Table of Contents:
  • 1. Achieving Development Success: Synthesis of Strategies and Lessons from the Developing World / Augustin K. Fosu
  • Part I: East Asia and the Pacific (South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam)
  • 2. How Can Korea be a Role Model for Catch-up Development? A 'Capability-based View' / Keun Lee
  • 3. Lessons from Post-colonial Malaysian Economic Development / K.S. Jomo and Wee Chong Hui
  • 4. Thailand's Development Strategy and Growth Performance / Peter Warr
  • 5. Vietnam as a Role Model for Development / John Thoburn
  • 6. Development Strategies: Lessons from the Experiences of South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam / Haider A. Khan
  • Part II: The Emerging Asian Giants (India and China)
  • 7. Democracy, Diversity, and Development: India's Strategy and Outcomes / Nirvikar Singh
  • 8. The Disinterested Government: An Interpretation of China's Economic Success in the Reform Era / Yang Yao
  • 9. Country Role Models of Development Success: Lessons from China and India / Amelia U. Santos-Paulino
  • Part III: Sub-Saharan Africa (Botswana, Mauritius, South Africa, and Ghana)
  • 10. Botswana as a Role Model for Country Success / James A. Robinson
  • 11. The Mauritian Success Story and its Lessons / Arvind Subramanian
  • 12. Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Economic Success Story? / Mats Lundahl and Lennart Petersson
  • 13. Country Role Models for Development Success: The Ghana Case / Augustin K. Fosu
  • 14. Development Progress in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius, and South Africa / Wim Naudé
  • Part IV: Latin America and the Caribbean (Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic)
  • 15. Brazil's Growth Performance: Achievements and Prospects / Luiz de Mello
  • 16. Three Decades of Neoliberal Economics in Chile: Achievements, Failures, and Dilemmas / Andrés Solimano
  • 17. Country Role Models for Development Success: The Case of Costa Rica / Alberto Trejos
  • 18. Economic Development Strategies in the Dominican Republic / Susan Pozo, José R. Sánchez-Fung, and Amelia U. Santos-Paulino
  • 19. Between Past and Future of Latin America: Lessons from Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic / Eliana Cardoso
  • Part V: Middle-East and North Africa (Oman, Bahrain, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates)
  • 20. The Omani and Bahraini Paths to Development: Rare and Contrasting Oil-based Economic Success Stories / Robert E. Looney
  • 21. Tunisia's Development Experience: A Success Story? / Mina Baliamoune-Lutz
  • 22. The United Arab Emirates: Some Lessons in Economic Development / Yaw Nyarko
  • 23. 'Successful' Development Models: Lessons from the MENA Region / Imed Drine.