Growth and Structural Transformation

Growth and Structural Transformation
Author: Kwang Suk Kim
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-03-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1684172195

This study provides a comprehensive overview of Korea’s macroeconomic growth and structural change since World War II, and traces some of the roots of development to the colonial period. The authors explore in detail colonial development, changing national income patterns, relative price shifts, sources of aggregate growth, and sources of sectoral structural change, comparing them with other countries.

Disrupted Development and the Future of Inequality in the Age of Automation

Disrupted Development and the Future of Inequality in the Age of Automation
Author: Lukas Schlogl
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2020-01-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030301311

This open access book examines the future of inequality, work and wages in the age of automation with a focus on developing countries. The authors argue that the rise of a global ‘robot reserve army’ has profound effects on labor markets and economic development, but, rather than causing mass unemployment, new technologies are more likely to lead to stagnant wages and premature deindustrialization. The book illuminates the debate on the impact of automation upon economic development, in particular issues of poverty, inequality and work. It highlights public policy responses and strategies–ranging from containment to coping mechanisms—to confront the effects of automation.

Structural Transformation in South Africa

Structural Transformation in South Africa
Author: Antonio Andreoni
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2021
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0192894315

Taking South Africa as an important case study of the challenges of structural transformation, the book offers a new micro-meso level framework and evidence linking country-specific and global dynamics of change, with a focus on the current challenges and opportunities faced by middle-income countries.

The Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation

The Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation
Author: Célestin Monga
Publisher:
Total Pages: 741
Release: 2019
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0198793847

This Oxford Handbook provides a critical assessment of the history, patterns, and strategies of economic transformation. It deals with major themes including policy issues, illuminating country experiences, and important debates on the respective roles of the market and the state.

Going Beyond Aid

Going Beyond Aid
Author: Justin Yifu Lin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2017-01-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1316943216

Developing countries have for decades been trying to catch up with the industrialized high-income countries, but only a few have succeeded. Historically, structural transformation has been a powerful engine of growth and job creation. Traditional development aid is inadequate to address the bottlenecks for structural transformation, and is hence ineffective. In this book, Justin Yifu Lin and Yan Wang use the theoretical foundations of New Structural Economics to examine South-South development aid and cooperation from the angle of structural transformation. By studying the successful economic transformation of countries such as China and South Korea through 'multiple win' solutions based on comparative advantages and economy of scale, and by presenting new ideas and different perspectives from emerging market economies such as Brazil, India and other BRICS countries, they bring a new narrative to broaden the ongoing discussions of post-2015 development aid and cooperation as well as the definitions of aid and cooperation.

Structural Change and Economic Growth

Structural Change and Economic Growth
Author: Luigi L. Pasinetti
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1981-04-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521236072

This book presents an original theoretical treatment of the problems of maintaining full employment in a multisector economic system

Structural Transformation and Sustainable Development in the Global South

Structural Transformation and Sustainable Development in the Global South
Author: Seung-Jin Baek
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2022
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781003259916

"This book investigates the relationship between sustainable development and structural transformation within international development policy. On the one hand, sustainable development is promoted as a multi-dimensional concept for achieving environmentally and socially responsible change. On the other, structural transformation refers to a sustained period of growth in living standards and incomes that brings sectoral change. For some, these two objectives seem at odds with each other, but this book argues that incorporating environmental initiatives into structural transformation goals in lower-income countries actually results in better results than strategies prioritising economic growth. Drawing on extensive structural equation modelling and original analysis, the book presents an innovative inclusive sustainable development framework to demonstrate the benefits of a more integrated approach to development planning, aiming for structural transformation in line with inclusive sustainable development principles. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of global development, and to policymakers within government and development organizations"--

Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam

Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam
Author: Finn Tarp
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2017
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 019879696X

Provides in-depth evaluation of the development of rural life in Viet Nam over the past decade, combining a unique primary source of time-series panel data with the best micro-econometric analytical tools available.

Economic Growth and Development

Economic Growth and Development
Author: Sibabrata Das
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2018-08-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319897551

This text is an introduction to the newer features of growth theory that are particularly useful in examining the issues of economic development. Growth theory provides a rich and versatile analytical framework through which fundamental questions about economic development can be examined. Structural transformation, in which developing countries transition from traditional production in largely rural areas to modern production in largely urban areas, is an important causal force in creating early economic growth, and as such, is made central in this approach. Towards this end, the authors augment the Solow model to include endogenous theories of saving, fertility, human capital, institutional arrangements, and policy formation, creating a single two-sector model of structural transformation. Based on applied research and practical experiences in macroeconomic development, the model in this book presents a more rigorous, quantifiable, and explicitly dynamic dual economy approach to development. Common microeconomic foundations and notation are used throughout, with each chapter building on the previous material in a continuous flow. Revised and updated to include more exercises for guided self study, as well as a technical appendix covering required mathematical topics beyond calculus, the second edition is appropriate for both upper undergraduate and graduate students studying development economics and macroeconomics.