A Cool Look at ‘Outward‐looking’ Strategies for Development

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The World EconomyVolume 5, Issue 2 p. 159-170 A Cool Look at ‘Outward-looking’ Strategies for Development Paul Streeten, Paul Streeten PAUL STREETEN: Director, Center for Asian Development Studies, Boston University, since 1980; previously Director of Studies, Overseas Development Council, Washington (1979–80), having been Special Adviser, World Bank, Washington (1976–79) and Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of Oxford (1968–78); author of Development Perspectives (1981), First Things First (1981), Frontiers of Development Studies (1972) and other works. Copyright © 1982 Paul Streeten.Search for more papers by this author Paul Streeten, Paul Streeten PAUL STREETEN: Director, Center for Asian Development Studies, Boston University, since 1980; previously Director of Studies, Overseas Development Council, Washington (1979–80), having been Special Adviser, World Bank, Washington (1976–79) and Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of Oxford (1968–78); author of Development Perspectives (1981), First Things First (1981), Frontiers of Development Studies (1972) and other works. Copyright © 1982 Paul Streeten.Search for more papers by this author First published: September 1982 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9701.1982.tb00064.xCitations: 29 I am indebted to Peter Cory for helpful comments. Juergen B. Donges, ‘A Comparative Study of Industrialisation Policies in Fifteen Semi-industrial Countries’, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Vol. 112, No. 4, 1976; and Deepak Lal, ‘Indian Export Incentives’, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 6, 1979. William R. Cline, of the Institute for International Economics in Washington, has done the exercise of calculating the exports that would have to be absorbed if the ratio of exports to GDP were the same for all developing countries as it has been for the East Asian ‘gang of four’: Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea. See William R. Cline, ‘Can the East Asian Export Model of Development be Generalised?’, World Development, February 1982, pp. 81–90. I. M. D. Little, Tibor Scitovsky and M. FG. Scott, Industry and Trade in Some Deoeloping Countries: a Comparative Study (London: Oxford University Press, for the OECD, 1971) p. 237. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume5, Issue2September 1982Pages 159-170 RelatedInformation