Achieving Development Success Strategies and Lessons from the Developing World

This book presents development strategies and lessons based on a large range of 'success' countries across the developing world. In addition to the country cases, it presents regional and overall syntheses that cover orthodox vs. heterodox policies; the importance of capability, primary exports, diversification and financing; managing diversity; the role of institutions and governance; and human development. The book reveals much diversity in successful development strategies offered by the various select countries: for example, the 'disinterested-government' political economy of China; the democratically supported, high-service-sector development approach of India; the 'Washington-Consensus-based' reforms of Ghana and China; the diversification strategies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Oman; the dynamic orthodox-heterodox strategy of Malaysia and Vietnam; the effective natural-resource management of Botswana, Oman, Bahrain and the UAE; the social-sector underpinnings of development in Costa Rica and Tunisia; and the democratic political system of managing diversity in India. This refreshing approach to studying development will interest researchers, teachers, students, development practitioners and policymakers alike.

1. Achieving Development Success: Synthesis of Strategies and Lessons from the Developing World, Augustin K. Fosu
Part I: East Asia and the Pacific (South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam)
2. How Can Korea be a Role Model for Catch-up Development? A 'Capability-based View', Keun Lee
3. Lessons from Post-colonial Malaysian Economic Development, K.S. Jomo and Chong Hui Wee
4. Thailand's Development Strategy and Growth Performance, Peter Warr
5. Vietnam as a Role Model for Development, John Thoburn
6. Development Strategies: Lessons from the Experiences of South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, Haider A. Khan
Part II: The Emerging Asian Giants (India and China)
7. Democracy, Diversity, and Development: India's Strategy and Outcomes, Nirvikar Singh
8. The Disinterested Government: An Interpretation of China's Economic Success in the Reform Era, Yang Yao
9. Country Role Models of Development Success: Lessons from China and India, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino
Part III: Sub-Saharan Africa (Botswana, Mauritius, South Africa, and Ghana?
10. Botswana as a Role Model for Country Success, James Robinson
11. The Mauritian Success Story and its Lessons, Arvind Subramanian
12. Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Economic Success Story?, Mats Lundahl and Lennart Petersson
13. Country Role Models for Development Success: The Ghana Case, Augustin K. Fosu
14. Development Progress in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius, and South Africa, Wim Naude
Part IV: Latin America and the Caribbean (Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic)
15. Brazil's Growth Performance: Achievements and Prospects, Luiz de Mello
16. Three Decades of Neoliberal Economics in Chile: Achievements, Failures, and Dilemmas, Andres Solimano
17. Country Role Models for Development Success: The Case of Costa Rica, Alberto Trejos
18. Economic Development Strategies in the Dominican Republic, Susan Pozo, Jose Sanchez-Fung, and Amelia U. Santos-Paulino
19. Between Past and Future of Latin America: Lessons from Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic, Eliana Cardoso
Part V: Middle-East and North Africa (Oman, Bahrain, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates)
20. The Omani and Bahraini Paths to Development: Rare and Contrasting Oil-based Economic Success Stories, Robert E. Looney
21. Tunisia's Development Experience: A Success Story?, Mina Baliamoune-Lutz
22. The United Arab Emirates: Some Lessons in Economic Development, Yaw Nyarko
23. 'Successful' Development Models: Lessons from the MENA Region, Imed Drine