Beating the Odds - Jump-Starting Developing Countries

Zusatztext "Shortlisted for the 2018 Africa-Asia ICAS Book Prize! International Convention of Asia Scholars and Association for Asian Studies in Africa" Informationen zum Autor Justin Yifu Lin & Célestin Monga Klappentext "This powerful book brings encouraging news to developing countries. A nation does not have to be developed to achieve economic growth: Witness Israel's cultivation of the Negev Desert and Mali's vibrant mango industry. History gives striking examples of take off into sustained growth with little education and not much infrastructure either." --Edmund Phelps, Nobel Laureate in Economics Zusammenfassung How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditions Countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what experts say are the essential preconditions for development, such as good infrastructure and institutions. In Beating the Odds , two of the world's leading development economists begin with this paradox to explain what is wrong with mainstream development thinking—and to offer a practical blueprint for moving poor countries out of the low-income trap regardless of their circumstances.

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• Authors: Justin Yifu Lin, Justin Yifu Monga Lin, Lin Justin Yifu, Celestin Monga, Célestin Monga
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780691192338
• ISBN: 978-0-691-19233-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, International business, economic growth, International Economics, Political Economy, Central / national / federal government policies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies