What Can Africa Learn from Taiwan? Political Economy, Industrial Policy, and Adjustment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4883384 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah A Brautigam, Deborah Brautigam (0000-0002-3282-0375, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 111-138 |
| Publication date | 1994-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00012568 |
| OpenAlex | W1975259632 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
Arethere lessons Africa can learn from Taiwan and the other East Asian newly industrialising countries (NICs)? Evaluating the relevance of their experience is fraught with difficulties inherent in making comparisons across regions, during different periods of time, with different preconditions. Clearly, developments in Africa have to be based on local institutions, values, and resources. Yet Taiwan's successful combination of industrialisation and growth with equity reflects goals that are important for African policy-makes. The country's G.N.P.per capitaincreased from $143 in 1953 to $7,284 in 1990. Even during the 1980s, its economy grew at an average annual rate of 8·2 per cent as against only 0·5 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1980-7. Taiwan's sustained growth has been widely shared by all income groups, with the top fifth of households only receiving 4·5 times as much as the bottom fifth. By way of contrast, in Côte d'Ivoire (1986-7) and in Botswana (1985-6), the share of the top 20 per cent was respectively almost ii and 24 times that of the bottom 20 per cent
China · Development economics · East Asia · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Equity (law) · Geography · Industrialisation · Market economy · Per capita · Per capita income · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Demography · International Development and Aid
Economic development of Taiwan, 1860-1970
State and society in the Taiwan miracle
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
How should structural adjustment programs be designed
Economic Growth and Structural Change in Taiwan. The Postwar Experience of the Republic of China
Science, Education and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Governing the Market
The Evolution of Policy Behind Taiwan's Development Success
The Taiwan Success Story. Rapid Growth With Improved Distribution in the Republic of China, 1952-1979
Contending Approaches to the Political Economy of Taiwan
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2022 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |