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Kicking away the ladder : Dvelopment strategy in historical perspective
Publication details: London Anthem Press 2006Description: 187pISBN:- 9781843310273
- 338.917240 CHA
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How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessary for economic development. Adopting a historical approach, Dr Chang finds that the economic evolution of now-developed countries differed dramatically from the procedures that they now recommend to poorer nations. His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed countries are attempting to 'kick away the ladder' with which they have climbed to the top, thereby preventing developing counties from adopting policies and institutions that they themselves have used. This book is the winner of the 2003 Myrdal Prize, European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy.
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| 338.91 STO The UN and development : | 338.91072 BOM Dealing with complexity in development evaluation | 338.9172 SEN Development on trial : | 338.91724 CHA Kicking away the ladder : Dvelopment strategy in historical perspective | 338.927 CLE The economics of nature and the nature of economics | 338.927 DSO Environment Technology and Development | 338.927 DSO-2 Environment, technology, and development : |
How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessary for economic development. Adopting a historical approach, Dr Chang finds that the economic evolution of now-developed countries differed dramatically from the procedures that they now recommend to poorer nations. His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed countries are attempting to 'kick away the ladder' with which they have climbed to the top, thereby preventing developing counties from adopting policies and institutions that they themselves have used. This book is the winner of the 2003 Myrdal Prize, European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy.
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