This paper analyzes the evolution of policies for technology catch-up through three periods: the import substitution period, the (augmented) Washington Consensus period and the post-Washington period. We analyze the dominant policy models and practices in each of these periods as co-evolving with the dominant academic ideas, thereby changing the conditions for catching up. We develop several di...

Bibliographie: Strehl, Meike: Juan Telleria: Deconstructing Human Development. From the Washington Consensus to 2030 Agenda. Oxon & New York, US-NY: Routledge 2021, 134 Seiten (https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003043652), PERIPHERIE – Politik • Ökonomie Kultur, Nr. 162+163 (2-2021), S. 347-349. https://doi.org/10.3224/peripherie.v41i2-3.12-----Open-Access-Lizenz: Dieser Beitrag ist ab dem 25.10.2021...

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