Tag: East Asia
Comparing Developmental Paths in East Asia, Latin America and Africa
During the 20th century, nations from the regions of East Asia, Latin America and Africa all sought to become globally competitive through industrialisation. Some,...
Gershenkron and the Positives of Backwardness
Alexander Gershenkron (1904-1978) argued that backwardness could have a relatively positive economic role in late industrialising nations. Backwardness, in Gershenkron’s sense of the word,...
