| Contents |
Diversity of development paths and structural transformation in historical perspective : an introduction / Martin Andersson and Tobias Axelsson -- Structural change and catching up : the relative small country advantage / Lennart Schön -- The latecomer advantages and disadvantages : a new structural economics perspective / Justin Yifu Lin -- The role of agriculture in 'catching up' : a Gerschenkronian perspective / C. Peter Timmer -- Misinterpreting the East Asian miracle : a Gerschenkronian perspective on substitution and advantages of backwardness in the industrialization of eastern Asia / Christer Gunnarsson -- Southeast Asia : the half-way miracle? / Anne Booth -- Has Latin America changed tracks? Catching up : now and then, an essay / Luis Bértola -- Economic backwardness and catching up : Brazilian agriculture, 1964-2014 / Lee Alston and Bernardo Mueller -- Is Africa too late for 'late development'? Gerschenkron south of the Sahara / Gareth Austin -- Is sub-Saharan Africa finally catching up? / Erik Thorbecke and Yusi Ouyang -- Relative economic backwardness and catching up : lessons from history, implications for development thinking / Martin Andersson and Tobias Axelsson. |
| Summary |
This text discusses possibilities for, and obstacles to, economic development in lower income countries in Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It examines how lower income countries might 'catch up' and advantages and disadvantages of the lateness of poor countries in the development process. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015955610 |
| ISBN | 0198737408 |
| ISBN | 9780198737407 |
