1st Edition
Shortcut or Piecemeal Economic Development Strategies and Structural Change
By Jan Winiecki
Copyright 2016
224 Pages
by
Central European University Press
224 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Alternative strategies of economic development have received little attention in the literature. Academics rarely compare certain strategic features or assess the performance of different strategies in terms of outcomes. This book seeks to address that gap and to provide a theoretical background to the shift from industry to human capital-intensive services as the engine of economic growth.... Read more
Introduction, Part I: Developmental Strategies Pursued over the Past Century, Part II: Transformations of Output Structure in the Process of Economic Development, Part III: Applying the Conclusions: BRIC Countries' Developmental Strategies, Postscript: On Choosing Inefficient Institutions
Biography
Jan Winiecki is Professor and Chair of International Economics at the University of Information Technology and Management (WSIZ) in Rzeszow, Poland, former member of the Polish President’s Policy Advisory Council.
