Author : J. P. Singh
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438420153
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Book Synopsis Leapfrogging Development? by : J. P. Singh
Download or read book Leapfrogging Development? written by J. P. Singh and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1999-07-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telecommunications restructurings are now seen as important barometers in the shift among developing countries toward market-based economies. They are often posited as helping developing countries "leapfrog," or accelerate their pace of development, and "connect" with the world economy. This book shows that most states in developing countries are unable to resolve the myriad pressures they face in restructuring important sectors like telecommunications to effect accelerated or "leapfrogging" development. The scope, pace, and sequencing of restructuring varies according to how different types of states respond to micro sub-sectoral pressures or to macro-level pressures from coalitions of groups. After examining seven generalizable cases (Singapore, South Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, China, Brazil, Myanmar), the book examines India as an in-depth "most likely case." Leapfrogging Development? proposes a unique framework that shows how groups and coalitions articulate development preferences and how different types of states respond to or shape these preferences.