Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa

• Other Authors: Otsuka, Keijiro (Editor), Sugihara, Kaoru (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature 2019
• Series: Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies
• Subjects: Asian history; Economics; Development economics & emerging economies; Economic history; Management science; Development economics; Asia-Economic conditions; China-History; Asia-History; Southeast Asia-History
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This book addresses the issue of how a country, which was incorporated into the world economy as a periphery, could make a transition to the emerging state, capable of undertaking the task of economic development and industrialization. It offers historical and contemporary case studies of transition, as well as the international background under which such a transition was successfully made (or delayed), by combining the approaches of economic history and development economics. Its aim is to identify relevant historical contexts, that is, the 'initial conditions' and internal and external forces which governed the transition. It also aims to understand what current low-income developing countries require for their transition. Three economic driving forces for the transition are identified. They are: (1) labor-intensive industrialization, which offers ample employment opportunities for labor force; (2) international trade, which facilitates efficient international division of labor; and (3) agricultural development, which improves food security by increasing supply of staple foods. The book presents a bold account of each driver for the transition.