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Asian Industrialization and Africa

Studies in Policy Alternatives to Structural Adjustment

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Howard Stein

    1. Roosevelt University, Chicago, USA

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Policy Alternatives to Structural Adjustment in Africa: An Introduction

    • Howard Stein
    Pages 1-29

  3. The World Bank, Neo-Classical Economics and the Application of Asian Industrial Policy to Africa

    • Howard Stein
    Pages 31-52

  4. Japan’s Industrial Development, 1868–1939: Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa

    • E. Wayne Nafziger
    Pages 53-85

  5. The Korean Miracle (1962–80) Revisited: Myths and Realities in Strategies and Development

    • Kwan S. Kim
    Pages 87-143

  6. The State as Agent: Industrial Development in Taiwan, 1952–1972

    • Deborah Brautigam
    Pages 145-181

  7. Colonialism and Entrepreneurship in Africa and Hong Kong: A Comparative Perspective

    • S. Gordon Redding, Simon Tam
    Pages 183-203

  8. Foreign Investment, the State and Industrial Policy in Singapore

    • Linda Lim
    Pages 205-238

  9. East Asia and Industrial Policy in Malaysia: Lessons for Africa?

    • Chris Edwards
    Pages 239-256

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 257-284
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Drawing on case-studies from the industrialization of East and Southeast Asian nations, this text critically examines the structural adjustment policies used in Africa since the 1980s. The Asian country studies include Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Meiji Japan.

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  • Roosevelt University, Chicago, USA

    Howard Stein

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