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

The historical record indicates that in all successful economies, the state has always played an important role in facilitating structural change and helping the private sector sustain it across time. This paper puts forward a new approach to help policymakers in developing countries identify those...

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Main Authors:	Lin, Justin, Monga, Celestin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government H110 Industrial Policy Sectoral Planning Methods L520 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Planning Models Planning Policy O210 Industrial Policy O250
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4696

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spelling	okr-10986-46962021-04-23T14:02:19Z Growth Identification and Facilitation : The Role of the State in the Dynamics of Structural Change Lin, Justin Monga, Celestin Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government H110 Industrial Policy Sectoral Planning Methods L520 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Planning Models Planning Policy O210 Industrial Policy O250 The historical record indicates that in all successful economies, the state has always played an important role in facilitating structural change and helping the private sector sustain it across time. This paper puts forward a new approach to help policymakers in developing countries identify those industries that may hold latent comparative advantage and recommends ways of removing binding constraints to facilitate private firms' entry into those industries. Two types of government interventions are distinguished, first are policies that facilitate structural change by overcoming information and coordination and externality issues, which are intrinsic to industrial upgrading and diversification; and second policies aimed at protecting some selected firms and industries that defy the comparative advantage determined by the existing endowment structure. 2012-03-30T07:29:17Z 2012-03-30T07:29:17Z 2011 Journal Article Development Policy Review 09506764 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4696 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	The historical record indicates that in all successful economies, the state has always played an important role in facilitating structural change and helping the private sector sustain it across time. This paper puts forward a new approach to help policymakers in developing countries identify those industries that may hold latent comparative advantage and recommends ways of removing binding constraints to facilitate private firms' entry into those industries. Two types of government interventions are distinguished, first are policies that facilitate structural change by overcoming information and coordination and externality issues, which are intrinsic to industrial upgrading and diversification; and second policies aimed at protecting some selected firms and industries that defy the comparative advantage determined by the existing endowment structure.
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author	Lin, Justin Monga, Celestin
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title	Growth Identification and Facilitation : The Role of the State in the Dynamics of Structural Change
title_short	Growth Identification and Facilitation : The Role of the State in the Dynamics of Structural Change
title_full	Growth Identification and Facilitation : The Role of the State in the Dynamics of Structural Change
title_fullStr	Growth Identification and Facilitation : The Role of the State in the Dynamics of Structural Change
title_full_unstemmed	Growth Identification and Facilitation : The Role of the State in the Dynamics of Structural Change
title_sort	growth identification and facilitation : the role of the state in the dynamics of structural change
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Growth Identification and Facilitation : The Role of the State in the Dynamics of Structural Change

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