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Development Success: Historical Accounts from More Advanced Countries (WIDER Studies in Development Economics) - Hardcover

 
9780199660704: Development Success: Historical Accounts from More Advanced Countries (WIDER Studies in Development Economics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0199660700 ISBN 13: 9780199660704
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2013

Synopsis

What lessons can be learned from "developed" countries that might be useful for developing and emerging economies? With an emphasis on long-term growth and development this volume provides historical accounts on developing lessons. It covers the Nordics, Japan, Ireland, and Switzerland, and three European transition countries.

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About the Author

Augustin K. Fosu is also Visiting Scholar at the University of Ghana-Legon and honorary Research Associate at Oxford University (CSAE) and the University of Manchester (BWPI). Previous positions include: Director (Economic and Social Policy Division) and Senior Policy Advisor /Chief Economist at the UN Economic Commission for Africa and Director of Research at the African Economic Research Consortium. He holds a PhD in economics from Northwestern University. Professor Fosu is co-editor of the Journal of African Economies (Oxford) and serves on the editorial boards of many other journals, including: African Development Review, Journal of Development Studies, Oxford Development Studies, World Bank Economic Review, and World Development.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199660700
ISBN 13 
9780199660704
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
362
Editor
Fosu Augustin K.