ABSTRACT

With the collapse of the Soviet economy in the early 1990s, Japan has become the major non-Western model for late developing countries. This book looks at Japan's early economic modernisation to see if today's low-income countries can learn any lessons.

chapter 1|22 pages

The Japanese Development Model

chapter 3|8 pages

Guided Capitalism

chapter 4|30 pages

The State and Indigenous Capitalism

chapter 5|12 pages

Transfer of Agricultural Surplus

chapter 6|16 pages

Low Industrial Wages

chapter 7|10 pages

Industrial Dualism

chapter 8|24 pages

Export Expansion and Import Substitution

chapter 9|23 pages

Applying the Japanese Development Model