The Role of Policy in Economic Development: comparisons of the East and Southeast Asian and Latin American experience

1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Gerard Adams ◽  
IngerMarie Davis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
American Experience

Symposium on the State and Economic Development

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranab Bardhan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin American ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
The State ◽  
Market Mechanism ◽  
State Action ◽  
South Korean ◽  
American Experience ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Role Of The State

The role of the state in economic development is one of the oldest topics in economics, yet controversies rage with similar passion and camps are divided on lines today broadly similar to the early writings. Though the authors of the papers in this symposium present different views, they all refuse to pose the question as a simple choice between the market mechanism and state intervention. Larry Westphal and Albert Fishlow evaluate the South Korean and the Latin American experience, respectively, in their essential complexity. Mrinal Datta-Chaudhuri draws upon a comparative study of the Indian and East Asian cases to bring out the contradictions and complementaries in the relationship between the state and the economy. Anne Krueger's paper reflects on how the comparative advantages and disadvantages of state action flow from its organizational and incentive characteristics.

Economic Policy and Latin American Culture: Is a Virtuous Circle Possible?

1999 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID E. HOJMAN
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Cultural Attitudes ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Latin American Culture

Economic development is positively related to the presence of favourable cultural attitudes (‘progressive values’): the radius of trust, the ethical system, the nature of the exercise of authority, and attitudes to work, savings, and innovation. This article explores the possibility of a virtuous circle linking economic policies and Latin American cultural attitudes, mostly using examples from Chile since the mid 1980s. The link from culture to development emerges from education, economic awareness and professional economics, and the traditional culture and spontaneous cultural change. The link from economic policy to culture is represented by developments in macroeconomics and the financial sector, industrial protection and free trade, and female participation in the labour market. The role of poverty and inequality, and the effectiveness of exhortation versus incentives, and of concentrating the effort on several specific groups, are also examined.

Government and Development: Managerial Attitudes in Latin America

1965 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Lauterbach
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Trade Associations ◽  
Private Initiative ◽  
Extensive Information

This paper is concerned with the attitudes of Latin American enterprise managers toward the role of government, as compared with that of private initiative and investment, in the economic development of the nation. Most of its data was obtained in the course of a broader investigation of managerial attitudes toward economic development, which was carried out in ten countries during the years 1959 to 1963. In addition to interviews, extensive information was obtained from informal conversations with businessmen, attendance at meetings of managerial groups, and the study of materials prepared by trade associations or individual companies.

The Crisis in the Ghana Economy

1966 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Rimmer
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin American ◽  
West African ◽  
American Experience ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Stages Of Economic Development

The subject of this article is the unfolding pattern of economic events in Ghana in recent years. No attempt is made either to blame or to excuse those who were responsible for the conduct of national economic affairs. The purpose is merely to reach an understanding of why and how things happened as they did. There does not appear to be much that is peculiarly Ghanaian, or even peculiarly West African, about the pattern of events. Indeed, the argument of this article owes much to the model of stages of economic development propounded by Dudley Seers with mainly Latin American experience in mind.

scholarly journals The role of logistics industry in the sustainable economic development of Southeast Asian countries

Accounting ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 1681-1688
Author(s):  
Hong Anh Thi Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Co2 Emission ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Gdp Growth ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of the logistics industry in the sustainable economic development in the context of Southeast Asian countries. This study is quantitative in nature where the data are gathered from the secondary sources. The analysis is carried out with the help of correlation, feasible generalized least square model (FGLS). The outcome of this study confirms the significant impact of LPI on GDP growth, CO2 emission and current health expenditure. Similarly, the significant impact of FDI is found on all the dependent variables of this study. In contrast, the variable of TOP is found to have a significant impact on both CO2 emission and current health expenditure, whereas it makes an insignificant impact on GDP growth. The absence of qualitative data is one of the major limitations of this study. Apart from that, the limited scope of this research on Southeast Asian countries is another limitation.

scholarly journals A HEGEMONIA DISSOCIADA E O PAPEL IDEOLÓGICO DA CEPAL NOS ANOS DE 1950 A 1960

2017 ◽  
pp. 362
Author(s):  
Rachel Aguiar Estevam do Carmo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin America ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Development Project ◽  
American States ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
America Latina

O presente artigo aborda a noção hegemonia dissociada como forma de entender o projeto ideológico da Comissão Econômica para América Latina (CEPAL) nos anos de 1950 a 1960. Entende-se que a CEPAL contribuiu para a construção do pensamento moderno na América Latina ao incentivar a formação de novos pesquisadores e na construção da Teoria do Subdesenvolvimento, corrente teórica que rompe com os escritos advindos das Nações Unidas e que procura explicar a realidade latino-americana a partir de dentro, focando na saída da condição subdesenvolvida por meio da ampliação e construção do parque industrial. Utilizamos os escritos gramscianos para compreender esse momento hegemônico de reorganização dos Estados latino-americanos em que a CEPAL serviu para dar suporte no projeto de desenvolvimento econômico voltado para a supressão da condição de subdesenvolvimento e também como manifestação que se dissocia dos preceitos das Nações Unidas da qual a CEPAL estava subordinada teoricamente. Nesse sentido, o termo hegemonia dissociada ajuda a realocar o papel da CEPAL nos anos de 1950 e 1960 como a luz capaz de levar a modernidade para a periferia do capitalismo.Palavras-chave: Hegemonia Dissociada; CEPAL; Desenvolvimento Econômico. THE DISSOCIATED HEGEMONY AND THE IDEOLOGICAL ROLE OF CEPAL IN THE YEARS 1950 TO 1960AbstractThis article addresses the concept of dissociated hegemony as un way of understanding the ideological project of the Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL) in the years 1950 to 1960. It is understood that CEPAL contributed to the construction of modern thinking in Latin America by encouraging formation of new researchers and the construction of the Theory of Underdevelopment, a theoretical current that breaks with the writings of the United Nations and seeks to explain the Latin American reality from within focusing on the way out of the underdeveloped condition through the expansion and construction of the industrial park. We use the writings of Gramsci to understand this hegemonic moment of reorganization of the Latin American States in which CEPAL served to support the economic development project aimed at suppressing the condition of underdevelopment and also as a manifestation that dissociates itself from the United Nations because of team cepalino to have been subordinate theoretically. In this sense, the term dissociated hegemony helps to reallocate the role of CEPAL in the 1950s and 1960s as the light that capable of bringing modernity to the periphery of capitalism.Keywords: Dissociated Hegemony; CEPAL; Economic Development.

scholarly journals The Role of Competitive Cities as a Response to Regional Challenges in Latin America

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Joanna Gocłowska-Bolek
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American

Abstract In the article, a phenomenon of urbanization of Latin America was analysed in terms of its impact on the level of competitiveness of the cities. A role that cities play in Latin America’s economy was emphasized. The author has examined a number of reliable reports on competitiveness of the cities and on this basis formulated its assessment of the level of competitiveness on a global basis, including identifying strengths and weaknesses of the cities, key areas for strong economic development and proposes recommendations. Based on the analysis of available data and source reports, the main trends in urbanization have been identified that may affect the dynamics of the Latin American city's competitiveness.

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