Learning from the Asian Tigers: Studies in Technology and Industrial Policy

ISBN-13: 9780333674109 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 235 str.

Sanjaya Lall

Opis

This is a collection of papers on industrial policy - the role of governments in promoting industrial development - and the particular significance of technology development. Two essays deal with the general debate on industrial policy and the nature of technology development; two are critical appraisals of the World Bank's approach to the debate on governments and markets; four are case studies of policy making on aspects of industrialisation, three in Asia and one in Africa.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgements - Paradigms of Development: the East Asian Debate on Industrial Policy - Understanding Technology Development - Technology Development Policies: Lessons from Asia - 'The East Asian Miracle' Study: Does the Bell Toll for Industrial Strategy? - Structural Adjustment and African Industry - Malaysia: Industrial Success and the Role of Government - Skills and Capabilities in Ghana's Competitiveness (with Ganeshan Wignaraja) - Foreign Direct Investment Policies in the Asian NIEs - Index

O autorze

SANJAYA LALL