Bringing production and employment back into development: Alice Amsden’s legacy for a new developmentalist agenda

Main author: Andreoni, Antonio
Other authors: Chang, Ha-Joon
Format: Journal Article           
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institution SOAS, University of London
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language English
language_search English
description Building on Alice Amsden’s legacy, the article criticises the currently dominant view of development for its neglect of production and employment. To remedy its shortcomings, the article introduces a new theoretical synthesis that sees development as a process of production transformation, led by the expansion of collective capabilities and resulting in the creation of good quality jobs and sustainable structural change. Within this new developmentalist framework, the article highlights the policy challenges, the opportunities and the trade-offs associated with reconciling industrialisation, generation of good quality jobs and environmental sustainability, as emerging from the post-2015 sustainable development goals.
format Journal Article
author Andreoni, Antonio
author_facet Andreoni, Antonio
Chang, Ha-Joon
authorStr Andreoni, Antonio
author_letter Andreoni, Antonio
author2 Chang, Ha-Joon
author2Str Chang, Ha-Joon
title Bringing production and employment back into development: Alice Amsden’s legacy for a new developmentalist agenda
publisher Oxford University Press
publishDate 2017
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/23186/