The Role of the State in Development

Osama J. A. R. Abu Shair
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Osama J. A. R. Abu Shair: University of Salford

Chapter 2 in Privatization and Development, 1997, pp 13-34 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The process of economic development in the developing countries has been underway for 40 years. Different groups of economists have given advice on the useful functions of the state varying from recommendations on maintaining law and order, justice and defence to greater state responsibility in bringing about development.

Keywords: Transaction Cost; Public Choice; Free Market; Minimalist State; East Asian Country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25374-6_2

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