Learning from the Asian Tigers

SANJAYA LALL

'Lall's book is a breath of pragmatic fresh air in an important policy debate in which ideological preconceptions have too often got in the way of balanced analysis. In a language that all can understand, Lall offers students and policymakers a balanced and pragmatic assessment of the great variety of approaches to industrial and technological development that the Tigers have employed. His work provides a powerful antidote to the oversimplified bromides of the left and the right.' - G.K. Helleiner, Professor of Economics, University of Toronto

• Preface and Acknowledgements - Paradigms of Development: the East Asian Debate on Industrial Policy - Understanding Technology Development - Technology Development Policies: Lessons from Asia - 'The East Asian Miracle' Study: Does the Bell Toll for Industrial Strategy? - Structural Adjustment and African Industry - Malaysia: Industrial Success and the Role of Government - Skills and Capabilities in Ghana's Competitiveness (with Ganeshan Wignaraja) - Foreign Direct Investment Policies in the Asian NIEs - Index