11.167
Global Energy: Politics, Markets, and Policy
See description under subject 15.2191J. Preference to juniors, seniors, and Energy Minors.
Spring 2004 · Economic Development & Technical Capabilities
Topics
- Well-being and Development
- Conclusions
Readings
- Amsden, A. H. The Rise of ‘The Rest.’ New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, ch. 3, 6, 8.
- Nelson, R. R. “Innovation and Economic Development: Theoretical Retrospect and Prospect.” Technology Generation in Latin American Manufacturing Industries. Edited by J. M. Katz. 1987.
- Westphal, L., et. al. “Reflections on the Republic of Korea’s Acquisition of Technological Capability.” International Technology Transfer. Edited by Nathan Rosenberg, and C. Frischtak. 1985.
- Dahlman, C., and F. V. Fonseca. “From Technological Dependence to Technological Development: The Case of Usiminas Steelplant in Brazil.” Technology Generation in Latin American Manufacturing Industries. Edited by J. M. Katz. 1987.
- Lall, S. Learning to Industrialize: The Acquisition of Technological Capability by India. Hampshire: Macmillan Press, 1987.
- Amsden, A. H. “The Triumph of Steel.” In *Asia’s Next Giant. * New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
- Amsden, A. H., and T. Hikino. “Project Execution Capability, Organizational Know-how and Conglomerate Corporate Growth in Late Industrialization.” Industrial and Corporate Change 3 (1994).
- Amsden, A. H., and W. W. Chu. Beyond Late Development. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003, ch. 1-3.
- Amsden, A. H., A. Goto, and T. Tschang. “Do Foreign Firms Conduct R&D in Developing Countries?” Asian Development Bank Institute Working Paper. 2000.
- Blomstrom, M., and A. Kokko. “Foreign Investment as a Vehicle for International Technology Transfer.” Creation and Transfer of Knowledge : Institutions and Incentives. Edited by G. Barba Navaretti, et. al. 1998.
- Diamond, J. “How Africa Became Black. ” Guns, Steel, Germs . New York: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc, 1998.
- Gallagher, J., and R. Robinson. “The Imperialism of FreeTrade.” Economic History Review , no. 1 (1953).
- Alpers, E. “International Trade in the History of East and Central Africa: Some Conclusions.” Ivory and Slaves in East Central Africa. 1975.
- Myint, H. “Peasant Exports and the Growth of the Money Economy”(Chapter 3), and “Mines and Plantations and the Growth of the Wage Economy”(Chapter 4). In The Economics of the Developing Countries. 1964.
- Hopkins, A. G. An Economic History of West Africa. 1973, pp. 231-236.
- Arrighi, G. “Labour Supplies in Historical Perspective: A Study of the Proletarianization of the African Peasantry in Rhodesia.” Journal of Development Studies 6 (1970).
- Kravis, I. “Trade as an Engine of Growth.” Economic Journal 80 (1970).
- Crafts, N. F. R. “Trade as an Engine of Growth: an Alternative View.” Economic Journal 83 (1973).
- Auty, R. M. “Industrial Policy Reform in Six Large Newly Industrializing Countries: The Resource Curse Thesis.” World Development , no. 1 (1994).
- Davis, G. A. “Learning to Love the Dutch Disease: Evidence from the Mineral Economies.” World Development, no. 10 (1995).
- Cramer, C. “Can Africa Industrialize by Processing Primary Commodities? The Case of Mozambican Cashew Nuts.” World Development (July, 1999).
- U. N. “Least Developed Countries and Africa.” World Investment Report, Part IIB 1 and 2 (1997).
- Bowman, M. J., and C. A. Anderson. “Concerning the Role of Education in Development.” Old Societies and New States. Edited by C. Geertz, 1963.
- Psacharopoulis, G. “Returns to Investment in Education: A Global Update.” World Development , no. 9 (1994).
- Bennell, P. “Rates of Return to Education: Does the Conventional Pattern Prevail in sub-Saharan Africa?” World Development , no. 1 (1996).
- Appleton, S., J. Mackinnon, and B. Ndulu, et. al. “Enhancing Human Capacities in Africa.” Agenda for Africa’s Economic Renewal . 1996.
- Baumol, W. J., and E. N. Wolff. “Catching Up in the Postwar Period: Puerto Rico as the Fifth ‘Tiger’?” World Development , no. 5 (1996).
- Mayer, J. Globalization, Technology Transfer and Skill Accumulation in Low-Income Countries . WIDER, no. 150 (2000).
- Bakuli, Luvisia D. “Pitfalls in Technology Transfer:Kenya’s Construction Industry.” World Development , no. 10 (1994).
- Rouijn, H. “Acquisition of Technological Capability in Development: A Quantitative Case Study of Pakistan’s Capital Goods Sector,” World Development , no. 3 (1997).
- Centeno, Vega M. “Nature and Determinants of Technical Change: The Peruvian Industrial Sector.” In Technology Generation in Latin American Manufacturing Industries. Edited by J. M. Katz. 1987.
- Nordas, Kyvik H. “South African Manufacturing Industries:Catching Up or Falling Behind?.” Journal of Development Studies , no. 5 (1996).
- Alcorta, L., and W. Peres. “Innovation Systems and Technological Specialization in Latin America and the Caribbean.” Research Policy 26 (1998).
- Arocena, R., and J. Sutz. “Looking at National Systems of Innovation from the South.” Industry and Innovation (June 2000).
- Lall, S. “Structural Problems of African Industry.” In Alternative Development Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa . Edited by F. Stewart, and S. Wangwe. 1992.
- Lall, S., F. Stewart, and B. Ndulu, et. al., “Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa.” In Agenda for Africa’s Economic Renewal (1996).
- McCormack, D. “African Enterprise Clusters and Industrialization: Theory and Reality.” World Development (September, 1999).
- Ahn, C-Y, et. al. “Tanzania.” Chapter 11 in Competition and the World Economy (1999).
- Kozul-Wright, Z., and L. Stanbury. “Becoming a Globally Competitive Player: the Case of the Music Industry in Jamaica.” UNCTAD Discussion Paper no. 138 (1998).
- Mourshed, M. Chapter 2 (pp. 27-42), Chapter 4 in Technology Transfer Dynamics: Lessons from the Egyptian and Indian Pharmaceutical Industries. Ph.D., MIT,1999.
- Owen, Roger, and Sevkut Pamuk. Turkey (Chapter 5), Egypt (Chapter 6), Syria, Lebanon and Iraq (Chapter 7) in A History of Middle East Economies In the Twentieth Century. Part II, 1946-1990.
- Tybout, J. R. “Manufacturing Firms in Developing Countries:How Well Do They Do, and Why?” Journal of Economic Literature (March 2000).
- Mead, D. C., and C. Liedholm. “The Dynamics of Micro and Small Enterprises in Developing Countries.” World Development , no. 1 (1998).
- McCormick, D., et. al. “Growth and Barriers to Growth Among Nairobi’s Small and Medium-Sized Garment Producers.” World Development, no. 7 (1997).
- Daniels, L. “The Role of Small Enterprises in the Household and National Economy in Kenya: A Significant Contribution or a Last Resort.” World Development , no. 1 (1999).
- Grosh, B., and G. Omolekae. “Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns: Can Microenterprise Serve as the Seedbed of Industrialization?” World Development, no. 12 (1996).
- Amsden, A. H. “South Korea:Enterprising Groups and Entrepreneurial Government.” Big Business and the Wealth of Nations. Edited by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Franco Amatori, and Takashi Hikino. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
- Sen, Amartya. Development as Freedom . New York: Anchor Books, 2000.
Prerequisites & course information
Same subject as 14.47[J] , 15.2191J, 17.399[J] Prereq: None U (Spring) Not offered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units. HASS-S Credit cannot also be received for 11.267[J] , 15.219[J]
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