Growth Identification and Facilitation : The Role of the State in the Dynamics of Structural Change

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 a...

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Main Authors:	Lin, Justin Yifu, Monga, Celestin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ADVANCED COUNTRIES ADVANCED ECONOMIES AGGREGATE LEVEL AGRICULTURE BENCHMARK BINDING CONSTRAINTS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL INTENSITY CAPITAL INVESTMENT CARBON CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS COAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVE MARKET COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVENESS COST OF CAPITAL COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CROSS-COUNTRY PERSPECTIVE DEBT DECISION TREE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISEQUILIBRIUM DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC SAVINGS ECONOMETRIC MODELING ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC CRITERIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORIANS ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POWERHOUSES ECONOMIC PROGRAMS ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS EFFICIENT MARKET EFFICIENT MARKETS ELASTICITY EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FACTOR PRICES FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FAILURE OF STATE FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FISHING FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN FIRMS FORESTRY FREE TRADE FULL EMPLOYMENT FUTURE GROWTH GDP GOVERNMENT ACTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH THEORY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME ELASTICITY INCOME GROWTH INCOME GROWTH RATE INCOME LEVELS INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INDIVIDUAL FARMERS INDIVIDUAL FIRM INDIVIDUAL FIRMS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL POLICY INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT INDUSTRY ARGUMENT INFORMATION ASYMMETRY INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS INTANGIBLE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTEREST RATE INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMICS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MARGINAL COST MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET FAILURES MARKET MECHANISM MARKET SHARES MICROECONOMIC ANALYSES MONOPOLY MORAL RESPONSIBILITY NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL ECONOMY NATURAL MONOPOLIES NATURAL RESOURCES OUTPUTS PATENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PLANNED ECONOMIES POLICY DISCUSSION POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MEASURES POLICY OPTIONS POLICY PAPERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY VARIABLES POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR COUNTRIES POVERTY REDUCTION POWER PARITY PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRIVATE MARKET PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PURCHASING POWER RATE OF INVESTMENT RATE OF RETURN REGRESSION ANALYSES REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RENT SEEKING SCARCE CAPITAL SHADOW PRICES SKILLED WORKERS SMALL BUSINESSES SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL CAPITAL STATE ENTERPRISES STATE INTERVENTION STATE INTERVENTIONS STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX TAX CREDITS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE POLICY TRANSACTION COSTS UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN AREAS WEALTH WEALTH CREATION WORKING CAPITAL WORLD ECONOMIES
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