Asia-Africa Development Divergence : A Question of Intent
David. Henley
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : Zed Books, , 2015.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (264 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Front Cover""; ""About the Author""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1: Diverging Paths ""; ""Scope of the Divergence ""; ""Origins of the Divergence ""; ""South-East Asia�s Road to Development: (1) Sound Macroeconomic Management ""; ""South-East Asia�s Road to Development: (2) Economic Freedom "". - ""3: Setting the Stage for Development "". - ""Chalk and Cheese? Africa and the Lessons of Asian Development """"From Choice to Constraint ""; ""Explaining Divergence: Nigeria and Indonesia "". - ""History Is Not Destiny """"The Present Methodology: Rigorously Comparative Study of Development Histories ""; ""Agency and Policy Relevance "". - ""South-East Asia�s Road to Development: (3) Pro-Poor, Pro-Rural Public Spending """"Findings and Method in Comparative Perspective ""; ""Factors Influencing Policy Choices ""; ""Structure of the Book ""; ""2: Studying the Divergence "". - ""The Paradox of African Economic Nationalism: In Search of Capable States""""According to the Statistics: Africa Against the Geographical Odds ""; ""According to the Statistics: The Irrelevance of Governance?""; ""Comparative Method and Common Sense "". - Why have South-East Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam been so successful in reducing levels of absolute poverty, while in African countries like Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania, despite recent economic growth, most people are still almost as poor as they were half a century ago? This book presents a simple, radical explanation for the great divergence in development performance between Asia and Africa: the absence in most parts of Africa, and the presence in Asia, of serious developmental intent on the part of national political leaders.
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| Geografisk emneord | Subsaharisk Afrika : HUME15461. - Sørøst-Asia : HUME02148
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| ISBN | 9781783602773. - 9781783602780
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