Leading Dragons Phenomenon : New Opportunities for Catch-Up in Low-Income Countries

Modern economic development is accompanied by the structural transformation from an agrarian to an industrial economy and occurs through a process of continuous industrial and technological upgrading. Since the 18th century, all countries that...

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Main Authors:	Chandra, Vandana, Lin, Justin Yifu, Wang, Yan
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILES BANKING SYSTEM BINDING CONSTRAINTS BUSINESSES CAPABILITIES CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INTENSITY CENTRAL BANK COMMERCE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY EXPORTS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTERS CONSUMER GOODS COST STRUCTURES CREDIT RATIONING CURRENCY DATA LIMITATIONS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DIVERSIFICATION DIVIDENDS DOMESTIC CURRENCY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC SAVINGS DYNAMIC EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIC TRENDS ELECTRICITY ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS EQUIPMENT EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FINANCIAL CAPITAL FINANCIAL CRISIS FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN VALUE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL EXPORTS GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS GLOBALIZATION GNP GOLD STANDARD GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PATH GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH STRATEGY INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INDIVIDUAL FIRMS INDUSTRIAL BASE INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMATION COMMUNICATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INSTRUMENT INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENT POLICY JOINT STOCK COMPANIES JOINT VENTURES LABOR FORCE LIBERALIZATION LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE LICENSE LICENSES LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MANAGERIAL SKILLS MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MARKET COMPETITION MARKET FAILURES MARKET MECHANISM MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MATERIAL MEDIUM TERM MONOPOLY MOV MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL INVESTMENT NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NEW MARKET NEW PRODUCT NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY OPEN ACCESS OPEN ECONOMIES OUTPUT PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY STANCE POLITICAL STABILITY POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY PRODUCTS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE SECTORS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC WORKS R&D RADIOS RAPID DEVELOPMENT RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH RAPID GROWTH RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION REAL GDP RESERVE RESULT RESULTS RETAIL TRADE RETURNS RICH COUNTRIES RURAL AREAS SAVINGS SEMICONDUCTOR SETTLEMENT SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL CHANGE TAX TAX COLLECTION TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TECHNOLOGY FRONTIER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELEGRAPH TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DEFICIT TRADE REGIME TRADING TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSISTOR TREATIES TREATY URBAN AREAS VALUE ADDED VALUE CHAIN WAGES WEB WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKET WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE WTO
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