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Rural Industrialization in East Asia

In: The Institutional Foundations of East Asian Economic Development

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  • Keijiro Otsuka

    (International Food Policy Research Institute
    Tokyo Metropolitan University)

  • Abhijit V. Banerjee

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Abstract

In order to achieve sustainable economic growth with equitable income distribution in the face of a rapidly growing population in the developing world, lucrative new job opportunities must be continuously created, particularly for the poor in both urban and rural areas. It has become increasingly clear that the widely adopted, urban-based industrialization strategy has limitations for the creation of new jobs for the poor, because of the adoption of inappropriate technologies biased towards saving unskilled labour. Furthermore, in high-performance Asian economies, such as Thailand and Indonesia, rapid urbanization has resulted in serious congestion, environmental pollution, and a high cost of living in large cities.

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  • Keijiro Otsuka & Abhijit V. Banerjee, 1998. "Rural Industrialization in East Asia," International Economic Association Series, in: Yujiro Hayami & Masahiko Aoki (ed.), The Institutional Foundations of East Asian Economic Development, chapter 14, pages 447-481, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-26928-0_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26928-0_14
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    1. Sonobe, Tetsushi & Hu, Dinghuan & Otsuka, Keijiro, 2004. "From inferior to superior products: an inquiry into the Wenzhou model of industrial development in China," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(3), pages 542-563, September.

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