Growth identification and facilitation : the role of the state in the dynamics of structural change (English)

Active economic policies by developing countries’ governments to promote growth and industrialization have generally been viewed with suspicion by economists, and for good reasons: past experiences show that such policies have too often failed to achieve their stated objectives. But the historical record also indicates that in all successful economies, the state has always played an important role in facilitating structural change and helping the...

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Lin, Justin Yifu;

Monga,Celestin;
Document Date
2010/05/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5313
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Growth identification and facilitation : the role of the state in the dynamics of structural change
Keywords
comparative advantage

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Lin, Justin Yifu; Monga,Celestin.

Growth identification and facilitation : the role of the state in the dynamics of structural change (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5313 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/438321468164948980

Growth identification and facilitation : the role of the state in the dynamics of structural change (English)

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