Asian Transformations

An Inquiry Into the Development of Nations
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-19-884493-8
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 602 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1060 g

Gunnar Myrdal published his magnum opus, Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, in 1968. He was deeply pessimistic about development prospects in Asia. The fifty years since then have witnessed a remarkable social and economic transformation in Asia - even if it has been uneven across countries and unequal between people - that would have been difficult to imagine, let alone predict at the time. Asian Transformations: An Inquiry into the Development of Nations analyses the fascinating story of economic development in Asia spanning half a century.

Asian Transformations sets the stage by discussing the contribution of Gunnar Myrdal to the debate on development then and now and providing a long-term historical perspective on Asia in the world. It then uses cross-country thematic studies on governments, economic openness, agricultural transformation, industrialization, macroeconomics, poverty and inequality, education and health, employment and unemployment, institutions, and nationalisms to analyse processes of change while recognizing the diversity in paths and outcomes. Specific country studies on China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam, and sub-region studies on East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia, further highlight turning points in economic performance and demonstrate factors underlying success or failure.

Including in-depth studies by eminent economists and social scientists, Asian Transformations comprehensively examines the phenomenal changes that are transforming economies in Asia and shifting the balance of economic power in the world and reflects on the future prospects for this continent over the next twenty-five years. It is a cohesive and multi-disciplinary study of a rapidly changing economic landscape, and makes an important contribution to understanding the complexities and processes of development from different perspectives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nayyar, Deepak

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part I: Setting the stage

- 1: Deepak Nayyar: Rethinking Asian Drama: fifty years later

- 2: Ravi Kanbur: Gunnar Myrdal and Asian Drama in context: then

- 3: Frances Stewart: Gunnar Myrdal's methodology and approach revisited: now

- 4: Ron Findlay: Asia and the world economy in historical perspective

- Part II: Cross-country thematic studies

- 5: Peter Evans and Patrick Heller: The state and development

- 6: Richard Kozul-Wright and Daniel Poon: Economic openness and development

- 7: Rob Vos: Agriculture, the rural sector, and development

- 8: Ha-Joon Chang and Kiryl Zach: Industrialization and development

- 9: Amit Bhaduri: Macroeconomic perspective on development

- 10: Guanghua Wan and Chen Wang: Poverty and inequality

- 11: Sudipto Mundle: Education and health

- 12: Rolph van der Hoeven: Unemployment, employment, and development

- 13: Mushtaq H. Khan: Institutions and development

- 14: Prasenjit Duara: Nationalism and development

- Part III: Country studies

- 15: Justin Lin Yifu: China

- 16: Kaushik Basu: India

- 17: C. Peter Timmer: Indonesia

- 18: Finn Tarp: Vietnam

- 19: Robert H. Wade: East Asia

- 20: Manuel F. Montes: Southeast Asia

- 21: S.R. Osmani: South Asia

Über Autor(innen)

Deepak Nayyar is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He was Distinguished University Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research, New York, and has previously taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Sussex, and the Indian Institute of Management. He served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi, and as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. He has published widely in academic journals. His books include Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy (OUP, 2016).