Growth Strategies and Dynamics : Insights from Country Experiences

The paper examines the challenges that developing countries face in accelerating and sustaining growth. The cases of China and India are examined to illustrate a more general phenomenon which might be called model uncertainty. As a developing econo...

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Main Authors: El-Erian, Mohamed A., Spence, Michael
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
GDP
TAX
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/121881468161096755/Growth-strategies-and-dynamics-insights-from-country-experiences
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topic ACCUMULATION OF RESERVES
ADVANCED ECONOMIES
ADVANCED ECONOMY
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL
ANNUAL GROWTH
ASSET PRICE
ASSET PRICES
ASSETS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANKING SYSTEM
BROKERAGE
BROKERAGE FIRMS
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL CONTROLS
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL OUTFLOWS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE
CENTRAL BANKS
CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMY
CLARITY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMERS
CREDIBILITY
CROSS-BORDER FLOWS
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENT ACCOUNT
CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUSES
DEBT
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION MAKING
DEFICITS
DEPOSITS
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DISCOUNT RATE
DOMESTIC BANKING
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
DOMESTIC DEMAND
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
DOMESTIC FINANCIAL MARKETS
DOMESTIC INFLATION
DOMESTIC PRICES
DURABLE
DURABLE ASSET
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC THEORY
EMERGING ECONOMIES
ENFORCEABILITY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE MANAGEMENT
EXCHANGE RATE POLICY
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
EXPORTS
EXPOSURE
EXTERNAL INVESTORS
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
FINANCES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL FLOWS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FISCAL POLICIES
FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATES
FOOD PRICES
FOREIGN CAPITAL
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN RESERVES
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL DEMAND
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL MARKETS
GLOBAL PRIVATE SECTORS
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GOVERNMENT DEBT MARKETS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GROSS CAPITAL FORMATION
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH POLICIES
GROWTH RATE
HEDGE FUNDS
HIGH INFLATION
HOLDING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCES
IMPORT
IMPORT TARIFF
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INFLATION
INFLATIONARY IMPACT
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INSURANCE
INTANGIBLE
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTING
INVESTMENT PROCESS
INVESTMENT RATE
INVESTMENT RATES
INVESTMENT RISK
JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LIBERALIZATION
LOSS OF COMPETITIVENESS
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC MODELS
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MARKET EFFICIENCY
MARKET ENVIRONMENT
MARKET MECHANISMS
MARKET PRESSURE
MARKET PRICES
MARKET REFORM
MARKET STABILITY
MATURE MARKET
MATURITY
MODERN FINANCIAL SYSTEM
MONETARY POLICY
OPEN ECONOMY
OPEN MARKET
OPPORTUNITY COST
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PER CAPITA INCOME
PHYSICAL ASSETS
POLICY RESPONSE
POLITICAL ECONOMIES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL RISKS
PORTFOLIO
POSTWAR PERIOD
POTENTIAL OUTPUT
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTIONS
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE FORMATION
PRICE INFLATION
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS
PRIVATE EQUITY
PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SPENDING
RAPID GROWTH
REAL GDP
REGULATORY STRUCTURE
REGULATORY SYSTEMS
RELATIVE PRICE
RELATIVE PRICES
RESERVE
RESERVE ACCUMULATION
RESERVES
RETAIL INVESTORS
RETURN
RETURNS
REVALUATION
SAVINGS RATE
SAVINGS RATES
SECURITIES
SECURITIES LAWS
SHAREHOLDER
SOCIAL MARGINAL COST
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
STRUCTURAL PROBLEM
SUPPLY CURVE
SURPLUS
SURPLUS LABOR
TANGIBLE ASSETS
TARIFFS ON IMPORTS
TAX
TAX POLICY
TAX PROVISIONS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TIME HORIZONS
TRADE SURPLUS
UNCERTAINTIES
UNCERTAINTY
WAGES
WEALTH
WITHDRAWAL
WTO
spellingShingle ACCUMULATION OF RESERVES
ADVANCED ECONOMIES
ADVANCED ECONOMY
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL
ANNUAL GROWTH
ASSET PRICE
ASSET PRICES
ASSETS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANKING SYSTEM
BROKERAGE
BROKERAGE FIRMS
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL CONTROLS
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITAL INFLOWS
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL OUTFLOWS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE
CENTRAL BANKS
CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMY
CLARITY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMERS
CREDIBILITY
CROSS-BORDER FLOWS
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENT ACCOUNT
CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUSES
DEBT
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION MAKING
DEFICITS
DEPOSITS
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DISCOUNT RATE
DOMESTIC BANKING
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
DOMESTIC DEMAND
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
DOMESTIC FINANCIAL MARKETS
DOMESTIC INFLATION
DOMESTIC PRICES
DURABLE
DURABLE ASSET
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC THEORY
EMERGING ECONOMIES
ENFORCEABILITY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE MANAGEMENT
EXCHANGE RATE POLICY
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
EXPORTS
EXPOSURE
EXTERNAL INVESTORS
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
FINANCES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL FLOWS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FISCAL POLICIES
FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATES
FOOD PRICES
FOREIGN CAPITAL
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN RESERVES
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL DEMAND
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL MARKETS
GLOBAL PRIVATE SECTORS
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GOVERNMENT DEBT MARKETS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GROSS CAPITAL FORMATION
GROWTH MODELS
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
GROWTH POLICIES
GROWTH RATE
HEDGE FUNDS
HIGH INFLATION
HOLDING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCES
IMPORT
IMPORT TARIFF
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INFLATION
INFLATIONARY IMPACT
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INSURANCE
INTANGIBLE
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTING
INVESTMENT PROCESS
INVESTMENT RATE
INVESTMENT RATES
INVESTMENT RISK
JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LIBERALIZATION
LOSS OF COMPETITIVENESS
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC MODELS
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET ECONOMY
MARKET EFFICIENCY
MARKET ENVIRONMENT
MARKET MECHANISMS
MARKET PRESSURE
MARKET PRICES
MARKET REFORM
MARKET STABILITY
MATURE MARKET
MATURITY
MODERN FINANCIAL SYSTEM
MONETARY POLICY
OPEN ECONOMY
OPEN MARKET
OPPORTUNITY COST
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PER CAPITA INCOME
PHYSICAL ASSETS
POLICY RESPONSE
POLITICAL ECONOMIES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL RISKS
PORTFOLIO
POSTWAR PERIOD
POTENTIAL OUTPUT
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTIONS
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE FORMATION
PRICE INFLATION
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS
PRIVATE EQUITY
PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SPENDING
RAPID GROWTH
REAL GDP
REGULATORY STRUCTURE
REGULATORY SYSTEMS
RELATIVE PRICE
RELATIVE PRICES
RESERVE
RESERVE ACCUMULATION
RESERVES
RETAIL INVESTORS
RETURN
RETURNS
REVALUATION
SAVINGS RATE
SAVINGS RATES
SECURITIES
SECURITIES LAWS
SHAREHOLDER
SOCIAL MARGINAL COST
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
STRUCTURAL PROBLEM
SUPPLY CURVE
SURPLUS
SURPLUS LABOR
TANGIBLE ASSETS
TARIFFS ON IMPORTS
TAX
TAX POLICY
TAX PROVISIONS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TIME HORIZONS
TRADE SURPLUS
UNCERTAINTIES
UNCERTAINTY
WAGES
WEALTH
WITHDRAWAL
WTO
El-Erian, Mohamed A.
Spence, Michael
Growth Strategies and Dynamics : Insights from Country Experiences
geographic_facet China
India
relation Commission on Growth and Development Working Paper;No. 6
description The paper examines the challenges that developing countries face in accelerating and sustaining growth. The cases of China and India are examined to illustrate a more general phenomenon which might be called model uncertainty. As a developing economy grows, its market and regulatory institutions change and their capabilities increase. As a result, growth strategies and policies and the role of government shift. Further, as the models of economies in these transitional states are incomplete and because models used to predict policy impacts in advanced economies may not provided accurate predictions in the developing economy case, growth strategies and policies need to be responsive and to evolve as the economy matures. This has lead governments in countries that have sustained high growth to be somewhat pragmatic, to treat the policy directions that emerge from the advanced economy model with circumspection, to be somewhat experimental in seeking to accelerate export diversification, to be sensitive to risks, and as a result to proceed gradually in areas such as the timing and sequencing of opening up on the current and capital accounts. The last is an area in which existing theory provides relatively little specific guidance, but in which there are relatively high risks that decline over time as the market matures.
format Working Paper
author El-Erian, Mohamed A.
Spence, Michael
author_facet El-Erian, Mohamed A.
Spence, Michael
author_sort El-Erian, Mohamed A.
title Growth Strategies and Dynamics : Insights from Country Experiences
title_short Growth Strategies and Dynamics : Insights from Country Experiences
title_full Growth Strategies and Dynamics : Insights from Country Experiences
title_fullStr Growth Strategies and Dynamics : Insights from Country Experiences
title_full_unstemmed Growth Strategies and Dynamics : Insights from Country Experiences
title_sort growth strategies and dynamics : insights from country experiences
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/121881468161096755/Growth-strategies-and-dynamics-insights-from-country-experiences
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28006
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spelling okr-10986-280062021-04-23T14:04:46Z Growth Strategies and Dynamics : Insights from Country Experiences El-Erian, Mohamed A. Spence, Michael ACCUMULATION OF RESERVES ADVANCED ECONOMIES ADVANCED ECONOMY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL ANNUAL GROWTH ASSET PRICE ASSET PRICES ASSETS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANKING SYSTEM BROKERAGE BROKERAGE FIRMS CAPITAL ACCOUNT CAPITAL ACCOUNTS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL CONTROLS CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL OUTFLOWS CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE CENTRAL BANKS CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMY CLARITY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CREDIBILITY CROSS-BORDER FLOWS CURRENCY CRISES CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUSES DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DEFICITS DEPOSITS DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DISCOUNT RATE DOMESTIC BANKING DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC FINANCIAL MARKETS DOMESTIC INFLATION DOMESTIC PRICES DURABLE DURABLE ASSET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY EMERGING ECONOMIES ENFORCEABILITY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE MANAGEMENT EXCHANGE RATE POLICY EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORTS EXPOSURE EXTERNAL INVESTORS EXTERNAL SHOCKS FINANCES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL STABILITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM FISCAL POLICIES FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATES FOOD PRICES FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN RESERVES GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL DEMAND GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL PRIVATE SECTORS GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT DEBT MARKETS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS CAPITAL FORMATION GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH POLICIES GROWTH RATE HEDGE FUNDS HIGH INFLATION HOLDING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES IMPORT IMPORT TARIFF IMPORTS INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIALIZATION INFLATION INFLATIONARY IMPACT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE INTANGIBLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING INVESTMENT PROCESS INVESTMENT RATE INVESTMENT RATES INVESTMENT RISK JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LIBERALIZATION LOSS OF COMPETITIVENESS MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC MODELS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET ECONOMY MARKET EFFICIENCY MARKET ENVIRONMENT MARKET MECHANISMS MARKET PRESSURE MARKET PRICES MARKET REFORM MARKET STABILITY MATURE MARKET MATURITY MODERN FINANCIAL SYSTEM MONETARY POLICY OPEN ECONOMY OPEN MARKET OPPORTUNITY COST OPPORTUNITY COSTS PER CAPITA INCOME PHYSICAL ASSETS POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL ECONOMIES POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL RISKS PORTFOLIO POSTWAR PERIOD POTENTIAL OUTPUT POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTIONS PRICE CHANGES PRICE FORMATION PRICE INFLATION PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE CAPITAL INFLOWS PRIVATE EQUITY PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SPENDING RAPID GROWTH REAL GDP REGULATORY STRUCTURE REGULATORY SYSTEMS RELATIVE PRICE RELATIVE PRICES RESERVE RESERVE ACCUMULATION RESERVES RETAIL INVESTORS RETURN RETURNS REVALUATION SAVINGS RATE SAVINGS RATES SECURITIES SECURITIES LAWS SHAREHOLDER SOCIAL MARGINAL COST STRUCTURAL CHANGE STRUCTURAL PROBLEM SUPPLY CURVE SURPLUS SURPLUS LABOR TANGIBLE ASSETS TARIFFS ON IMPORTS TAX TAX POLICY TAX PROVISIONS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TIME HORIZONS TRADE SURPLUS UNCERTAINTIES UNCERTAINTY WAGES WEALTH WITHDRAWAL WTO The paper examines the challenges that developing countries face in accelerating and sustaining growth. The cases of China and India are examined to illustrate a more general phenomenon which might be called model uncertainty. As a developing economy grows, its market and regulatory institutions change and their capabilities increase. As a result, growth strategies and policies and the role of government shift. Further, as the models of economies in these transitional states are incomplete and because models used to predict policy impacts in advanced economies may not provided accurate predictions in the developing economy case, growth strategies and policies need to be responsive and to evolve as the economy matures. This has lead governments in countries that have sustained high growth to be somewhat pragmatic, to treat the policy directions that emerge from the advanced economy model with circumspection, to be somewhat experimental in seeking to accelerate export diversification, to be sensitive to risks, and as a result to proceed gradually in areas such as the timing and sequencing of opening up on the current and capital accounts. The last is an area in which existing theory provides relatively little specific guidance, but in which there are relatively high risks that decline over time as the market matures. 2017-08-28T16:29:45Z 2017-08-28T16:29:45Z 2008 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/121881468161096755/Growth-strategies-and-dynamics-insights-from-country-experiences World Economics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28006 English en_US Commission on Growth and Development Working Paper;No. 6 All rights reserved NTC Economic & Financial Publishing World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research China India