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Middle‐income Trap or Neoliberal Trap? Industrial Policy and Ideology in the World Development Report 2024

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  • Pritish Behuria
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  • Pritish Behuria & Andy Sumner, 2025. "Middle‐income Trap or Neoliberal Trap? Industrial Policy and Ideology in the World Development Report 2024," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 56(4-5), pages 1061-1083, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:devchg:v:56:y:2025:i:4-5:p:1061-1083
    DOI: 10.1111/dech.70013
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