| Summary: | This volume presents a global sample of country cases of successful development strategies, and seeks to delineate the root causes of success : initial conditions, local and international factors, relative contributions by domestic and external agents, as well as the prognosis of challenges for the future.
This book presents development strategies and lessons based on a large range of 'success' countries across the developing world. In addition to the country cases, it presents regional and overall syntheses that cover orthodox vs. heterodox policies ; the importance of capability, primary exports, diversification and financing ; managing diversity ; the role of institutions and governance ; and human development. The book reveals much diversity in successful development strategies offered by the various select countries : for example, the 'disinterested-government' political economy of China ; the democratically supported, high-service-sector development approach of India ; the 'Washington-Consensus-based' reforms of Ghana and China ; the diversification strategies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Oman ; the dynamic orthodox-heterodox strategy of Malaysia and Vietnam ; the effective natural-resource management of Botswana, Oman, Bahrain and the UAE ; the social-sector underpinnings of development in Costa Rica and Tunisia ; and the democratic political system of managing diversity in India. This refreshing approach to studying development will interest researchers, teachers, students, development practitioners and policymakers alike.
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