TY - GEN T1 - The quest for prosperity : how developing economies can take off A1 - Lin, Justin Yifu, 1952- LA - English PP - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press YR - 2012 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn810257422 AB - How can developing countries grow their economies? Most answers to this question center on what the rich world should or shouldn't do for the poor world. In The Quest for Prosperity, Justin Yifu Lin--the first non-Westerner to be chief economist of the World Bank--focuses on what developing nations can do to help themselves. Since the end of the Second World War, prescriptions for economic growth have come and gone. Often motivated more by ideology than practicality, these blueprints have had mixed success on the ground. Drawing lessons from history, economic analysis, and pra. OP - 322 CN - HC59.7 .L41863 2012 SN - 1400844584 SN - 9781400844586 SN - 9781400852253 SN - 1400852250 SN - 9786613891242 SN - 661389124X SN - 1283578794 SN - 9781283578790 SN - 9780691155890 SN - 0691155895 SN - 9780691163567 KW - Developing countries : Economic conditions. KW - Developing countries : Economic policy. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Development : Business Development. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Development : Economic Development. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Development : General. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Government & Business. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Structural Adjustment. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Economic Policy. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Economics : General. KW - Economic history KW - Economic policy KW - Developing countries KW - History & Archaeology. KW - Business & Economics. KW - Regions & Countries - Africa. KW - Economic History. ER -