Policy Reform in Developing Countries (eBook)

Bela Balassa (Autor)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
186 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-3768-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Policy Reform in Developing Countries deals with questions of policy reforms in selected countries. This book is a collection of essays describing the application of general principles of policy reforms made in countries with an industrial base, such as Mexico, Portugal, Venezuela, Chile, the Andean Common Market, Egypt, and Korea. Through these essays, the author evaluates the general principles that make up desirable policy reforms in these countries, and describes the application of these principles in various actual situations. One essay presents the reforms needed to improve the system of incentives, which include credit, labor market, and public utility pricing. For example, this book analyzes the tariff reform proposed in Chile and the guidelines for the common external tariff used in the Andean Common Market. Another essay evaluates the role of the manufacturing sector in the economic growth of Portugal, and recommends other strategies for this sector. This book then recommends proposals in the development strategy of Korea for the Fourth Five-Year Plan Period, while one other essay reviews the system of incentives that will serve the objectives of the Fourth Five-Year Plan of this country. This collection of essays is suitable for economic planners, heads of state ministries, academic and non-profit institutions dealing with developmental planning, and students and professors in history and political science.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Policy Reform in Developing Countries 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
List of Tables 8
Preface 10
A Reader's Guide 12
ESSAY 1. Reforming the System of Incentives in Developing Countries 18
Introduction 18
I. Import Substitution Policies and Policy Reform 18
II. Distortions in Capital and Labor Markets and in Public Utility Pricing 21
III. Optimal Policies of Protection 25
IV. The Level and Structure of Manufacturing Protection 30
V. Transitional Measures 36
ESSAY 2. Foreign Trade and Industrial Policy in Mexico 42
Introduction 42
I. The System of Incentives: Recent Developments and the Present Situation 42
II. For a New Industrial Policy 46
III. Implementation of the Reform of the Incentive System 52
ANNEX The Definition and Character of National Development Programming 61
Introduction 61
ESSAY 3. Towards A Development Strategy for Venezuela 68
Introduction 68
ANNEX The Shipbuilding Industry: A Note 77
ESSAY 4. Tariff Reform in Chile 80
Introduction 80
ESSAY 5. Guidelines for the Common External Tariff of the Andean Common Market 90
Introduction 90
ESSAY 6. Towards a Development Strategy for Egypt 98
Introduction 98
I. Long-Term Development Strategy 98
II. Investment Criteria 102
III. Transitional Measures 105
ESSAY 7. Industrial and Trade Policy in Portugal 110
Introduction 110
ESSAY 8. Korea's Development Strategy for the Fourth Five-year Plan Period (1977-81) 130
Introduction 130
I. Export Promotion vs. Import Substitution 130
II. Korea's Comparative Advantage in International Trade 135
III. Exports and the Incentive System 140
IV. Sources of Investment Funds for the Fourth Five-Year Plan 143
ESSAY 9. Incentives for Economic Growth in Korea 150
Introduction 150
I. Incentives to Exports and Import Substitution 151
II. The Tariff Reform Proposal 159
III. Reforming the System of Import Control 167
IV. The Coordination and Rationalization of Incentive Policies 170
NOTES 176
A Reader's Guide 176
Essay 1 176
Essay 2 178
Annex to Essay 2 180
Essay 3 180
Annex to Essay 3 180
Essay 4 180
Essay 5 181
Essay 6 181
Essay 7 181
Essay 8 182
Essay 9 182
Index 184

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.7.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-3768-6 / 1483137686
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-3768-1 / 9781483137681