Martin Andersson
Senior lecturer
Resilience to Economic Shrinking : A Social Capability Approach to Processes of Catching up in the Developing World 1951-2016
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Summary, in English
This paper highlights and assesses the importance of the role of economic shrinking for the long-term growth process in the developing world over the period 1951-2016. On the basis of descriptive analysis it shows that resilience to shrinking, even among the miracle economies in Pacific Asia, plays a more important role for successful catching up than economic growth per se. The paper then proposes and elaborates on a novel way of how to understand resilience to shrinking and argues that five interrelated social capabilities are of special significance: inclusive and broad based economic growth; engagement in more complex and transformative economic activities; generation of social arrangements for conflict resolution; the state’s autonomy against vested interests; and the state’s accountability in delivering public goods. The implication of the paper is that economic development would be better encouraged by strengthening these social capabilities rather than focusing on the short-term growth rate.
Department/s
- Department of Economic History
Publishing year
2018
Language
English
Publication/Series
Lund Papers in Economic History. Development Economics
Issue
2018:183
Full text
Document type
Working paper
Topic
- Economic History
Keywords
- economic shrinking
- social capability
- economic growth
- catching up
- developing countries
- O10
- O11
- O47
- O57
- F63
- N10
Status
Published