Kicking Away the Ladder

副标题: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective

ISBN: 9781843310273

出版社: Anthem Press

出版年: 2002-9-1

页数: 187

定价: USD 26.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

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. Adopting a historical approach, Dr Chang finds that the economic evolution of now-developed countries differed dramatically from the procedures that they now recommend to poorer nations. 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 counties from adopting policies and institutions that they themselves have used.