Learning from Asia's Success Beyond Simplistic 'Lesson-Making'

Mike Hobday

No wp-2011-042, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Many international organizations, governments and academics concerned with economic development look to Asia's success, recommending that other poor countries follow similar models and paths of development. This study argues that such Asian 'lesson-making' is a grave mistake in policy-thinking—and in the historical understanding of the nature and process of development.

Keywords: Commercial policy; Economic development; Economic policy; Convergence; Management (Technological innovations) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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