Name: kicking away the ladder,development strategy in historical perspective
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Author: Chang, Ha-Joon
ISBN: 9781843310273

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kicking away the ladder,development strategy in historical perspective

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ha-Joon Chang

Publisher

Anthem Press

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.6 x 16.0 x 1.1 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN

1843310279

ISBN13

9781843310273

Synopsis "kicking away the ladder,development strategy in historical perspective"

How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessary for economic development. His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed countries are attempting to 'kick away the ladder' with which they have climbed to the top, thereby preventing developing countries from adopting policies and institutions that they themselves have used.

Ha-Joon Chang

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Born in South Korea, Ha-Joon Chang is a specialist in development economics and a professor at the University of Cambridge. In 2005, Chang won the Wassily Leontief Prize for advancing the frontiers of Economic Thought. Among other books, he is the author of Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective (2002), which won the 2003 Gunnar Myrdal Prize, and 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism (Debate, 2011)

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