the Dominican Republic
  19. Between Past and Future of Latin America: Lessons from Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic
    Eliana Cardoso
    More Working Paper | Between Past and Future of Latin America
  20. Part V: Middle-East and North Africa (Oman, Bahrain, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates)
    The Omani and Bahraini Paths to Development: Rare and Contrasting Oil-based Economic Success Stories
    Robert E. Looney
    More Working Paper | The Omani and Bahraini Paths to Development
  21. Tunisia's Development Experience: A Success Story?
    Mina Baliamoune-Lutz
    More Working Paper | Tunisia's Development Experience
  22. The United Arab Emirates: Some Lessons in Economic Development
    Yaw Nyarko
    More Working Paper | The United Arab Emirates
  23. Part V: Middle-East and North Africa (Oman, Bahrain, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates)
    'Successful' Development Models: Lessons from the MENA Region
    Imed Drine
    More Working Paper | ‘Successful’ Development Models in the MENA Region
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Endorsements

'This valuable collection of studies is full of new insights. It confirms that a deep understanding of economic history really matters for policy makers in developing countries.' - Nicholas Crafts, Professor of Economic History, Warwick University

'Comparative analysis of development successes based on country case studies is a useful complement to statistical cross-country regressions. While they have no claim at establishing causality, they give us a richness of detail that reliably suggests policy approaches to success. The 21 case studies from all five continents presented in this book show that success can be achieved, that there are many ways of engineering success, but that good governance and market forces play key complementary roles. While we have a good understanding of how markets work, knowing how to make developing country governments assume developmental functions is one of the greatest challenges to the development profession. This book makes an important contribution in that direction that will be of great assistance to both scholars and policy makers.' - Elisabeth Sadoulet, Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley

'Nations are not destined to fail, however most fail to be successful. The case studies in this book provide both aspiration and insights on how to guide a nation away from failure towards success. This book will become an essential reading for scholars and for policy makers in developing countries, international development community, and in developed countries as well.' - Justin Yifu Lin, Professor and Honorary Dean, National School of Development, Peking University and Former Chief Economist, World Bank