Liberalization in the Developing World: Institutional and Economic Changes in Latin America, Africa and Asia (Routledge Studies in Development Economics, No 5)

Liberalization in the Developing World compares the success of liberalization strategies in Asia, Africa and Latin America over the past decade. Three models emerge, corresponding to the three continents covered, which reflect the degree of state intervention in the economy and the success of the liberalization policies adopted. The conclusions drawn demonstrate that economic and political liberalization do not have to go hand in hand. On the contrary, the case studies presented in this volume show that the role of the state can be crucial in mobilizing both the human and capital investment needed to be able to compete in international economy. 1. Setting The Neoliberal Development Agenda : Structural Adjustment And Export-led Industrialization / Alex E. Fernâandez Jilberto And Andrâe Mommen -- 2. The Asian Miracle : A Critical Reassessment / Andrâe Mommen -- 3. Economic Transformation And Liberalization In Indonesia / Batara Simatupang -- 4. Vietnam's Gradualist Economic Reforms / David H.d. Truong And Carolyn L. Gates -- 5. Neoliberalism And Economic Uncertainty In Brazil / Ana Maria Fernandes -- 6. Controlling Hyperinflation And Structural Adjustment In Nicaragua / Oscar Catalâan Aravena -- 7. Mexico's Integration In Nafta : Neoliberal Restructuring And Changing Political Alliances / Alex E. Fernâandez Jilberto And Barbara Hogenboom -- 8. Bolivia : Crisis, Structural Adjustment And Democracy / Carlos F. Toranzo Roca -- 9. Neoliberalism And The Central American Peasantry / Kees Blokland -- 10. Structural Adjustments, Democracy And The State In Argentina / Miguel Teubal -- 11. The Search For Legitimation And Liberalization In Algeria / Michiel Beker -- 12. The Post-colonial State And Economic And Political Reforms In Cameroon / Piet Konings -- 13. Power Struggle And Economic Liberalization In Ghana / Kwame Nimako -- 14. Zaèire's Economic Decline And Ill-fated Liberalization Policies / Andrâe Mommen. Edited By Alex E. Fernández Jilberto And André Mommen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures......Page 8 List of tables......Page 9 List of contributors......Page 10 Preface by Alex E.Fernndez Jilberto and Andre Mommen......Page 12 SETTING THE NEOLIBERAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA: STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND EXPORT-LED INDUSTRIALIZATION......Page 16 THE ASIAN MIRACLE: A CRITICAL REASSESSMENT......Page 43 ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION AND LIBERALIZATION IN INDONESIA......Page 66 VIETNAM'S GRADUALIST ECONOMIC REFORMS......Page 87 NEOLIBERALISM AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY IN BRAZIL......Page 111 CONTROLLING HYPERINFLATION AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN NICARAGUA......Page 137 MEXICO'S INTEGRATION IN NAFTA: NEOLIBERAL RESTRUCTURING AND CHANGING POLITICAL ALLIANCES......Page 153 BOLIVIA: CRISIS, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND DEMOCRACY......Page 176 NEOLIBERALISM AND THE CENTRAL AMERICAN PEASANTRY......Page 193 STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTS, DEMOCRACY AND THE STATE IN ARGENTINA......Page 216 THE SEARCH FOR LEGITIMATION AND LIBERALIZATION IN ALGERIA......Page 235 THE POST-COLONIAL STATE AND ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL REFORMS IN CAMEROON......Page 259 POWER STRUGGLE AND ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION IN GHANA......Page 281 ZARE'S ECONOMIC DECLINE AND ILL-FATED LIBERALIZATION POLICIES......Page 300 Index......Page 322 This work compares the introduction of policies of economic liberalization in the developing world during the 1980s. Case studies of various countries show that political democratization does not have to accompany economic liberalization. Comprises 14 chapters: an introduction, a chapter on the South East Asian newly industrializing countries and chapters on individual countries. Covers mainly the period from 1965 to 1993