Government-Linked Companies and Sustainable, Equitable Development

ISBN-13: 9781138801455 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 182 str.

Terence Gomez; Francois Bafoil; Kee-Cheok Cheong

Opis

The debate over how far governments should intervene in economies in order to promote economic growth, a debate which from the 1980s seemed settled in favour of the neo-liberal, non-interventionist consensus, has taken on new vigour since the financial crisis of 2008 and after. Some countries, most of them in industrialised Asia, have survived the crisis, and secured equitable economic growth, by adopting a developmental state model, whereby governments have intervened in their economies, often through explicit support for individual companies. This book explores debates about government intervention, assesses interventionist policies, including industrial and innovation policies, and examines in particular the key institutions which play a crucial role in implementing government policies and in building the bridge between the state and the private sector. The countries covered include China, India, South Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan, together with representative countries from Europe and Latin America.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Economic Liberalization and the Performance of Public Sector Enterprises in India  2. The Chinese State, State Enterprises, and the Global Crisis  3. The Creative Role of the State and Entrepreneurship: The Case of Taiwan  4. South Korea: GLCs as Agents of Economic Development  5. The State’s Business: Government-Linked Companies, the Financial Sector, and Socioeconomic Development in Malaysia  6. Poland: A Systemic Transforming Process From State-Planned to Liberal Economy  7. Internationalization and a Competitiveness Agenda: Development Banks and Agencies Responses to the Financial Crisis in Brazil and Chile

O autorze

Edmund Terence Gomez is Professor of Political Economy in the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Malaysia

François Bafoil is Senior Research Fellow at the CNRS, Sciences Po., France

Kee-Cheok Cheong is Senior Research Fellow at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Malaysia