Industrial development in developing countries and the role of government interventions
The work argues that while export orientation (in the sense of providing neutral incentives between foreign and domestic markets) is desirable, the experience of successful industrialisers does not support the minimalist government role prescribed. On the contrary, the most successful industrialiser...
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Associazione Economia civile
2013-10-01
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| author | S. LALL G. KELL |
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| description | The work argues that while export orientation (in the sense of providing neutral incentives between foreign and domestic markets) is desirable, the experience of successful industrialisers does not support the minimalist government role prescribed. On the contrary, the most successful industrialisers have been dynamic precisely because they intervened heavily in the process of building up technological capabilities. Their interventions were both “functional” and “selective”, though the extent and choice of intervention varied greatly.
JEL: O14
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| spelling | doaj.art-3e4caddcd9fd46e193bc1eecb10abdaf2023-02-03T16:47:04ZengAssociazione Economia civilePSL Quarterly Review2037-36352037-36432013-10-014417810.13133/2037-3643/10642Industrial development in developing countries and the role of government interventionsS. LALLG. KELLThe work argues that while export orientation (in the sense of providing neutral incentives between foreign and domestic markets) is desirable, the experience of successful industrialisers does not support the minimalist government role prescribed. On the contrary, the most successful industrialisers have been dynamic precisely because they intervened heavily in the process of building up technological capabilities. Their interventions were both “functional” and “selective”, though the extent and choice of intervention varied greatly. JEL: O14 https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/10642industrialisationgovernment interventiondeveloping countries |
| spellingShingle | S. LALL G. KELL Industrial development in developing countries and the role of government interventions PSL Quarterly Review industrialisation government intervention developing countries |
| title | Industrial development in developing countries and the role of government interventions |
| title_full | Industrial development in developing countries and the role of government interventions |
| title_fullStr | Industrial development in developing countries and the role of government interventions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Industrial development in developing countries and the role of government interventions |
| title_short | Industrial development in developing countries and the role of government interventions |
| title_sort | industrial development in developing countries and the role of government interventions |
| topic | industrialisation government intervention developing countries |
| url | https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_quarterly_review/article/view/10642 |
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