Industrialization with a weak state : Thailand's development in historical perspective

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Industrialization with a weak state : Thailand's development in historical perspective

Somboon Siriprachai ; edited by Kaoru Sugihara, Pasuk Phongpaichit, and Chris Baker

(Kyoto CSEAS series on Asian studies, 6)

NUS Press , in association with Kyoto University Press, c2012

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  • : Kyoto University Press

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Includes bibliographical references and index ( p. 160-183)

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: Kyoto University Press ISBN 9784876983551

目次

  • 1 Problems in the Industrialization Process in Thailand
  • 2 Export‐oriented Industrialization Strategy with Land Abundance: Some of Thailand’s Shortcomings
  • 3 Population Growth,Fertility Decline,Poverty,and Deforestation in Thailand,1850‐1990
  • 4 Inconsistencies and Inequities in Thai Industrialization
  • 5 Mercantilism:Is it a Doctrine or an Economic Policy?Application to the East Asian NIEs
  • 6 Development Economics,Rent Seeking,and the East Asian Miracle
  • 7 Growth,Technological Inertia,and a Weak State

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NUS Press ISBN 9789971696511

内容説明

This volume of collected essays by Somboon Siriprachai offers a critical assessment of Thai industrialisation with a focus on industrial policy, rent seeking and income inequality. An economist by training, Somboon saw the Thai state as authoritarian rather than developmental, and criticised the adoption of policies that were oriented toward increasing government revenue instead of nurturing industrial development. While these policies achieved growth, they did not strengthen Thailand's technological ability and industrial skills, or promote research and development. Somboon disputed the World Bank's classification of Thailand as a Newly Industrialising Economy (NIE), backing his argument with empirical evidence and comparisons with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The success of these East Asian countries, he suggested, rested on the competence of the state to direct the accumulation process rather than reliance on any particular strategy for industrialisation. Arguing that growth of industrial productivity is the key to a country's living standard and its ability to compete in the world market, he argued that government intervention was essential to successful late-comer industrialisation. Combining institutional economics with a historical perspective, Somboon's work provides a unique analysis of the transition of the Thai economy from around the mid-nineteenth century until 2000. His essays are a unique and valuable contribution not only to Thai studies but also to the study of economic development of late-comer countries and the role of the state in that process.

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