The quest for prosperity [electronic resource] : how developing economies can take off

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서명/저자사항	The quest for prosperity [electronic resource]: how developing economies can take off / Justin Yifu Lin.
개인저자	Lin, Justin Yifu, 1952-.
발행사항	Princeton: Princeton University Press, c2012.
형태사항	1 online resource (xvii, 322 p.) : ill.
기타형태 저록	Print version: 9780691155890 0691155895
ISBN	1400844584 (electronic bk.) 9781400844586 (electronic bk.)
기타표준부호	9786613891242
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
요약	"How can developing countries grow their economies? Most answers to this question center on what the rich world should or shouldn't do for the poor world. In The Quest for Prosperity, Justin Yifu Lin--the first non-Westerner to be chief economist of the World Bank--focuses on what developing nations can do to help themselves. Since the end of the Second World War, prescriptions for economic growth have come and gone. Often motivated more by ideology than practicality, these blueprints have had mixed success on the ground. Drawing lessons from history, economic analysis, and practice, Lin examines how the countries that have succeeded in developing their own economies have actually done it. He shows that economic development is a process of continuous technological innovation, industrial upgrading, and structural change driven by how countries harness their land, labor, capital, and infrastructure. Countries need to identify and facilitate the development of those industries where they have a comparative advantage--where they can produce products most effectively--and use them as a basis for development. At the same time, states need to recognize the power of markets, limiting the role of government to allow firms to flourish and lead the process of technological innovation and industrial upgrading. By following this "new structural economics" framework, Lin shows how even the poorest nations can grow at eight percent or more continuously for several decades, significantly reduce poverty, and become middle- or even high-income countries in the span of one or two generations. Interwoven with insights, observations, and stories from Lin's travels as chief economist of the World Bank and his reflections on China's rise, this book provides a road map and hope for those countries engaged in their own quest for prosperity."--Provided by publisher.
주제명(지명)	Developing countries --Economic conditions. Developing countries --Economic policy. Developing countries. --fast
일반주제명	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Business Development. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Structural Adjustment. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General. Economic history. Economic policy.
분류기호(DDC)	338.9009172
언어	영어
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